I wonder if this turn-style jumper is the same guy we saw in the clock tower. You’d think we’d be seeing a criminal soon, but I’m not sure that evading transit fares counts as a “major crime.”
I would wonder how this transit cop got so quickly from one of the turnstile to the other to arrest this great threat to the law-abiding citizens of TracyVille, but that would probably be giving this strip more thought than it’s worth.
Well I did promise that some action would finally start today. The action starts a bit slow, but picks up as the week progresses. Hang in there Tracy fans!
“Jumping a turnstile on the New York City subway is a Class A misdemeanor, which is a violation of New York Penal Section 165.15. The penalty is up to one year in jail, but first-time offenders are usually offered plea bargains with lesser charges. These charges may include community service or an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal”
Another article asserted no one has ever been sentenced to a year for the crime and offered a list of options that have been given miscreants.
Processing them is more of a hassle for the city than the fare would have cost the freeloader in the first place. Jumping the turnstile with the cop standing right there is the definition of stupid, however there are a lot of stupid people in the world. Verdict: Day 9 without plot holes or logic errors.
3-: …Hello? Tracyville Times?You ain’t gonna believe who I just busted for Turny Jumping? Dennis DeYoung! Whadaya mean, “who?”
DENNIS?: Hey! I’m just a BLUE COLLAR MAN! Just a RENEGADE! Lemme go and I’ll be GONE GONE GONE and outta your hair! Come on, man – LIGHTen UP! I gotta see a man about a gig! (That means I gotta pee by the way…)
Wouldn’t security for the Tracyville Transit Authority have more up to date communications gear? Microphones attached to lapels, or epaulettes. And, where his is tac vest?
firestrike1 27 days ago
who IS this ‘Hopper’ character?…
Neil Wick 27 days ago
Good morning™, everyone!
I wonder if this turn-style jumper is the same guy we saw in the clock tower. You’d think we’d be seeing a criminal soon, but I’m not sure that evading transit fares counts as a “major crime.”
Brian Premium Member 27 days ago
At last, some real crime for the MCU team to sink their teeth into. After Sam finishes his sandwich, of course.
SHAKEDOWNCITY 27 days ago
A mere “token” gesture.
BreathlessMahoney77 27 days ago
I would wonder how this transit cop got so quickly from one of the turnstile to the other to arrest this great threat to the law-abiding citizens of TracyVille, but that would probably be giving this strip more thought than it’s worth.
avenger09 27 days ago
Definitely NOT NYC. We don’t arrest fare jumpers anymore.
avenger09 27 days ago
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GoComicsGo! 27 days ago
The guy in P2 reminds of the style from the defunct Dude and Dude comic here on GC.
Johnny Q Premium Member 27 days ago
“Michael Jackson didn’t get arrested when he did it in that ‘Bad’ video!”
charliefarmrhere 27 days ago
Well I did promise that some action would finally start today. The action starts a bit slow, but picks up as the week progresses. Hang in there Tracy fans!
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 27 days ago
Good morning™, Gate Jumpers !
Can an average looking hood be involved in whatever big time crime that is supposed to happen ?
therese_callahan2002 27 days ago
Two weeks ago, I saw a fare evader on an Amtrak train. He had no ticket, and was caught hiding in the restroom.
iggyman 27 days ago
This story is off to a “fare” start, maybe this guy is a habitual criminal, and will play a part in this saga!
iggyman 27 days ago
Did not know Tracy City had a subway! Bet it would be an interesting ride!
LawrenceS 27 days ago
“Jumping a turnstile on the New York City subway is a Class A misdemeanor, which is a violation of New York Penal Section 165.15. The penalty is up to one year in jail, but first-time offenders are usually offered plea bargains with lesser charges. These charges may include community service or an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal”
Another article asserted no one has ever been sentenced to a year for the crime and offered a list of options that have been given miscreants.
Processing them is more of a hassle for the city than the fare would have cost the freeloader in the first place. Jumping the turnstile with the cop standing right there is the definition of stupid, however there are a lot of stupid people in the world. Verdict: Day 9 without plot holes or logic errors.
Sporteric11 27 days ago
The entire place will blow up and the fare jumper will turn out to be a major terrorist threat to Dick Tracy and the squad !
BigDaveGlass 27 days ago
Don’t know who this character is. But, I don’t like his (turn) style.
SKJAM! Premium Member 27 days ago
A slow day for crime in Tracyville, so a bored cop is thrilled to have a fare jumper to pad his arrest statistics.
crobinson019 27 days ago
He’s probably related to Liz.
That Wichita Guy!! 27 days ago
The cruel apprehension of Lenny ‘Leapfrog’ Leapur.
Judge Magney 27 days ago
And so, our story reaches its dramatic conclusion!
WaitingMan 27 days ago
Thor seems to have fallen on hard times.
Chocolate_Chip 27 days ago
As the Chester Gould mural in his Pawnee, Oklahoma birthplace declares, “LITTLE CRIMES LEAD TO BIG CRIMES”
h.v.greenman 27 days ago
The wanna be Fabio didn’t want to be late for the 12:15 bird in the face
Ignatz Premium Member 27 days ago
Actually, that’s just a ticket. If they even bother.
Another Take 27 days ago
1- JERRY LEWIS: HEYYYY LADY !!!!
2-: ….What???? It’s Dennis DeYoung of Styx!
3-: …Hello? Tracyville Times?You ain’t gonna believe who I just busted for Turny Jumping? Dennis DeYoung! Whadaya mean, “who?”
DENNIS?: Hey! I’m just a BLUE COLLAR MAN! Just a RENEGADE! Lemme go and I’ll be GONE GONE GONE and outta your hair! Come on, man – LIGHTen UP! I gotta see a man about a gig! (That means I gotta pee by the way…)
orbenjawell Premium Member 27 days ago
Yup…..ANOTHER rip-roarin’, high-fah-lootin’, bite yer nails excitin’ day, somewhere ’r other………
WilliamVollmer 27 days ago
Wouldn’t security for the Tracyville Transit Authority have more up to date communications gear? Microphones attached to lapels, or epaulettes. And, where his is tac vest?
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 27 days ago
MOVIE QUOTE—
“Get those lances up, gentlemen! What do you think you’re doing, picking daisies?”
Knightly Instructor—-THE BLACK KNIGHT—1954
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 27 days ago
Actually,it’s worthwhile to grab fare jumpers—-there’s outstanding warrants on at least half of them.
Gould loved to start small and then explode on you.Tonsils was funny….at first.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 27 days ago
And…here we go……………
cpietran Premium Member 27 days ago
This strip is challenging Rex Morgan for dullness.
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl 27 days ago
“Leapin’ Lizards!!”
Come to think of it, we haven’t heard from Annie for a while.
jim_pem 27 days ago
Well, look at it this way: at least they caught someone this time. 9_9
Okay, on to the next arc?