Dragnet Season 1 Episode 21 The Big Oskar

This episode: "The Big Oskar." The detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper. Created by Jack Webb, this popular NBC series won five Primetime Emmy Awards and ran for an incredible 277 episodes (1951-1959).