Fugitive urges cop to watch TV program

[Dr. Jack]

Fugitive urges cop to watch TV program

A man suspected of a dozen bank robberies called a northern Kentucky police detective to make sure he watched an episode of "America's Most Wanted."

The episode of the crime-fighting show featured a profile of the fugitive, Warren Lee Back.

"It was kind of an odd thing. I've never had a fugitive call me before," said Detective Mike McGuffey with the Covington Police Department.

Back was caught by FBI agents in Indianapolis last week, less than two weeks after the call to McGuffey.

He met Back when Back lived in Covington — well before he was linked to a series of bank robberies in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas.

McGuffey was working as an off-duty security guard at a bingo parlor where Back was accused of stealing pull-tab bingo cards.