Photo Finish

A newspaper photographer gave the cops a hand in catching a bad guy:

“A Lewiston man being sought by police was apprehended Wednesday when he jumped from a third-floor balcony to a garage roof trying to escape officers pursuing him and was tackled by a newspaper photographer, authorities said.

The Sun Journal newspaper reported that photographer Russ Dillingham was credited with helping police capture 35-year-old Norman Thompson as he tried to flee from local police and federal agents.

“We never would have caught this guy without Russ,” Lewiston police Sgt. Detective Adam Higgins said. “He was able to take pictures, tackle the guy and then hold him for us.”

This guy might lose his union card. Most mainstream journalists would have either stood by and let the guy go or would have actively tried to help him escape by pointing the police in the wrong direction.