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The NBC police drama "Homicide" got a taste of real-life crime Monday when a man suspected of theft stumbled onto a set and surrendered to what he mistakenly thought were real cops.The man, accused of stealing $100 worth of film from a drugstore, was fleeing the store's security guard when he turned a corner and came upon a street full of actors dressed like police officers. He dropped the film and said "Uh, oh."
"He . . . thought he ran into a nest of cops, but he ran into a nest of TV cops," actor Clark Johnson said.
A security guard for the show grabbed the suspect and the real police arrived shortly after.
"The judge should dismiss the charges because he was punished with humiliation," actor Richard Belzer said. "He shouldn't do any time because he looked like a total jerk."
Added Terrill Lawrence, the drugstore's security guard: "He was really embarrassed. I would have been embarrassed too."