They had been watching Barbara for while. Local police had been informed that a mobster had moved to area, and they had eye on him. They called in all other area departments for back up. Not much goes on there, even today, so police have a lot of free time. State troopers are always available, so they were called in.


If the men there had just stayed and not run, they would have been better off. They could have just said they were not committing any crime, which technically was true. Running like fools made them look guilty and worsened the publicity.