Subject: Why Ben Was Not Arrested
From: furesz_t@wums2.wustl.edu
Date: 1991-08-30, 05:26
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <66036@bbn.BBN.COM>, ingria@bbn.com (Bob Ingria) writes:
> > In article <56731@apple.Apple.COM> larryy@Apple.COM (Larry Yaeger) writes:
> > 
> > Speaking of which, is anybody else here annoyed that Ben wasn't
> > arrested?  Not for Laura's murder, but for the host of other crimes he
> > committed.  There's solicitation for prostitution (documented by
> > Laura's diary (maybe, if those pages survived) and by Audrey Horne's
> > experience; and also by Ronette, when she recovered).  Some of these
> > high school girls, at least, were minors, which adds another charge.
> > There's Ben's ownership of One-Eyed Jack's; if he did not report
> > income from it, there's a charge of income tax fraud.  (His ownership
> > by itself was presumably not illegal.)  There's also the obvious fact
> > that he stood to profit from the burning of the mill, which was known
> > to be a case of arson, which should have prompted investigation along
> > those lines.
  The problem with your idea is that the TP Sheriff's office has little
law enforcement duties in Canada.  Sure most if not all of the goings
on at OEJ were illegal and Ben is to blame for most of them but OEJ is
in Canada.  That might explain why Sheriff Truman never arrested Ben.

Todd