Real-life criminal cases oftentimes inspire big-screen and small-screen dramatic productions. However, it was the other way around recently in Scranton, Pa.
Real-life criminal cases oftentimes inspire big-screen and small-screen dramatic productions. However, it was the other way around recently in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Marshals Service announced on Monday that it conducted what it dubbed “Operation Dunder Mifflin” — “an effort to verify the registered addresses of convicted sex offenders.” The name of the operation was a hat tip to the popular NBC mocumentary-style comedy which aired between 2005 and 2013. Though nearly all of the show was recorded in California, it was whimsically set in Scranton. Beyond the name, however, the U.S. Marshals Service operation — a joint effort with the Scranton Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police — bore no semblance whatsoever to the plot of the critically acclaimed television series.
