Pillowcase Ties Trooper to Poker Heist

"The first clue in the stickup of a big bucks poker game at a Delaware country club came when the card players said that one of the victims was a Delaware state trooper.

Before police even arrived at the scene, the trooper took off.

Nearly three weeks later, the Delaware State Police announced the arrest of Trooper First Class HyunJin Kim, 27.

The two-year veteran of the state police patrol was charged with 11 counts of robbery as well as wearing a disguise during a felony, possession of a weapon during a felony and conspiracy.

For his protection, Kim is being held in an unidentified correctional facility, according to Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh, a spokesman for the Delaware State Police. Cash bond was set at on $240,000.

The culprits collected about $10,000 in cash, according to court records, credit cards and cell phones. They left in a small car with a loud muffler.

Police recovered the red pillowcases and victims reportedly told authorities that one of the players in the game was a state trooper named Kim. When interviewed, Kim only provided a few details about the robbery, saying his view was obstructed by the pillowcase, Whitmarsh said.

Detectives searched area stores where the red pillowcases might be sold and found identical pillowcases at a Wal-Mart.

A surveillance tape from the store showed two men leaving Wal-Mart with $18 worth of pillowcases. One was Kim, police said. The second man, wearing a Chicago White Sox cap and carrying the pillowcases, has not been identified.

The break provided authorities with enough evidence to obtain a warrant to search Kim's house where they discovered a receipt for the pillowcases and keys belonging to two of the witnesses, Whitmarsh said.

Kim has been suspended by the state police.

Whitmarsh called the alleged actions of Kim an anomaly among Delaware state troopers.

"Our worst-case scenario at any time is having to arrest one of our own," he said. "But we hold ourselves to high standards and sometimes it's something we've got to do."

Other times, they can get away with murder as long as they aren't stupid enough to get caught on a Wal-Mart video.

Right, Corporal Whitmarsh?

Because, you see, if you DID hold yourselves to high standards it would NOT be a worst-case scenario at all.

Here's how that works, and you can use it free of charge the next time one of your guys gets caught with his hand in the till...

"This proves that the system works, and that no one is above the law," Corporal Whitmarsh said, "and we're all the more proud of our investigative teams when they remove such scum from our ranks."

See?

Makes you sound all noble and shit and not like it was just so damned hard to charge one of your own even when he was dirty.

Oh, and by the way; you might want to rethink spilling the beans as to how this dirty cop was whisked away to an unidentified facility for his protection. Case like this where the idjit is caught dead-to-rights, he damned well deserves being treated like a criminal and not like some Hollywood celebrity.