HARLAN PEAVEY
BOOKING 95-12-0016PONDER CO. · SAT 12-02-1995FICTION
IMAGING95-12-0016
- NAME
- HARLAN PEAVEY
- AKA
- —
- BOOKED
- 12-02-1995
- CHARGE
- RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY (ONE PROSTHETIC LEG)
- PLACE
- AMERICAN LEGION HALL
- OFFICER
- DEPUTY HARGROVE
- PRIORS
- NONE
- TAGS
- AMERICAN LEGION, GAMBLING, PROSTHETICS
Ponder County Sheriff's Dept. — Incident Report Records inquiry · Terminal 03 · Booking 95-12-0016
- Subject
- HARLAN PEAVEY
- AKA
- —
- Charge
- Receiving stolen property (one prosthetic leg)
- Location
- American Legion Hall
- Officer
- Deputy Hargrove
- Date
- 12-02-1995
Narrative
When Deputy Hargrove raided the Legion men's-room casino, Ricky "Vegas" Lankford went to collect the leg he'd won at poker. Too late. That son of a bitch had walked off without its owner, under Harlan Peavey's arm.
Harlan is a tan-shirt, side-part, Sunday-school man and the Legion treasurer. God love him, he could make stealing sound like something you needed a quorum for.
"I'm securing club assets."
"It ain't a club asset, Harlan. It's Delbert's damn leg."
"Delbert put it in the pot."
There was the trouble. Harlan wasn't disputing whose leg it was. He was disputing which column it belonged in.
At 1:30 a.m. they picked him up in the Legion parking lot, trying to fit it in a Buick trunk already full of bingo cages. Hell of a place to store a lower extremity, but the treasurer hadn't asked us. He kept saying "now hold on," polite as could be, like Hargrove was fixin' to approve last month's minutes without reading them.
In the Polaroid his arms stick out like he's still carrying it. Poor fellow looks ready to receive another donation. Delbert got the leg back Monday. Says it's been in a Buick; he can tell.
See also
- 95-12-0001 Ricky Lankford — american legion, gambling
- 95-12-0015 Sal Bianchi — gambling
End of report
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