My Criminal Past

Artist: Ginny Schmidt
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My Criminal Past

This is a forty-four year old picture of me in an actual police lineup. At the risk of disappointing anybody, I am not the criminal here; I was employed by the police department when they arrested two scam artists caught trying to flee the area with some little old lady’s life savings. Four female employees were rounded up to stand in the lineup. Despite putting on as guilty a look as I could manage, the victim correctly identified the two desperados.

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Magda Beda

hah, love this.And the story.
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thanks, Magda. My dress (I remember it well), was actually green, but I thought red made a better picture. If you like the story, you might also appreciate where they found the tightly wound roll of money, hidden somewhere the large lady on the far right obviously thought would be quite safe.
Magda Beda

aaaaaahahahahaha.
Ruth Palmer

ROTFLMAO! Wonderful picture and story Ginny! Love the dress and the hairstyle!
jlynn

Great story and image,,, diffently a keeper:)
Ozcloggie

Makes for an arresting story and picture!!
Ginny Schmidt replied

Oooooh, arresting, indeed.
Jim Phillips

Cute graphic and Fun story!
Virginia McGowan

hahaha too much info about where the money was eewwk
I wondered about the red dress! It looks identical to to what I wore 44 years ago! Mine really was red though.[same style] goood taste hehehehe]
Mark German

I am not the criminal here; I was employed by the police department when they arrested two scam artists caught trying to flee the area with some little old lady’s life savings.

But if you were, we you could probably fool us ;)
hehehe
Jim Caldwell

I think I know who they are :-)
Ginny Schmidt replied

Why, have they been up to mischief in your neighborhood, Jim? I’m only guessing, but almost a half a century later, they probably don’t move as fast as they used to.
Hans Kawitzki

great story and picture,my guess is both standing next to you were the criminals :)
Ginny Schmidt

Well, you got one correct. Left to right: lady warden, coworkeer, criminal, me, coworrker, criminal. Aside from the warden, my fellow employees and I worked in the records and identification section, where we did things like file arrest reports and annotate traffic tickets for a new thing called data entry. We shared office space with the fingerprint technicians, one of whom identified a sixteen year old serial killer of old women by patiently comparing one print left on a bedroom windowsill with our entire collection of cards, using only a magnifying glass, like a jeweler’s loupe, and her own keen eyesight. I watch CSI now and think about her whenever I see a computer zip through thousands of prints in a huge database and, in seconds, come up with not only a match but the fingerprint owner’s entire history.
Ken Boxsell

Fantastic shot Ginny
billyboy

Amazing. I don’t care when this was and who is in color… you are the only one with any dress sense and a decent hairdo!!

I love the way you’ve shared this after 44 years of keeping it close to your heart, and I’m not surprised the victim managed to make a positive ID on the lady on the right. Come to think of it, is it possible she was working Scotch plains NJ in ‘63? I always wondered what happened to my signed baseball from Yankee Stadium, and she looks awful familiar…
Ginny Schmidt replied

HAH! At risk of being indelicate, if she took your baseball, you might not want it back if she hid it with the money.
coffeetea

dramatic view! looking good in old days…... and still Ginny.
seaglass51

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day – thanks for the laugh. By the way – I guessed the woman on your right too – even if her beady eyes were blacke out. LOL.
Hans Kawitzki

well at least I picked one criminal
Wendy Slee

this is brilliant!!! and I loved the story too….
mago

I like the story of this picture; I work at TGK (Turner Gilford Knight) correctional center and believe me…
I KNOW WHERE she had hidden it…
!.. I see this everyday
PPPhotoArt

what a great story to go along with this shot, such fun and i love the selective colouring!!!!!! i wouldn’t want to tangle with the big one on the end!!! lol this really made me laugh, just an awesome piece of work!!!!!!
Gregoryno6

Aaaahhhh c’mon! Fess up! It was YOU and we know it was YOU, sister!
Cooperate and the judge might go easy on you…
JTomblinson

(lol) Love this whole thing, and all the comments! Thanks for the story and the giggles!
Andy Berry

It was the tall one…. near the middle…. I’m sure of it!
brigusser

Fantastic…..A piece of family history.
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thanks, I appreciate your comment. Unfortunately, these days, I have more history than I do family … I’d swap in a heartbeat.
Caroline Fournier

This is priceless and I love the selective colouring treatment.
Ginny Schmidt replied

and thanks for the fav!
Grove Wiley

This is a hoot! At the very least, some fashion crimes were being committed.
Taylor Sawyer

Congrats on your feature! You are now invited to enter
this piece into Best of RED
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thank you very much.