Season 1
6 episodes
44 min. per episode
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Resourceful criminals evade capture, revealing their cunning through gripping reenactments and witness testimonies that blur the line between truth and deception.
Episodes
On the night of his birthday, Andre Wood is gunned down by Thomas Lollis during a fight in Akron, OH. Lollis tries to hide but after a close-call with cops, he skips town. He changes his identity and makes a life for himself and his girlfriend. After forging fake sales at a car dealership and walking off with $100,000, police begin to do surveillance on him and discover who he is. As cops corner him, he jumps from the second story window to make a break for it and breaks his foot. Lollis has no choice but to run through the pain, but will he be fast enough this time?
Desiree Lingo-Perkins life went from bad to worse, when she agreed to help kidnap a boy for some extra cash. But when the kidnapping goes wrong and the boy is murdered, Desiree has to go on the run. She hitches rides to Mexico with truckers, paying her way by turning tricks. Making a living for years in Mexico by hustling, Desiree thinks she has gotten away, until she is recognized by her tattoo. She has to decide if she wants to stop running, or dive deeper into the illicit world of Mexican prostitution.
After a drug deal with a Harvard student ends in murder, James Martin goes on the run. He heads to NY, CA and finally Montreal, Canada to stay under the radar. He takes on several different aliases along the way. But even changing his name cannot change his past. But when a new cop back in New York starts to snoop around the old case, Martin's trail grows hot again. Now he has to scramble to find a new ID, before the cops track him down, and end his freedom.
William Hawley is a trained locksmith and an expert con artist addicted to cocaine. After a botched robbery, he leaves NYC for Florida. Pairing his skills of impersonation and lock picking, he turns to house invasions, picking safes and stealing valuables. Everything is great until he robs a cop, which draws media attention, so Hawley leaves town. He heads to Las Vegas, where he deals drugs. After an undercover sting, Hawley spends time in prison. Once out he returns to robbing jewelry stores in Florida. By now, the police have caught up with him and he must decide whether to keep running or turn himself in.
Trevor Woods has skipped out on a bail bond and is in need of money. He decides to graduate from petty theft to heists, when he kidnaps a store manager and forces him to open the company safe. When the heist goes wrong and the cops show up, Woods has to abandon his plan and skip the state. Now in Ohio, Woods has a bigger bank heist planned, it is pulled off flawlessly, until the GPS tracker in the money brings the cops. After a high-speed chase ends in a crash, Woods pulls his gun, knowing he will have to shoot his way to freedom.
Told through real life witnesses, dramatic reenactments and first-person voice, Cuff Me If You Can recounts true stories of determined and resourceful criminals who are on the lam and cannot appear on camera.