Hinkley

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Hinkley

Background

Thomas B. Hinkley is the Sheriff of Lakeville, California. He is a veteran of Desert Storm.


During the events of Santa with Muscles (1996) played by Clint Howard

Hinkley is sitting in his patrol car scanning the area for speeders when Blake and his paintball friends speed past him. Hinkely gives chase and more patrol cars join him. They drive towards the Lakeville Mall. While sneaking around the mall, Blake puts on a Santa costume. He is stopped by Hinkley who asks him if he has seen anyone come through the area. A Boy in Corridor stops Blake and shows him his Christmas list and Blake calls him a brat and tells him to fax his list. As Blake is walking away, Hinkley notices his a portion of his desert camouflage uniform sticking out from the Santa costume and chases him, but loses him. Later, Blake and his employees, speed by Hinkley who chases after them and two more patrol cars join him. A deputy fires an RPG and Blake dodges it and it blows up Hinkley's patrol car. After the orphanage blows up, Hinkley arrives in his burnt up vehicle and tells everyone to freeze. Helen Chu arrives and interviews Hinkley. Ebner Frost and his associates are taken away by the police.