Sketch Artist Aids Manhunt

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"I think it will be a tool we'll use in the future," East Ridge police spokesman Erik Hopkins said of sketches. "An ideal situation is the robbery we had."

"While we've seen our composite requests go down, people are in our office wanting videos looked at, videos enhanced," Sgt. [Darrell Whitfield] said. "It's just gone out of the roof."

"With the hand-drawn artist, they can erase and move things," he said. "It's a whole lot easier. They can control every little tiny, minute detail of a drawing."

"It has more of a reputation media-born or television show-born," he said. "It has more value on 'Law and Order' than it has in the real world."

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Sketch Artist Aids Manhunt

By Jacqueline Koch

jkoch@timesfreepress.com

East Ridge Detective J.C. Johnson picked up a pencil and, in the process, helped catch a robbery ...

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