Massachusetts authorities say thermal imaging technology has for the first time helped a jury convict someone of a crime in the state.
Prosecutors say Jose Rodriguez of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood was convicted on Monday of illegal possession of a loaded gun and sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail.
Authorities say the 25-year-old Rodriguez was seen throwing something into the snow last January as police chased him for questioning. He was apprehended, and police retracing his steps used a thermal imaging camera to find a gun in the snow.
The 9 mm handgun showed up lighter than its surroundings because it retained the body heat of the person who had been carrying it.
Rodriguez and his lawyer had no comment. Har!
An example of the old phrase… Hey bub, carrying a heater?
Very appropriate but you’re definitely showing your age. Heater? Gat? Rod?
Dang!!!, I thinks I was still drinking mother’s milk the last time I heard those terms. That was right around the end of the dinosaur era.
hmmmm…Quite so, quite so. something or another about politics…. indeed.