Cass thought a ‘dine and dash’ was a fitting crime for a food-lover’s city like Pasadena. It is the birthplace of chef Julia Child, home to 500 restaurants, and one of America’s few Le Cordon Bleu culinary schools. Pasadena is known as the “City of Roses,” and it is Cass who cleans up its quirkier criminal cases. “They’re what we call the ‘X-Files’”. Recently, he captured the ‘Glass Man Burglar,’ a thief who skillfully removed window panes, and the ‘Guitar Bandit’ who delighted newspapermen by pulling off a “string” of thefts. When the detective typed “dine and dash” into Google, to brush up on the law, he was surprised to find 100s of news reports about 1 local man named Paul Gonzales. “He had, like, fans, and they were like, ‘hey, he’s not doing anything wrong. Some websites called Gonzales “scummy” and “Douchebag of the Week.” “This guy was not on any police department’s radar, yet he was one of the most wanted men in America.”

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