WOULD-be criminals beware: don't mess with Deputy Lou "The Incredible Hulk" Ferrigno.
The former bodybuilder and star of the 1970s TV show no longer turns into a raging green monster when he sees people breaking the law. But since being sworn in as a reserve deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, he has the power to arrest them.
"I'm having a blast," Ferrigno said after his swearing-in ceremony on Monday night. "My father was a police officer with the New York Police Department ... I want to give back to the community, and I want to work with young kids, help them get off drugs."
Ferrigno, 54, will help recruit new deputies and work with the sheriff's Youth Activities League and the Special Victims Bureau, which assists abused children.