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Dallas SWAT responds to a dangerous call out--a man has barricaded himself in his apartment and is shooting multiple rounds aimlessly out the window. Trapped on the scene are a number of patrol officers who Rich Emberlin and his squad must rescue. Later, Rich goes on a shopping spree with his daughter in preparation for a Daddy Daughter Dance at her elementary school. She's been calling him all week, making sure that he'll attend. But when Rich is called to help execute a last minute ATF warrant, his plans for the dance are in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Officer Johnny Baker helps to execute a narcotics warrant at a home where two young children reside. His job is to pry the door open, which he must do quickly or else SWAT will be forced to pull off the cage doors. All the while, he awaits the birth of his fourth child.

Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Deputies see their fair share of petty theft down the bayous. However, for the past two years, an organized ring of motorcycle thieves has been striking every six months, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of motorcycles in a single night. When Deputy Keith Bergeron gets a call for a stolen motorcycle, he thinks the organized thieves are at it again. With the help of Detective Lt. Terry Daigre, the two officers investigate. Also, Deputy Marlin Meeks meets with a woman who's distraught because she thinks she's hit a pedestrian on the roadway. She says the pedestrian was wearing a bridal gown, but Deputy Meeks can't find evidence of the accident. Could this be the bayou's legendary haunted tale of the "the woman in white"? And Deputy Paul "Highlights" Thibodeaux arrives at the scene of two young women scrambling to get out of their automobile after it careens into the bayou and has started sinking into the mud below.

In Southern Louisiana, the mosquito problem is so rampant and the annoying pests can get so big, the locals will often say the mosquito is the "state bird". In this episode, Deputy Tom Arnold is called down the bayou to investigate a man disturbing his neighbors. The suspect, who is not a Cajun, is literally being driven crazy by mosquitoes and is trying the most outrageous methods to eradicate the annoying insects. Deputy Arnold tries repeatedly to get the suspect to give up the futile battle, but the man goes too far and puts the entire neighborhood in jeopardy. Also, Deputy Keith Bergeron is dispatched to a creepy bayou mansion where a woman believes a noise in her attic is the haunting of the legendary "Lady Long Fingers". And Deputy Melissa "Catfish" Quintal encounters the craziest Cajun she's ever met when she's dispatched to talk with a woman accusing her next door neighbor of poisoning her dog.

Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois is only weeks away from retirement, but he's making it his mission to take down a major copper theft ring that's been terrorizing his parish. After Detective Lt. Terry Daigre interrogates a copper thief suspect from a previous arrest, the suspect gives up vital information that the ringleader and two cohorts from the theft ring are planning to steal copper from a huge warehouse down the bayou. The department springs into action trying to prepare for the bust. Also, Deputy Melissa "Catfish" Quintal tries to sort out a strange case of theft of an expensive "privy bottle". Catfish is shocked and somewhat disgusted to find out that privy bottles are found at the base of old outhouse holes. And Lt. Peter Guidry and Sgt. Dudley "DJ" Authement investigate a case of shots fired in the middle of the swamps in the dead of night.

Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois' time as sheriff is finally coming to an end, but he won't be satisfied retiring until he catches the leader of a very elusive copper theft ring. They had the main suspect in their grasps, but the previous bust didn't yield the results they had hoped, and Bourgeois is more determined than ever to nab him. Deputy Melissa "Catfish" Quintal turns a disappointing birthday dinner with her gator man into an exciting gator hunting adventure in the swamps, and in the creepiest call yet, a man captures a creature in his barn that he is convinced is the elusive swamp creature, the "rougarou".

Central Prison in Raleigh, is the first stop for all of North Carolina's male felons with sentences of 20 years or longer. It's also the last stop for men and women sentenced to death. Today, Central is a modern state-of-the-art prison, but it began as a dark dungeon built nearly 120 years ago.

Located near Belfast, Maze Prison holds both Catholic and Protestant prisoners, members of paramilitary groups like the Irish Republican Army. The prison consists of eight H-shaped cellblocks with cameras, searchlights, 16-foot walls, and guard towers. Outside, British soldiers patrol. We investigate several incidents, including: the Blanket Protests, when IRA inmates refused to wear uniforms; the Dirty Protest, when prisoners smeared human waste on prison walls; and the Bobby Sand hunger strike.

The lovely union of marriage takes center stage as Officer Dawn Yorke tries to settle domestic dispute with a wife who refuses to let her abusive husband back into their home. Next, Sgt. Betsy Brantner-Smith gives a good lecture to a husband who gets pulled over after bickering with his wife. Unfortunately for this poor guy, he manages to piss off two women at the same time. The blossoming relationship between Officer Julie Lardino and her new boyfriend Ken also come to light as she introduces him to her family and prepares to take an even bigger step--moving in together!

St. Patrick's Day evening is the perfect backdrop as zany suspects take center stage, including a belligerent drunk woman who continuously bangs her head in an attempt to cause herself bodily harm. Also, Sgt. Lisa Burghardt intervenes in a domestic dispute between two brothers that turns violent.

Set in Omakalee, FL and San Louis Obispo, CA. Beth meets with one family desperately searching for their special needs child, and another family trying to find a daughter who disappeared more than 15 years ago.

Set in Philadelphia and Leesburg, FL. Beth looks into a case in which a young pregnant woman vanishes from the streets of Philadelphia and the City of Brotherly Love comes together to bring her captor to justice. The second case involves a toddler's abduction which galvanizes a community.

Someone went to a lot of trouble to kill Nikki Bamberg. Her ex-husband, Damon, and his mother, Sonya, are the prime suspects. But they would never kill Nikki in front of her young children...or would they?

Alberto Macias loves his wife Laura and his five children and is doing his very best to provide for them during hard times. Then he is found murdered, with two bullet holes in his head. Who would want Alberto dead? More than one family member is about to flunk their polygraph test.

Darlene George and her 13-year-old son are the victims of a random home invasion robbery. But when police arrive, Darlene s husband, Winston George is found in the basement, hog-tied and strangled. No doubt, this was more than a robbery...and it wasn t random either. Next, after years of drug and alcohol abuse, Ralph Ludvik has turned his life around...that is until he meets Debra Aquilina and her son, Mark. Within months, Ralph has died of an accidental drug overdose. But was it really an accident?

A look at how the justice system handled the unique case of Dr. L. Stan Naramore, who was convicted of attempting to murder a 78-year-old terminally ill woman and of killing an 81-year-old farmer. But "tough Irish" defense attorney Kurt Kerns, who "bawled like a baby" and threw up when Naramore was convicted, later persuaded the Kansas Board of Appeals to issue a highly unusual ruling. Includes interviews with Naramore and Kerns.

A look at the controversial case of Deputy Sheriff Joseph Kent McGowan, whose dispute with a Texas woman, Susan White, ended up with McGowan shooting White in her bedroom. Two juries found McGowan guilty of murder, but McGowan insists that he acted in self-defense.

A look at the controversial case of North Carolina author Michael Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife, a high powered business executive. At the trial, the prosecution showed that Peterson stood to collect a large amount of life insurance if his wife died. But the defense claimed that the police were seeking revenge against Peterson for articles he had written critical of them in the local paper.

For two months in 2004, Christopher Dimeo and his girlfriend, Nicole Pearce, embark on a heroin-fueled crime spree. Dimeo steals over $350,000 worth of jewelry and leaves three dead in his wake. The brutal slayings in the sleepy suburbs of New York set off an intense manhunt led by Det. Billy Brosnan and Det. Lt. Dennis Farrell. Their hunt for the fugitives leads to a SWAT showdown in Atlantic City.

While awaiting trial, Darli Velazquez Armas, a player in Miami's drug world, decides to go on the lam. Bounty hunter Rolando Betancourt is assigned the case, and an incredible international manhunt ensues. There are several near misses and high-speed car chases. Betancourt flies back and forth across the Atlantic, doggedly pursuing every lead, until he finally sees his chance to bring the fugitive in and end the epic five-month chase once and for all.

Prisoner Edward Harold Bell has retracted his confession. And when investigators Lise Olsen and Fred Paige look into the only man ever convicted for any of the eleven murders, they uncover shocking inconsistencies, unlawful police tactics, and a deadly miscarriage of justice.

In Alamogordo, New Mexico, a young man is shot in cold blood and left to die on a remote mountain trail. As detectives hunt for the murderer, they worry they may be dealing with a potential serial killer who could strike again at any time. Now, the killer describes in detail how he murdered his victim and delivers a shocking revelation about his past.

In the case of the State vs. Scott Peterson, the prosecution asks for the death penalty for the murders of Laci and Conner Peterson while the defense says Peterson is "stone cold innocent."

Prison crime doesn't rest for Special Agent John Fisher's birthday. With inmate drug use at an all-time high, the Squad searches for the source of drugs coming into the prison. John goes undercover to monitor prisoners' visitors, search an entire cellblock for evidence, and work with an inmate informant to set up a sting on the outside. But ultimately, the investigation leads John to the last place he wanted to look.

Inmate predators force weaker inmates to hide drugs in their cells and take the rap if they're caught. But one inmate risks his life and turns informant to help Sergeant Valerie "Snoop Dogg" Hampton and Special Agent John Fisher eliminate the inmates' outside drug source. Acting on this intelligence, the Squad conducts a massive cell search and ramps up their investigation outside the prison--where they hope to ensnare their suspect in an elaborate trap.