1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:02,775 In the criminal justice system... 2 00:00:02,853 --> 00:00:06,516 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:06,623 --> 00:00:08,557 The police who investigate crime... 4 00:00:08,625 --> 00:00:11,389 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,461 --> 00:00:13,088 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,664 --> 00:00:15,961 Two weeks. 7 00:00:16,032 --> 00:00:18,295 Separate vacations and no questions asked. 8 00:00:18,667 --> 00:00:20,658 My marriage would be perfect. 9 00:00:20,736 --> 00:00:23,204 Whatever your wife does, you don't care? 10 00:00:23,272 --> 00:00:27,641 My wife would spend the whole time with her family. I know her every move. 11 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:30,372 Yeah. Like I knew my ex's every move. 12 00:00:32,848 --> 00:00:34,179 Up ahead. 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,712 Buying or selling? 14 00:00:43,292 --> 00:00:44,316 They made us. 15 00:00:44,393 --> 00:00:45,417 Wait, what do we got here? 16 00:00:45,494 --> 00:00:47,928 We got a 27-David, signal 10-10... 17 00:00:47,997 --> 00:00:51,023 Christopher and Hudson. Suspicious black Mercedes... 18 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:54,627 Sam, Zebra, Union, 766. Will investigate. 19 00:01:02,211 --> 00:01:03,200 Hey! 20 00:01:03,779 --> 00:01:06,680 Don't shoot. The money's in the back. 21 00:01:06,749 --> 00:01:08,546 All right, crawl out. 22 00:01:08,684 --> 00:01:10,174 Don't turn around. 23 00:01:10,786 --> 00:01:12,686 Keep your arms raised. 24 00:01:13,722 --> 00:01:15,849 Spread them. What? What are you... 25 00:01:16,158 --> 00:01:17,625 Who are you? 26 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,384 Please! 27 00:01:19,461 --> 00:01:22,521 Don't turn around, I said. I'm not a criminal. 28 00:01:22,731 --> 00:01:24,221 He's clean. 29 00:01:24,366 --> 00:01:25,458 Hey. 30 00:01:25,768 --> 00:01:28,100 He's got the Lotto back here. 31 00:01:30,072 --> 00:01:32,233 I'm in the real estate business. 32 00:01:32,308 --> 00:01:35,504 I deal routinely in very large sums. 33 00:01:35,577 --> 00:01:36,669 Yeah, right. 34 00:01:36,744 --> 00:01:39,304 At 2:00 in the morning, out of the back seat of your car? 35 00:01:39,647 --> 00:01:42,946 I can prove that the money is mine. I've done nothing illegal. 36 00:01:45,887 --> 00:01:48,947 This is Mr. Kattleman, Mr. Bregman's attorney. 37 00:01:49,023 --> 00:01:51,651 Oh, Marvin. Thank God you're here. 38 00:01:55,630 --> 00:01:57,564 They gonna let us talk? 39 00:01:57,932 --> 00:02:00,924 Gentlemen, may I have a moment with my client? 40 00:02:10,078 --> 00:02:13,411 It tops $4 mil, and they're still counting. 41 00:02:13,481 --> 00:02:16,678 Yeah, but this is Sol Bregman, not Pablo Escobar. 42 00:02:16,751 --> 00:02:20,187 Hey, so what? Let's toss it to Narcotics and go home. 43 00:02:26,394 --> 00:02:31,024 I've advised Mr. Bregman to fully explain why he was carrying that money. 44 00:02:35,169 --> 00:02:37,603 My son, Jason, has been kidnapped. 45 00:02:39,574 --> 00:02:41,872 I was trying to pay the ransom. 46 00:03:31,558 --> 00:03:33,856 Did you actually talk to Jason? 47 00:03:34,094 --> 00:03:37,791 Last time they called, they played a tape of Jason's voice. 48 00:03:38,565 --> 00:03:40,863 I could tell he was terrified. 49 00:03:41,468 --> 00:03:44,335 I haven't heard fear in his voice since he was a child. 50 00:03:44,404 --> 00:03:45,837 Where does Jason work? 51 00:03:45,906 --> 00:03:49,205 He has his own real estate business. His office is in my building. 52 00:03:49,476 --> 00:03:51,205 We'll need the names of all his employees. 53 00:03:51,278 --> 00:03:52,677 There's just a secretary. 54 00:03:52,746 --> 00:03:56,011 Look, I didn't ask for your help. I can handle this myself. 55 00:03:56,083 --> 00:03:57,516 We can't let you do that. 56 00:03:57,584 --> 00:03:59,643 He's my only son. I'm not gonna sit on my hands. 57 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,087 We understand that, but if you want to help him, you're gonna have to help us. 58 00:04:03,757 --> 00:04:05,748 We'll also need a list of your employees... 59 00:04:05,826 --> 00:04:07,817 especially anybody who quit or got fired. 60 00:04:08,128 --> 00:04:11,393 What about his friends, the people he hung out with? 61 00:04:11,598 --> 00:04:14,065 I don't know many of his current friends. 62 00:04:14,133 --> 00:04:15,361 My son has his own life. 63 00:04:16,502 --> 00:04:18,060 Let it ring. You got it? 64 00:04:27,146 --> 00:04:28,875 Don't answer that phone, Mr. Bregman. 65 00:04:32,651 --> 00:04:35,916 I was there with the money. I was going to pay you. 66 00:04:36,455 --> 00:04:39,322 I couldn't help it. I did not call them in. 67 00:04:40,126 --> 00:04:42,356 I did exactly as you told me. 68 00:04:43,529 --> 00:04:44,689 Jason? 69 00:04:45,097 --> 00:04:46,189 Jason, are you all right? 70 00:04:49,602 --> 00:04:51,069 Listen to me. 71 00:04:51,704 --> 00:04:54,229 I'll pay you anything you want. 72 00:04:55,307 --> 00:04:57,138 Only, don't hurt him. 73 00:04:58,677 --> 00:05:00,167 Hello? Hello? 74 00:05:04,416 --> 00:05:06,611 It's the damn tape again. 75 00:05:10,890 --> 00:05:13,017 They know you're involved. 76 00:05:13,659 --> 00:05:17,720 They said if they don't get the money in two days, they're going to kill Jason. 77 00:05:19,398 --> 00:05:20,592 And you betrayed us. 78 00:05:20,666 --> 00:05:22,634 I did not call them in. 79 00:05:23,335 --> 00:05:25,132 I did exactly as you told me. 80 00:05:25,204 --> 00:05:27,195 Dad, it's Jason. 81 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:29,239 I'm okay. 82 00:05:29,675 --> 00:05:31,699 These people are serious. 83 00:05:31,876 --> 00:05:34,936 Please follow their instructions, or it's over. 84 00:05:35,380 --> 00:05:37,780 They're going to kill me, okay? 85 00:05:39,450 --> 00:05:41,918 I'll pay you anything you want. 86 00:05:42,220 --> 00:05:47,180 So, a street-side pay phone, 42nd and Broadway, lots of traffic... 87 00:05:47,325 --> 00:05:48,656 prints are a long shot. 88 00:05:48,726 --> 00:05:51,320 They won't set up another ransom exchange by phone. 89 00:05:51,396 --> 00:05:54,957 A note on Bregman's car, a FedEx, maybe a pizza man. 90 00:05:55,033 --> 00:05:57,558 And don't count on Bregman telling us about it. 91 00:05:57,635 --> 00:05:59,796 What about the gray van our men spotted? 92 00:05:59,871 --> 00:06:02,897 Well, from the year, make, and model, and a two-letter partial... 93 00:06:02,974 --> 00:06:05,340 it narrows down to about 3,000 vehicles. 94 00:06:05,410 --> 00:06:08,902 Well, Jason Bregman didn't get carried down a ladder from his nursery. 95 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:11,346 Whoever did it knew when and where to grab him. 96 00:06:11,416 --> 00:06:12,849 This guy wasn't a hermit. 97 00:06:12,917 --> 00:06:15,408 Checking out his lifestyle's gonna be a lot of manpower. 98 00:06:15,486 --> 00:06:17,954 Johnson and Samuels will cover tenant grievances. 99 00:06:18,022 --> 00:06:20,547 You start with the home front. And careful. 100 00:06:20,625 --> 00:06:23,856 Nothing can get him killed quicker than a headline. 101 00:06:26,865 --> 00:06:28,992 I never had trouble with him. What's going on? 102 00:06:29,067 --> 00:06:32,730 Oh, the old man doesn't hear from his kid for a few days, they call out the army. 103 00:06:32,804 --> 00:06:36,570 Yeah. We're here, and little Jason's probably snapping towels at beach bunnies. 104 00:06:37,742 --> 00:06:39,573 Well, he's a lady's man, that's for sure. 105 00:06:39,677 --> 00:06:42,908 Goes mostly for the bohemian type. Bags of bones with long hair. 106 00:06:42,981 --> 00:06:45,711 Looks like he was a budding David Merrick. 107 00:06:45,783 --> 00:06:49,047 "Jason Bregman presents Blue. " Never heard of it. 108 00:06:49,152 --> 00:06:52,280 Picked the wrong color, I guess. Is this him? 109 00:06:52,856 --> 00:06:56,758 Oh, he's game for anything. Bobsledding, scuba diving. Me? 110 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,293 Give me a beer and a waterbed. That's all the excitement I need. 111 00:07:00,364 --> 00:07:01,922 He sure keeps a lot of art around here. 112 00:07:02,032 --> 00:07:03,465 Yeah, he deals in it. 113 00:07:03,567 --> 00:07:04,966 Takes after his father. 114 00:07:05,035 --> 00:07:08,368 You know, I hear the old man has his name written in stone at the Guggenheim. 115 00:07:08,438 --> 00:07:10,906 Looks like Jason might've been headed toward Times Square. 116 00:07:10,974 --> 00:07:15,308 "Planet Fantasy, produced and directed by Jason Bregman." 117 00:07:16,179 --> 00:07:19,114 "Promotional reel for the Lisa Cole Gallery." 118 00:07:19,216 --> 00:07:21,548 Sounds more like Soho than 42nd Street. 119 00:07:21,618 --> 00:07:25,076 Lisa's one of his girlfriends. A real piece of art. 120 00:07:26,323 --> 00:07:29,986 Jason and I go out, but we're not mutually exclusive. 121 00:07:31,228 --> 00:07:34,425 So what's Jason done, besides not return my calls? 122 00:07:35,032 --> 00:07:37,125 Well, when was the last time you heard from him? 123 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:38,428 Friday. 124 00:07:38,502 --> 00:07:41,960 On Saturday we were going to his rave party, but he stood me up. 125 00:07:42,039 --> 00:07:43,336 His party? 126 00:07:43,407 --> 00:07:45,967 He was throwing it? Jason's latest enterprise. 127 00:07:46,043 --> 00:07:48,807 A warehouse, a band, 500 crazy kids... 128 00:07:49,246 --> 00:07:51,612 and a couple of lowlifes to keep a lid on things. 129 00:07:51,682 --> 00:07:53,707 I thought he was into the real estate business. 130 00:07:53,784 --> 00:07:57,618 His old man gave him an office, but it didn't excite him like his other hobbies. 131 00:07:57,688 --> 00:08:01,522 These lowlifes for the parties, did he hire them out of the want-ads? 132 00:08:02,793 --> 00:08:06,854 Jason had a need for sleaze, but he let his partner handle that end. 133 00:08:07,063 --> 00:08:09,691 He's the one who sent you, right? Why would he do that? 134 00:08:09,765 --> 00:08:11,926 They had a beef about fire permits... 135 00:08:12,001 --> 00:08:14,526 so now this creep thinks Jason owes him money. 136 00:08:14,603 --> 00:08:16,195 This creep got a name? 137 00:08:16,272 --> 00:08:17,864 I don't know. How about Guido? 138 00:08:18,908 --> 00:08:23,504 He had a lease on one of the warehouses. I think Jason's father owned the place. 139 00:08:23,813 --> 00:08:26,338 Until now, this kid had no worries. 140 00:08:26,415 --> 00:08:29,475 Show up for work, don't show up. He had it all. 141 00:08:29,618 --> 00:08:31,711 Yeah, if you're willing to overlook the fact... 142 00:08:31,787 --> 00:08:33,687 that his old man's money got him kidnapped. 143 00:08:33,756 --> 00:08:34,745 Here you go. 144 00:08:34,824 --> 00:08:36,655 Oh, no, I want those over here. 145 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:39,787 Give me the money. I'll take my chances. 146 00:08:40,029 --> 00:08:41,826 How about what goes with it? 147 00:08:41,897 --> 00:08:43,922 This kid couldn't pick up a paper without seeing... 148 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,264 Bregman Senior getting some kind of an award. 149 00:08:46,335 --> 00:08:48,098 It's a tough act to follow. 150 00:08:48,170 --> 00:08:50,001 Try following a drunk. 151 00:08:50,806 --> 00:08:54,708 Sol Bregman's got two personal accounts. Everything's current to this morning. 152 00:08:54,777 --> 00:08:57,507 Would you believe a seven-figure balance? 153 00:08:59,749 --> 00:09:04,118 Hey, here's a withdrawal for $250,000 cash... 154 00:09:04,387 --> 00:09:06,855 the day after his kid was grabbed. 155 00:09:07,523 --> 00:09:08,990 What do you think? 156 00:09:09,058 --> 00:09:11,424 Down payment for the kidnappers? 157 00:09:12,128 --> 00:09:15,689 $250,000's a lot of walking-around money, even for you. 158 00:09:16,432 --> 00:09:18,332 You work for the IRS now? 159 00:09:18,401 --> 00:09:20,835 Where'd the money go, Mr. Bregman? 160 00:09:22,605 --> 00:09:24,266 I had to do something. 161 00:09:25,540 --> 00:09:28,270 Tell us about it. We've been known to empathize. 162 00:09:29,511 --> 00:09:32,173 After I received the ransom demand... 163 00:09:32,247 --> 00:09:34,977 I thought if I could contact the right people... 164 00:09:35,050 --> 00:09:37,177 Who, the Mott Street crowd? 165 00:09:37,619 --> 00:09:40,782 In my business, you meet people. I thought they could help. 166 00:09:40,855 --> 00:09:43,517 And they hit you up for $250,000? 167 00:09:43,591 --> 00:09:45,183 That's what he said it would cost. 168 00:09:45,260 --> 00:09:46,557 Who said? 169 00:09:47,996 --> 00:09:49,486 Jimmy Ameche. 170 00:09:50,098 --> 00:09:51,793 He leases some of my buildings. 171 00:09:51,866 --> 00:09:55,768 He's in business with my son. These dance parties. 172 00:09:57,138 --> 00:09:59,197 I would have given him anything. 173 00:10:00,942 --> 00:10:03,502 Have a seat. You have a cushion? 174 00:10:03,711 --> 00:10:06,305 I just had the laser thing done on my 'rhoids. 175 00:10:06,381 --> 00:10:09,145 We'll get you some extra marshmallows for your hot cocoa. 176 00:10:09,217 --> 00:10:10,411 Nice. 177 00:10:12,754 --> 00:10:15,552 I hope this doesn't take all morning. So do we. 178 00:10:16,224 --> 00:10:18,818 So, you and Jason Bregman were partners? 179 00:10:18,893 --> 00:10:22,693 Yeah. I had a building sitting empty, and Jason had a way of generating income. 180 00:10:22,764 --> 00:10:24,254 We heard you two had a falling out. 181 00:10:24,332 --> 00:10:25,356 So what? 182 00:10:25,433 --> 00:10:27,731 Partners don't have disagreements? 183 00:10:28,002 --> 00:10:30,334 Jason's a good kid, but he has his bad days. 184 00:10:30,405 --> 00:10:32,236 Yeah. Like the past four. 185 00:10:32,974 --> 00:10:34,066 I wouldn't know. 186 00:10:35,643 --> 00:10:37,338 "I wouldn't know"? 187 00:10:37,479 --> 00:10:41,813 Is that all Sol Bregman got for his $250,000? "I wouldn't know"? 188 00:10:43,084 --> 00:10:44,380 Okay. 189 00:10:44,985 --> 00:10:47,920 So this is where I show you mine, and you show me yours. 190 00:10:47,988 --> 00:10:50,252 We all know Jason's been missing since Friday. 191 00:10:50,324 --> 00:10:51,416 We know. 192 00:10:51,492 --> 00:10:55,087 The question is, what do you know that rates a six-figure fee? 193 00:10:55,162 --> 00:10:56,652 Sol Bregman called me. 194 00:10:56,730 --> 00:10:59,198 He figured I could be helpful with this situation. 195 00:10:59,266 --> 00:11:00,824 And what are you, an expert? 196 00:11:00,901 --> 00:11:03,199 I've got connections, and I was willing to use them. 197 00:11:03,270 --> 00:11:04,999 Sure, for a price. 198 00:11:06,206 --> 00:11:08,970 I had to put some money out on the street. You know how this works. 199 00:11:09,042 --> 00:11:12,409 Sure. We're familiar with the mechanics of extortion. 200 00:11:13,413 --> 00:11:15,574 I wouldn't do that to a friend. 201 00:11:15,649 --> 00:11:17,116 Figure, what would that get me? 202 00:11:17,184 --> 00:11:19,209 Fellas, can I see you a minute? 203 00:11:20,954 --> 00:11:22,387 Sit tight. 204 00:11:23,423 --> 00:11:25,288 Surveillance on Bregman's house called. 205 00:11:25,359 --> 00:11:28,954 He took off in his car around 5:00 a. m. They followed him to his lawyer's building. 206 00:11:29,029 --> 00:11:30,223 He went in the underground garage. 207 00:11:30,297 --> 00:11:31,559 They still watching him? 208 00:11:31,632 --> 00:11:32,621 They thought they were. 209 00:11:32,699 --> 00:11:34,860 He switched cars with his attorney, and he slipped them. 210 00:11:34,935 --> 00:11:36,129 Logan. 211 00:11:38,272 --> 00:11:39,398 Yeah. 212 00:11:39,473 --> 00:11:40,462 Uh-huh. 213 00:11:41,141 --> 00:11:43,200 All right, hold him there. 214 00:11:43,577 --> 00:11:47,206 They got Bregman over near the 10th Avenue freight trestle. 215 00:11:47,414 --> 00:11:50,815 So we figured the car was maybe jacked or abandoned. 216 00:11:51,218 --> 00:11:53,550 But this guy's just sitting in the front seat. 217 00:11:53,620 --> 00:11:56,111 Not a very smart move, Mr. Bregman. 218 00:11:56,890 --> 00:11:58,790 I did what I had to do. 219 00:11:59,359 --> 00:12:03,351 Doesn't this thing have a car phone? You could've called us, right? 220 00:12:03,529 --> 00:12:06,692 They took the phone and the keys. I was stuck. 221 00:12:06,966 --> 00:12:08,331 How'd they get in touch with you? 222 00:12:08,401 --> 00:12:11,063 Through my lawyer. He received a call from them. 223 00:12:11,137 --> 00:12:14,300 If you had told us where the pick-up was, we could've been ready for them. 224 00:12:14,373 --> 00:12:15,863 I didn't know! 225 00:12:15,942 --> 00:12:19,400 They instructed me over the car phone. They had me drive around... 226 00:12:19,478 --> 00:12:23,812 then they made me come here. Same as before, lie down on the front seat. 227 00:12:24,450 --> 00:12:28,113 After a few minutes, I heard someone take the keys. 228 00:12:28,187 --> 00:12:31,020 They opened the trunk, took the money. 229 00:12:31,090 --> 00:12:32,057 How many were they? 230 00:12:32,124 --> 00:12:34,149 I didn't see. I didn't look up. 231 00:12:34,227 --> 00:12:38,027 I did what they told me. Look, it's over. It's done. 232 00:12:38,097 --> 00:12:39,564 Over for who? 233 00:12:39,632 --> 00:12:42,260 I'm looking around, I don't see Jason. 234 00:12:42,535 --> 00:12:44,435 It's not over for him. 235 00:12:50,376 --> 00:12:53,539 This guy. What, he thinks it's a business deal? 236 00:12:53,613 --> 00:12:56,741 You give them the money, you get the kid, like buying a building? 237 00:12:56,816 --> 00:13:00,718 Hey, if somebody grabbed my kid, I wouldn't care what anybody told me. 238 00:13:00,786 --> 00:13:03,846 I'd hock everything I owned, do whatever it took to get her back. 239 00:13:03,923 --> 00:13:05,618 And I know better. 240 00:13:05,891 --> 00:13:08,883 Well, they were feeding him instructions over the car phone. 241 00:13:08,961 --> 00:13:11,361 And they had to be someplace where they could watch him... 242 00:13:11,430 --> 00:13:13,591 make sure he wasn't being followed. 243 00:13:13,666 --> 00:13:17,466 Now, he said it was only a couple of minutes before they got the key, right? 244 00:13:17,536 --> 00:13:20,004 What do you say we try that bodega? 245 00:13:20,439 --> 00:13:21,928 Before him... 246 00:13:22,207 --> 00:13:25,233 the last white guy I seen around here was Clinton. 247 00:13:25,377 --> 00:13:27,607 And he had the Secret Service. 248 00:13:27,846 --> 00:13:31,304 How many calls did he make? Not Clinton, the other guy. 249 00:13:32,350 --> 00:13:33,977 I wasn't counting. 250 00:13:34,152 --> 00:13:37,485 He'd make a call, and go sit in his van. 251 00:13:37,555 --> 00:13:38,647 Then make another call. 252 00:13:38,723 --> 00:13:40,020 What color was the van? 253 00:13:40,091 --> 00:13:41,080 That was white, too. 254 00:13:41,359 --> 00:13:44,226 You're watching him make calls, and you don't know what he looks like? 255 00:13:44,896 --> 00:13:48,059 I was listening to Howard. You listen with your eyes? 256 00:13:48,133 --> 00:13:50,465 Come on. Tall, short, thin, fat? 257 00:13:51,636 --> 00:13:53,501 Average guy, about your height. 258 00:13:54,472 --> 00:13:56,030 Sharp dresser. 259 00:13:56,708 --> 00:13:58,573 Had on a yellow jacket. 260 00:14:00,178 --> 00:14:01,167 Hey. 261 00:14:01,546 --> 00:14:04,743 LUDs give us three calls from the deli to Bregman's car phone. 262 00:14:04,816 --> 00:14:08,445 Unfortunately, Latents says no usable prints off the pay phone. 263 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,683 Can't catch a break here. Well, maybe we just did. 264 00:14:11,756 --> 00:14:13,917 Take a close look at that. 265 00:14:14,359 --> 00:14:16,919 Two other calls, same time frame... 266 00:14:17,095 --> 00:14:18,687 another number. 267 00:14:19,064 --> 00:14:21,532 Updating the people holding Jason. 268 00:14:21,866 --> 00:14:23,993 Pay phone in the South Bronx. 269 00:14:25,103 --> 00:14:27,901 Bastards couldn't live in Gramercy Park? 270 00:14:37,415 --> 00:14:39,575 That thing still in service? 271 00:14:42,386 --> 00:14:43,751 Dial tone. 272 00:14:44,521 --> 00:14:47,149 Lot of places around here to hide somebody. 273 00:14:47,224 --> 00:14:48,418 Yeah. 274 00:14:48,659 --> 00:14:50,092 Or bury him. 275 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,561 Jason outlived his usefulness the minute they got that ransom. 276 00:14:53,630 --> 00:14:56,827 I'm gonna call the troops. We'll start a canvass. 277 00:15:03,774 --> 00:15:04,934 Hi. 278 00:15:05,342 --> 00:15:08,402 A little late in the year to be working the garden, isn't it? 279 00:15:08,479 --> 00:15:10,709 It ain't too late for squash. 280 00:15:11,115 --> 00:15:13,083 I'm Detective Mike Logan. 281 00:15:13,150 --> 00:15:14,879 This morning, around 6:00, were you out here? 282 00:15:15,586 --> 00:15:19,147 I told you that was drug business. My wife don't trust anyone. 283 00:15:19,423 --> 00:15:22,358 Yeah? We're interested in anybody who was using that phone. 284 00:15:22,426 --> 00:15:23,825 A white man, I think. 285 00:15:23,894 --> 00:15:27,159 Had a brand new car. He was there for almost two hours. 286 00:15:27,231 --> 00:15:29,791 What kind of car? I don't know about cars. 287 00:15:29,867 --> 00:15:33,701 It was new and big. I can only give you the license number. 288 00:15:35,139 --> 00:15:37,767 You took down the license? I'm on Neighborhood Watch. 289 00:15:38,542 --> 00:15:42,638 I learned all the correct procedures in the Citizen Patrol course. 290 00:15:43,013 --> 00:15:47,143 Now, this last number here is either a three or an eight. 291 00:15:51,288 --> 00:15:52,880 You mind if I give her a hug? 292 00:15:57,394 --> 00:16:00,328 Looks like a shirt my ex-sister-in-law once sent me. 293 00:16:00,396 --> 00:16:03,229 Yeah, smells like any one of your shirts. 294 00:16:03,766 --> 00:16:06,667 Yes? We're looking for a Shepherd Watson. 295 00:16:08,104 --> 00:16:09,867 I'm Shep Watson. What is it? 296 00:16:09,939 --> 00:16:12,305 Mr. Watson, I'm Det. Logan and this is Det. Briscoe. 297 00:16:12,375 --> 00:16:14,206 You mind if we have a word with you inside? 298 00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:15,574 Sure. Come in. 299 00:16:15,645 --> 00:16:18,637 Excuse the mess. I'm getting ready for a show. 300 00:16:19,816 --> 00:16:22,512 What is it? Is there another robbery in this building? 301 00:16:22,585 --> 00:16:26,817 Do you own a '92 Chrysler with the license plate 2PR-508? 302 00:16:26,889 --> 00:16:28,220 Yeah. It's in the garage. 303 00:16:28,291 --> 00:16:30,316 Where was it yesterday morning around 6:00? 304 00:16:32,862 --> 00:16:34,796 We were in the South Bronx. 305 00:16:34,864 --> 00:16:37,162 Scary. We could have used you guys. 306 00:16:37,233 --> 00:16:39,167 What was the attraction? 307 00:16:40,069 --> 00:16:42,060 I'm looking to do something big. 308 00:16:42,138 --> 00:16:43,730 You know, terrestrial. 309 00:16:43,806 --> 00:16:45,330 Like Christo. 310 00:16:46,042 --> 00:16:48,875 The artist who covered the hills of California with umbrellas. 311 00:16:48,945 --> 00:16:50,970 Yeah, didn't one of them fall and kill somebody? 312 00:16:51,047 --> 00:16:54,983 Well, I'm planning to do something a lot less lethal in the South Bronx. 313 00:16:55,051 --> 00:16:56,450 So you're an artist. 314 00:16:56,519 --> 00:16:58,680 Do you know a Jason Bregman? 315 00:16:58,921 --> 00:17:00,320 I've heard of him. 316 00:17:00,389 --> 00:17:03,881 Of course, his father's very important in the art world. 317 00:17:04,260 --> 00:17:06,125 Officers, I don't understand. 318 00:17:06,195 --> 00:17:09,790 Did I run a stop sign yesterday? Were you wearing that? 319 00:17:12,635 --> 00:17:14,432 I hate winter colors. 320 00:17:15,071 --> 00:17:16,731 Dumb. Froze my butt off. 321 00:17:16,805 --> 00:17:19,740 Well, how about we thaw it out down at the precinct? 322 00:17:23,245 --> 00:17:26,112 So I was in the South Bronx. I used some phones. 323 00:17:26,181 --> 00:17:29,173 I mean, I might've used that phone. I don't know. 324 00:17:29,251 --> 00:17:31,583 Is there some crime connected with this? 325 00:17:31,653 --> 00:17:33,780 Let's talk about 10th Avenue. 326 00:17:33,855 --> 00:17:38,758 I told you, I wasn't anywhere near there. You said yourself, I was in the South Bronx. 327 00:17:39,694 --> 00:17:42,527 I mean, make some sense or give it up. 328 00:17:42,697 --> 00:17:46,428 Yes, you're being ridiculous. Shep was going to put on a show in the South Bronx. 329 00:17:46,501 --> 00:17:48,901 You know, I dated an artist once. 330 00:17:49,404 --> 00:17:52,567 The thing I remember is, before she did anything, she made sketches. 331 00:17:52,641 --> 00:17:55,804 We were working with a concept. Nothing on paper. 332 00:17:55,877 --> 00:17:57,174 You mean, like, just spitballing? 333 00:17:57,245 --> 00:17:58,439 That's right. 334 00:17:58,947 --> 00:18:02,110 Mike, why don't you take Ms. Navarro over to the other room... 335 00:18:02,183 --> 00:18:05,311 and see if you can find out what they were spitballing about yesterday. 336 00:18:05,387 --> 00:18:06,376 That's enough. 337 00:18:07,522 --> 00:18:09,922 Yeah, we want a lawyer. No more talk. 338 00:18:10,158 --> 00:18:14,151 I mean, we've tried to cooperate, but this has just gone too far. 339 00:18:14,896 --> 00:18:16,864 They used the "L" word. 340 00:18:16,932 --> 00:18:20,800 And he's gonna walk them right out the door. They came up clean on priors. 341 00:18:20,869 --> 00:18:23,702 They're not in the system, and no link to a rental van. 342 00:18:23,772 --> 00:18:27,037 This is crazy. We got Watson's car in the South Bronx... 343 00:18:27,108 --> 00:18:29,235 and we got Watson's jacket in Chelsea. 344 00:18:29,311 --> 00:18:31,871 Yeah, well, who was driving the car? Navarro? 345 00:18:31,947 --> 00:18:34,437 The old lady ID'd a white male. 346 00:18:34,515 --> 00:18:36,244 Anything come up with the canvass? 347 00:18:36,317 --> 00:18:38,877 Apparently, you found the only cooperative witness. 348 00:18:38,953 --> 00:18:41,820 They're still working their car at the impound. 349 00:18:41,889 --> 00:18:44,050 These people gotta be involved. 350 00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:46,718 Now, can you keep them happy until we can check the loft? 351 00:18:46,794 --> 00:18:48,284 Get a warrant. 352 00:18:50,531 --> 00:18:53,261 This is art? Maybe I missed my calling. 353 00:18:54,535 --> 00:18:57,129 A little much here for a weekender. 354 00:19:01,375 --> 00:19:03,138 Well, well. 355 00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:05,808 Aruba! 356 00:19:06,780 --> 00:19:09,613 Guess who's gonna miss the dinner flight. 357 00:19:09,917 --> 00:19:12,545 What's that, the squash garden? 358 00:19:12,620 --> 00:19:15,555 That building, we saw it from the pay phone. 359 00:19:16,457 --> 00:19:17,981 More buildings. 360 00:19:20,094 --> 00:19:21,493 Same block. 361 00:19:22,129 --> 00:19:24,256 Maybe Jason's current address. 362 00:19:29,069 --> 00:19:31,230 Maybe we should get the dogs back. 363 00:19:31,305 --> 00:19:32,795 Hey, Detective. 364 00:19:33,807 --> 00:19:36,207 I think maybe we got something. I heard tapping. 365 00:19:36,276 --> 00:19:37,607 I listened. I didn't hear nothing. 366 00:19:37,678 --> 00:19:38,736 What tapping? 367 00:19:38,812 --> 00:19:41,747 In the toilet, up there on the first floor. It tapped and then it stopped. 368 00:19:42,483 --> 00:19:44,314 You want to check the plumbing? 369 00:19:44,451 --> 00:19:46,544 Plumbing starts in the basement. 370 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,531 So when does the guy with the metal fingernails jump out? 371 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,794 Yeah, right. 372 00:20:08,341 --> 00:20:09,740 Hey, guys... 373 00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:12,400 want to work off some doughnuts here? 374 00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:47,506 "Docket number 935193. 375 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:49,912 "People versus Shepherd Watson and Helena Navarro. 376 00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:51,916 "Charge is kidnapping in the first degree... 377 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:55,351 "grand larceny in the first degree and attempted murder in the second degree." 378 00:20:55,421 --> 00:20:57,582 A hat trick. What's the plea? 379 00:20:58,057 --> 00:20:59,251 Your Honor, I am informed... 380 00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:03,819 these defendants are to be represented by a Mr. Hastings of Dade County, Florida. 381 00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:06,865 I request a postponement until Mr. Hastings arrives. 382 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:09,333 He should have taken the redeye. Now, give me a plea. 383 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:12,768 We're not guilty of anything. The accusation is ridiculous. 384 00:21:12,838 --> 00:21:14,305 Si. Not guilty. 385 00:21:14,372 --> 00:21:17,307 Your Honor, People requests these defendants be held without bail. 386 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:18,535 I don't see the flight risk. 387 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:20,669 They received a ransom of over $4 million... 388 00:21:20,746 --> 00:21:23,544 and when they were arrested, they had plane tickets out of the country. 389 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:25,242 Our intention is not to leave. 390 00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:27,785 It's to stay and clear up this absurd mistake. 391 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:30,117 Fine. Let me give you permanent residence. 392 00:21:30,188 --> 00:21:33,214 The defendants will be held without bail at Rikers, pending trial. 393 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,259 I admire your pace, Miss Kincaid. 394 00:21:36,328 --> 00:21:38,455 Fast arraignment, held without bail... 395 00:21:38,530 --> 00:21:41,431 and all before my jet left Miami airspace. 396 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,459 The fact that your clients kidnapped a man, shot him, and left him for dead... 397 00:21:45,537 --> 00:21:47,095 it inspired a quick reaction. 398 00:21:47,272 --> 00:21:50,173 The fact that you're not rushing off to the grand jury tells me... 399 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:53,211 that while you may have inspiration, you don't have proof. 400 00:21:53,278 --> 00:21:56,907 Their car was seen in the area Jason was found in. They knew the building. 401 00:21:57,616 --> 00:22:01,108 And you have alibis for everyone who's ever relieved themselves in that ruin? 402 00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:05,384 When Jason Bregman is off the critical list, I'm confident he'll identify your clients. 403 00:22:05,457 --> 00:22:09,120 Meantime, they sit in jail. "What's the rush," is that the idea? 404 00:22:09,394 --> 00:22:12,852 If you're unfamiliar with our procedures, we can supply you with a manual. 405 00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:15,399 Manual's the same in Dade County. 406 00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:17,000 It's nearly 12:00. 407 00:22:17,068 --> 00:22:19,969 Why don't we dispose of this over a plate of sweet and sour? 408 00:22:20,038 --> 00:22:22,268 You know, you can't get good Chinese in Miami. 409 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:25,901 We can dispose of it right now, if your clients are willing to plead guilty. 410 00:22:28,346 --> 00:22:29,812 What a shame. 411 00:22:31,248 --> 00:22:33,045 I hate to eat alone. 412 00:22:34,451 --> 00:22:37,420 The police have a tape of the ransom demand. 413 00:22:37,555 --> 00:22:41,082 Can't they turn some dials and come up with a voice match on Watson? 414 00:22:41,158 --> 00:22:42,716 The tape's mostly Jason Bregman. 415 00:22:42,793 --> 00:22:44,658 The other voice was deliberately distorted. 416 00:22:44,728 --> 00:22:46,252 They don't think a match'll hold up. 417 00:22:46,330 --> 00:22:48,628 It wouldn't be the first time that you give the grand jury... 418 00:22:48,699 --> 00:22:50,257 a dog-and-pony show without the pony. 419 00:22:50,334 --> 00:22:52,359 Adam, I know Sol Bregman is a friend of yours. 420 00:22:52,436 --> 00:22:55,064 It has nothing to do with friendship. Then don't push me on this. 421 00:22:55,139 --> 00:22:56,970 I won't present until I get a positive ID. 422 00:22:57,041 --> 00:23:00,977 The longer you wait, the better Hastings looks at a bail hearing. 423 00:23:01,045 --> 00:23:04,446 Before you know it, his clients will be peddling artwork in Panama. 424 00:23:04,515 --> 00:23:06,506 Hastings would be right at home there. 425 00:23:06,584 --> 00:23:08,074 According to the Dade County DA... 426 00:23:08,152 --> 00:23:10,985 he was the first lawyer called in to defend Noriega. 427 00:23:11,055 --> 00:23:13,216 Drug lawyer with a private jet. 428 00:23:13,290 --> 00:23:15,690 We could all live for a whole year... 429 00:23:15,759 --> 00:23:18,387 on what he must be charging Watson and Navarro. 430 00:23:18,696 --> 00:23:22,188 They kidnap your son and use your ransom to pay their lawyer. 431 00:23:23,367 --> 00:23:25,665 I was at Sol Bregman's wedding. 432 00:23:26,470 --> 00:23:29,906 Thirty years later, I was with him when his wife died. 433 00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:34,303 I don't care if you have to juggle bowling balls, I want you to get an indictment. 434 00:23:37,281 --> 00:23:38,270 Yes? 435 00:23:40,351 --> 00:23:41,682 Okay, thanks. 436 00:23:42,486 --> 00:23:45,011 Jason Bregman's conscious. He's able to talk. 437 00:23:45,089 --> 00:23:46,283 Good. 438 00:23:50,894 --> 00:23:53,863 I was handcuffed and blindfolded for six days. 439 00:23:54,831 --> 00:23:57,163 I didn't really get a good look. 440 00:23:58,568 --> 00:24:01,162 I'm not sure that I could identify them. 441 00:24:01,237 --> 00:24:03,398 They grabbed you off the street? 442 00:24:03,473 --> 00:24:06,408 At night, outside my building. 443 00:24:06,476 --> 00:24:09,445 Before I knew it, I was in the trunk of a car. 444 00:24:09,779 --> 00:24:12,213 Could you recognize their voices? 445 00:24:13,082 --> 00:24:16,916 Maybe. I only heard one voice. There was little conversation. 446 00:24:18,454 --> 00:24:23,391 I never knew if they were going to shoot me, or leave me there to starve to death. 447 00:24:26,329 --> 00:24:29,162 I think my son has had enough for one day. 448 00:24:29,599 --> 00:24:31,692 His doctor was opposed to this. 449 00:24:31,768 --> 00:24:33,201 Doctor... 450 00:24:33,903 --> 00:24:36,599 I'll wait with the interviews until you think he's well enough. 451 00:24:36,673 --> 00:24:39,471 I want to postpone the lineup as long as possible. 452 00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:41,567 Then you're not sure you have the right people? 453 00:24:41,644 --> 00:24:43,544 My main concern is with the grand jury. 454 00:24:43,613 --> 00:24:46,878 Without corroborating evidence, your son's testimony may be worthless. 455 00:24:46,950 --> 00:24:49,578 You expect Polaroids to be dropped into your lap? 456 00:24:50,219 --> 00:24:52,551 I want these people prosecuted. 457 00:24:52,922 --> 00:24:55,948 Or the next time we'll meet will be in Adam Schiff's office. 458 00:24:59,595 --> 00:25:03,554 Where we meet, sir, won't affect this case one way or the other. 459 00:25:09,905 --> 00:25:13,466 Hastings is sharp. It won't take him long to figure out we're stalling. 460 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:15,510 Yeah, well, those clients of his... 461 00:25:15,577 --> 00:25:18,478 they couldn't have possibly spent $4 million in one weekend... 462 00:25:18,547 --> 00:25:21,710 so if we find the money, we'll find the evidence. 463 00:25:22,617 --> 00:25:26,212 Give me a half hour with a pick and shovel, and no one would find that money. 464 00:25:26,288 --> 00:25:29,621 Right. Until the neighborhood mutt digs up the yard. 465 00:25:29,791 --> 00:25:33,750 What would Watson want with this? Six bolts of calico cloth? 466 00:25:34,062 --> 00:25:37,793 How about calico umbrellas for crackheads in the South Bronx? 467 00:25:38,367 --> 00:25:41,461 This warrant cover unopened mail? It does now. 468 00:25:42,104 --> 00:25:44,163 You know, for a couple of starving artists... 469 00:25:44,239 --> 00:25:46,173 these two weren't counting their calories. 470 00:25:46,241 --> 00:25:50,234 Watson's credit card bill: Raoul's, Provence, Greenstreet's. 471 00:25:50,512 --> 00:25:52,070 Well, the drinks were on the house. 472 00:25:52,147 --> 00:25:56,140 Invitations to gallery openings, fashion shows, cocktail parties. 473 00:25:56,485 --> 00:25:59,579 Tough life. Even tougher when you're careless. 474 00:25:59,721 --> 00:26:03,179 A past-due notice. Sutphin Lock 'N' Store. 475 00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:08,495 This guy with a blow-dry comes in two days ago, half hour before I knock off. 476 00:26:08,563 --> 00:26:10,656 He look anything like this? 477 00:26:10,899 --> 00:26:13,834 Sure. With a shave and reconstructive surgery. 478 00:26:13,902 --> 00:26:16,871 My guy was young. $1,000 suit and a tan to match. 479 00:26:16,938 --> 00:26:18,496 Had to show him where the locker was. 480 00:26:18,573 --> 00:26:20,336 And, of course, you asked him for some ID? 481 00:26:20,409 --> 00:26:23,105 Of course I didn't, long as he had a key. 482 00:26:23,445 --> 00:26:25,173 There you go, A-43. 483 00:26:39,393 --> 00:26:42,055 They say space is a precious commodity. 484 00:26:42,129 --> 00:26:44,825 This guy with the Gucci tan, did you see him leave? 485 00:26:44,899 --> 00:26:45,957 Yeah. 486 00:26:46,033 --> 00:26:48,092 Lugging three duffle bags. 487 00:26:49,036 --> 00:26:50,230 Thanks. 488 00:26:51,739 --> 00:26:52,763 Hey. 489 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,003 Here I was, worried sick about young Mr. Bregman. 490 00:26:56,343 --> 00:27:00,302 Turns out he's been playing grab-ass with the nurses for nearly a week. 491 00:27:00,381 --> 00:27:03,077 We're under no obligation to make him available to you. 492 00:27:03,150 --> 00:27:05,948 Well, when the prosecutor refuses the victim the opportunity... 493 00:27:06,020 --> 00:27:07,851 to point a finger at the accused... 494 00:27:07,922 --> 00:27:09,389 I have to ask myself why. 495 00:27:09,890 --> 00:27:11,152 Mr. Hastings... 496 00:27:11,225 --> 00:27:14,592 is your fee hourly, or do you get a percentage of the ransom? 497 00:27:16,230 --> 00:27:20,064 So that's what's got your Sunday-school nose all bent out of shape. 498 00:27:20,134 --> 00:27:23,535 It never occurred to me to ask my clients where the money came from. 499 00:27:23,604 --> 00:27:25,629 We're more interested in where it went. 500 00:27:25,706 --> 00:27:28,800 According to a LaGuardia flight plan, your jet left for Miami... 501 00:27:28,876 --> 00:27:32,312 one hour after an unidentified man removed three duffle bags... 502 00:27:32,379 --> 00:27:35,143 from a locker rented by your clients. 503 00:27:35,216 --> 00:27:38,151 And now it's buried in my back yard at Coral Gables? 504 00:27:38,219 --> 00:27:40,119 Or in some off-shore bank. 505 00:27:40,187 --> 00:27:42,178 You could save yourself the price of sun block... 506 00:27:42,256 --> 00:27:45,850 by referring to Penal Law Section 48.05, Sub-3. 507 00:27:46,326 --> 00:27:50,626 "Property attained for attorney's fee in good faith is exempt from forfeiture." 508 00:27:50,697 --> 00:27:54,098 Well, with a court order, sir, we can force open your books. 509 00:27:54,901 --> 00:27:57,096 The old co-conspirator threat. 510 00:27:57,170 --> 00:28:00,662 Well, go ahead. God knows it's been tried. 511 00:28:01,441 --> 00:28:04,035 But if you're looking for busywork... 512 00:28:04,477 --> 00:28:06,035 try this one on. 513 00:28:06,112 --> 00:28:07,875 Order to show cause. 514 00:28:08,515 --> 00:28:10,540 I want that lineup, Ben. 515 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:14,677 According to his nurses... 516 00:28:14,754 --> 00:28:17,689 Jason Bregman eats in the cafeteria with his father. 517 00:28:17,757 --> 00:28:21,591 If he can stand in line for a hamburger, he can certainly show up for a lineup. 518 00:28:21,661 --> 00:28:24,789 Your Honor, Mr. Bregman was unconscious for two whole days. 519 00:28:24,864 --> 00:28:26,388 His recollections are still vague. 520 00:28:26,466 --> 00:28:28,661 Which means they're not what you'd hoped for. 521 00:28:28,735 --> 00:28:32,364 Your Honor, the defense has no statutory right to demand eyewitness identification. 522 00:28:32,639 --> 00:28:34,539 They have the right of confrontation. 523 00:28:34,607 --> 00:28:37,906 But only at trial, and no court has ever extended that right to include lineups. 524 00:28:38,011 --> 00:28:42,345 Your Honor, my clients are already serving a sentence with no indictment... 525 00:28:42,415 --> 00:28:45,578 no trial, and just the faintest shadow of evidence against them. 526 00:28:46,019 --> 00:28:48,886 Mr. Stone's doing an end-run around the Fifth Amendment. 527 00:28:48,955 --> 00:28:51,014 Ben, I don't like defendants sitting in a cell... 528 00:28:51,090 --> 00:28:55,356 while you hold back something that may get this dismissed. Let's get on with it. 529 00:28:55,428 --> 00:28:56,725 Motion granted. 530 00:29:02,301 --> 00:29:03,996 Okay, I'm ready. 531 00:29:05,337 --> 00:29:06,964 I'll do my best. 532 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,330 Bring them in. 533 00:29:33,932 --> 00:29:36,332 No. Sorry. 534 00:29:36,969 --> 00:29:39,631 I told you, I never actually saw them. 535 00:29:40,806 --> 00:29:43,741 Thank you. Bring in the other five, please. 536 00:29:47,145 --> 00:29:48,669 Mr. Bregman... 537 00:29:49,147 --> 00:29:51,672 please take your time with this one. 538 00:30:16,074 --> 00:30:19,635 Number Four, step forward and read from the card, please. 539 00:30:21,212 --> 00:30:24,409 "The Criminal Court of the City of New York is hereby established... 540 00:30:24,482 --> 00:30:26,780 "as a single citywide court, as provided by sections-" 541 00:30:26,851 --> 00:30:27,943 Thank you. 542 00:30:28,019 --> 00:30:31,614 Number Five, step forward and read from the card, please. 543 00:30:33,991 --> 00:30:36,824 "The Criminal Court of the City of New York is hereby established... 544 00:30:36,894 --> 00:30:39,692 "as a single citywide court, as provided by sections..." 545 00:30:45,603 --> 00:30:47,127 I don't know. 546 00:30:47,972 --> 00:30:49,735 They all sound alike. 547 00:30:53,944 --> 00:30:56,208 Motion for a new bail hearing. 548 00:30:57,148 --> 00:31:00,845 Numbers One and Five. Better luck at the track, son. 549 00:31:07,425 --> 00:31:11,327 God, $200,000 bail? Might as well drive them to the airport. 550 00:31:11,562 --> 00:31:13,120 What do you expect? 551 00:31:13,197 --> 00:31:15,859 At any rate, I filed a motion for discovering. Right. 552 00:31:15,933 --> 00:31:19,061 And that should keep them in town at least a week, answering questions. 553 00:31:19,136 --> 00:31:22,230 Unless they decide that a beach house in the Caribbean... 554 00:31:22,306 --> 00:31:23,705 would be more comfortable. 555 00:31:23,774 --> 00:31:26,334 What the hell was Judge Caffey thinking? 556 00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:29,311 I sent the photos of Watson and Navarro to the Miami Police. 557 00:31:29,380 --> 00:31:31,678 Someone in their fraud division identified them... 558 00:31:31,749 --> 00:31:34,582 as Robert Martin Sennett and Marlene Manzo. 559 00:31:34,652 --> 00:31:36,347 Wanted for larceny in Florida. 560 00:31:36,420 --> 00:31:39,252 And Sennett is wanted in Nevada on a two-year-old drug warrant. 561 00:31:39,322 --> 00:31:42,587 They were never fingerprinted. That's why they didn't show up on the system. 562 00:31:42,659 --> 00:31:46,288 Pick them up on the warrants. Feed the aliases into the hopper... 563 00:31:46,563 --> 00:31:49,157 and we just might get something more out of this. 564 00:31:51,935 --> 00:31:54,369 The gray van was rented by Marlene Manzo... 565 00:31:54,437 --> 00:31:56,166 with a Florida driver's license. 566 00:31:56,239 --> 00:32:00,198 The white van was rented by Robert Sennett with a Nevada license. 567 00:32:00,510 --> 00:32:02,444 Different names, same faces. 568 00:32:02,512 --> 00:32:04,912 They say everyone has a twin somewhere. 569 00:32:04,981 --> 00:32:07,848 Still adds up to a molehill of circumstantial evidence. 570 00:32:07,917 --> 00:32:11,182 I have buried people with less, and I'll bury them. 571 00:32:13,356 --> 00:32:16,120 Suppose my clients told you there was a third party? 572 00:32:16,192 --> 00:32:19,025 Someone who planned this scheme? What kind of a deal would you make? 573 00:32:19,095 --> 00:32:21,393 Suppose they recited the Iliad? 574 00:32:21,631 --> 00:32:22,598 What are we talking about? 575 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,501 You people never took a real look at Jason. 576 00:32:26,569 --> 00:32:29,094 Was that a dictate from Adam Schiff? 577 00:32:29,706 --> 00:32:32,140 Jason Bregman planned his own kidnapping? 578 00:32:32,208 --> 00:32:34,972 The old man expected him to work for a living. 579 00:32:35,044 --> 00:32:37,308 Jason felt it was unreasonable. 580 00:32:37,380 --> 00:32:39,746 He came to us. We didn't go to him. 581 00:32:39,816 --> 00:32:41,579 He begged you to shoot him? 582 00:32:41,651 --> 00:32:42,811 The boy wanted realism. 583 00:32:42,886 --> 00:32:45,354 A dramatic escape with a bullet in his shoulder. 584 00:32:45,422 --> 00:32:48,016 He said he was fine when we left him. 585 00:32:48,191 --> 00:32:49,988 We're ready to deal, Ben. 586 00:32:50,059 --> 00:32:51,287 You expect me to believe this? 587 00:32:53,897 --> 00:32:55,956 Only if you listen to this. 588 00:32:58,901 --> 00:33:00,766 These people are serious. 589 00:33:00,836 --> 00:33:03,896 Please follow their instructions, or it's over. 590 00:33:04,239 --> 00:33:06,571 They're going to kill me, okay? 591 00:33:08,143 --> 00:33:10,304 Wait. Let's do it once more. 592 00:33:12,748 --> 00:33:14,978 Dad, it's Jason. 593 00:33:16,151 --> 00:33:17,448 I'm okay. 594 00:33:17,953 --> 00:33:19,818 These people are serious. 595 00:33:19,888 --> 00:33:22,982 Please follow their instructions, or it's over. 596 00:33:24,326 --> 00:33:26,624 They're going to kill me, okay? 597 00:33:29,898 --> 00:33:33,698 Whatever lies in their stories about Jason, this can't be ignored. 598 00:33:33,769 --> 00:33:36,602 Jason claims he was bound and gagged for six days. 599 00:33:36,672 --> 00:33:39,971 He should have bruises, but the doctors who examined him found nothing. 600 00:33:41,376 --> 00:33:45,142 Yeah, bleeding to death in a rathole was also part of his plan. 601 00:33:45,214 --> 00:33:47,444 That might have been Navarro and Watson's plan. 602 00:33:47,516 --> 00:33:48,983 Better a two-way split than three. 603 00:33:49,051 --> 00:33:51,042 It's likely Jason was an accomplice... 604 00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:53,178 up to the time the money was paid. 605 00:33:53,255 --> 00:33:55,849 Now, it's almost impossible to prove attempted murder... 606 00:33:55,924 --> 00:33:58,051 without Jason's cooperation. 607 00:33:58,126 --> 00:34:01,493 So first I tell Sol Bregman that his son is a thief... 608 00:34:01,697 --> 00:34:04,029 and then I ask him to get the kid to cooperate. 609 00:34:04,099 --> 00:34:05,464 How would you work that, Counselor? 610 00:34:24,752 --> 00:34:26,845 I've listened to that tape. 611 00:34:27,355 --> 00:34:29,220 If those bastards had it... 612 00:34:29,290 --> 00:34:31,121 it proves that they're guilty. Am I right? 613 00:34:31,192 --> 00:34:32,216 Yes. 614 00:34:32,293 --> 00:34:34,386 But we're not sure of what. 615 00:34:36,797 --> 00:34:40,289 Sol, my people think that Jason was involved. 616 00:34:40,368 --> 00:34:41,960 That there was no kidnapping. 617 00:34:42,036 --> 00:34:44,903 No. Not Jason. I won't hear that. 618 00:34:44,972 --> 00:34:48,373 If I were you, I'd hire the best criminal attorney I could find. 619 00:34:49,510 --> 00:34:51,137 It's outrageous. 620 00:34:51,379 --> 00:34:53,279 My son was half-dead when they found him. 621 00:34:53,347 --> 00:34:54,678 That's true. 622 00:34:54,749 --> 00:34:56,148 And if Jason would cooperate... 623 00:34:56,250 --> 00:34:58,241 How can you do this? 624 00:34:59,420 --> 00:35:02,014 We've been friends for over 30 years. 625 00:35:03,658 --> 00:35:06,252 You believe that scum over my son? 626 00:35:06,894 --> 00:35:08,828 Believe those lies? 627 00:35:11,966 --> 00:35:13,866 I don't know you, Adam. 628 00:35:14,602 --> 00:35:16,570 I don't know you at all. 629 00:35:24,845 --> 00:35:26,972 Wait. Let's do it once more. 630 00:35:27,748 --> 00:35:29,909 Dad, it's Jason. 631 00:35:31,152 --> 00:35:32,278 I'm okay. 632 00:35:32,353 --> 00:35:34,343 If you had a gun pointed at your head... 633 00:35:34,421 --> 00:35:36,218 you'd recite Hamlet backwards. 634 00:35:36,289 --> 00:35:38,314 They were ready to kill me. 635 00:35:38,391 --> 00:35:41,326 I had to make absolutely sure my father understood that. 636 00:35:41,394 --> 00:35:45,524 Mr. Bregman, in all my years of prosecution, you are possibly... 637 00:35:45,799 --> 00:35:47,790 the stupidest criminal I've ever met. 638 00:35:47,867 --> 00:35:50,062 Let's go. I don't have to listen to this. 639 00:35:50,136 --> 00:35:51,160 Jason, sit down. 640 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:54,467 Ben... 641 00:35:54,841 --> 00:35:57,969 I understand these lowlifes would say anything. 642 00:35:58,078 --> 00:36:01,445 But that you'd put any stock in their rantings is incomprehensible. 643 00:36:01,514 --> 00:36:03,880 Nick, you know as well as I do... 644 00:36:03,950 --> 00:36:06,942 that a jury won't find that incomprehensible. 645 00:36:07,554 --> 00:36:08,919 Young man... 646 00:36:08,989 --> 00:36:13,323 with that tape, Watson and Navarro have an excellent defense... 647 00:36:13,793 --> 00:36:15,727 for kidnapping and attempted murder. 648 00:36:15,795 --> 00:36:17,387 This is absurd. 649 00:36:17,631 --> 00:36:21,499 I never saw them until they shoved a gun in my face. 650 00:36:21,568 --> 00:36:24,196 If you want to play it that way, go ahead. 651 00:36:24,270 --> 00:36:27,171 But I can prosecute the three of you for grand larceny. 652 00:36:30,844 --> 00:36:35,110 Anytime you want to take this further, Mr. Stone, just give us a call. 653 00:36:39,052 --> 00:36:41,247 It's been a week since we gave you Bregman. 654 00:36:41,321 --> 00:36:44,313 I thought I made it clear, my clients were ready to discuss a plea. 655 00:36:44,391 --> 00:36:46,586 I put nothing on the table, Mr. Hastings. 656 00:36:46,660 --> 00:36:48,218 And maybe Sol Bregman did? 657 00:36:48,294 --> 00:36:52,286 Sir, do you really want to get into that kind of trouble with me? 658 00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:58,461 My clients have gone out on a limb to cooperate with you. 659 00:36:58,637 --> 00:37:00,332 By making claims no one can verify. 660 00:37:00,406 --> 00:37:01,566 You have the tape. 661 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,335 That's a tape made under duress. 662 00:37:03,409 --> 00:37:06,742 We need evidence of complicity before the kidnapping. 663 00:37:11,316 --> 00:37:14,752 Search his apartment. You'll find one of Mr. Watson's paintings there. 664 00:37:14,820 --> 00:37:16,981 He collects art. It doesn't mean he knows the artists. 665 00:37:17,056 --> 00:37:19,217 His interest wasn't as a collector. 666 00:37:19,291 --> 00:37:22,954 We convinced an appraiser the piece was worth $100,000. 667 00:37:23,228 --> 00:37:26,823 Jason hangs it in a storefront gallery he rented, and... 668 00:37:27,833 --> 00:37:28,857 Gone. 669 00:37:28,934 --> 00:37:31,300 You report it stolen and split the insurance check. 670 00:37:31,370 --> 00:37:32,894 I hope you have the check stub. 671 00:37:32,971 --> 00:37:34,734 Jason backed out. 672 00:37:34,807 --> 00:37:38,868 He was afraid his old man would find out. But he kept the painting. 673 00:37:45,551 --> 00:37:50,250 A rider was added to Mr. Bregman's policy last June for an oil painting on canvas. 674 00:37:50,322 --> 00:37:53,917 36" by 44", depicting a female nude... 675 00:37:54,093 --> 00:37:56,186 signed by Shepherd Watson. 676 00:37:56,495 --> 00:37:59,225 Reported stolen, August 26. 677 00:37:59,331 --> 00:38:00,923 A claim was filed? 678 00:38:00,999 --> 00:38:02,830 Yes, but it smelled a little ripe. 679 00:38:03,102 --> 00:38:05,070 An instinctive reaction for an insurance adjuster. 680 00:38:05,137 --> 00:38:08,766 A loss less than two months after purchase. Bells went off. 681 00:38:08,974 --> 00:38:10,736 We were about to turn it over to the police. 682 00:38:10,842 --> 00:38:12,571 What stopped you? 683 00:38:12,643 --> 00:38:16,238 We received a polite letter saying that the painting had been recovered. 684 00:38:16,314 --> 00:38:18,544 Filing a false claim still rates as a crime. 685 00:38:19,217 --> 00:38:21,845 We do a lot of business with Sol Bregman. 686 00:38:21,919 --> 00:38:26,151 If he tells us that no fraud was intended, we take him at his word. 687 00:38:26,224 --> 00:38:27,555 You talked to Sol Bregman? 688 00:38:28,860 --> 00:38:30,623 He wrote the letter. 689 00:38:31,662 --> 00:38:33,186 I assure you, Adam... 690 00:38:33,264 --> 00:38:36,563 until you sent me the tape, I had no idea what he was up to. 691 00:38:36,634 --> 00:38:38,829 Spare me the crap. The minute that you heard... 692 00:38:38,903 --> 00:38:42,134 that Watson was involved with the kidnapping, you should have called me. 693 00:38:42,206 --> 00:38:43,673 And say what? 694 00:38:44,976 --> 00:38:47,342 That my son's a failed criminal? 695 00:38:50,681 --> 00:38:53,809 I know he has a contribution to make if he would just... 696 00:38:55,653 --> 00:38:56,847 connect with something. 697 00:38:57,321 --> 00:38:58,879 Connect with what? 698 00:39:01,726 --> 00:39:04,524 This might be the last favor I ask, Adam. 699 00:39:05,429 --> 00:39:07,363 Jason's the only one who got hurt. 700 00:39:07,431 --> 00:39:08,489 I want you to drop the case. 701 00:39:08,566 --> 00:39:10,158 I can't do that. 702 00:39:10,868 --> 00:39:12,062 I'll withdraw the complaint. 703 00:39:12,136 --> 00:39:13,797 It's too late. 704 00:39:13,871 --> 00:39:16,465 Please, Adam, I've got to protect him. 705 00:39:16,541 --> 00:39:20,375 You sat there. You've done nothing, and you want me to fix it. 706 00:39:23,781 --> 00:39:25,646 I'm afraid I might lose him for good. 707 00:39:32,689 --> 00:39:35,283 You don't get your son to cooperate... 708 00:39:35,358 --> 00:39:37,383 you can say goodbye to him for 20 years. 709 00:39:40,397 --> 00:39:43,161 Squeeze the rock as hard as you want, Ben... 710 00:39:43,233 --> 00:39:45,929 it won't make the blood flow any faster. 711 00:39:46,303 --> 00:39:49,295 My client emphatically denies any involvement. 712 00:39:50,674 --> 00:39:55,008 Please, Jason, stop the lying. They're gonna put you in prison. 713 00:39:56,046 --> 00:39:59,675 Young man, your own father doesn't believe you. What do you think a jury will do? 714 00:40:00,483 --> 00:40:02,883 A jury doesn't have any personal stake in this. 715 00:40:02,953 --> 00:40:06,252 For God's sake, Jason, I'm not trying to hurt you. 716 00:40:07,891 --> 00:40:09,358 I'm sure Watson put you up to it. 717 00:40:09,426 --> 00:40:10,825 Of course. 718 00:40:11,027 --> 00:40:12,688 Because you don't think I'm capable. 719 00:40:12,762 --> 00:40:14,753 We believe in your abilities, Jason. 720 00:40:14,831 --> 00:40:16,765 You nearly took your father for $5 million. 721 00:40:16,833 --> 00:40:18,994 And I would have, if he hadn't called the police. 722 00:40:19,069 --> 00:40:20,036 Jason... 723 00:40:20,103 --> 00:40:21,434 That's why Watson turned on me. 724 00:40:22,005 --> 00:40:25,031 Thanks to you, I ended up flat on my face with a bullet next to my heart. 725 00:40:32,249 --> 00:40:34,080 I'm sorry, Mr. Stone. 726 00:40:34,718 --> 00:40:37,312 I can't listen to any more of this. 727 00:40:37,754 --> 00:40:39,016 Jason... 728 00:40:47,930 --> 00:40:51,366 Mr. Teller, is your client willing to discuss a plea? 729 00:40:52,201 --> 00:40:55,329 Larceny in the second degree in exchange for your testimony? 730 00:40:59,909 --> 00:41:03,538 He blames his own father for ruining this harebrained scheme of his? 731 00:41:03,612 --> 00:41:06,172 I bet he blames him for all his failures. 732 00:41:06,248 --> 00:41:10,309 What is all this rage against a father who loves him and dotes on him? 733 00:41:10,386 --> 00:41:12,320 It's a fairly common behavioral trait... 734 00:41:12,388 --> 00:41:14,583 among children of highly successful parents. 735 00:41:14,657 --> 00:41:16,682 They love the perks. They hate the price. 736 00:41:17,826 --> 00:41:19,623 Let's hope justice is blind. 737 00:41:20,663 --> 00:41:21,891 Excuse me? 738 00:41:21,964 --> 00:41:23,522 He's the only witness I have. 739 00:41:23,866 --> 00:41:26,391 And God willing, that jury won't see... 740 00:41:26,468 --> 00:41:29,562 what a sniveling, conniving little weasel he is. 741 00:41:29,905 --> 00:41:33,033 Well, if telling the truth is a way he can humiliate his father... 742 00:41:33,108 --> 00:41:35,269 I think he'll be very motivated. 743 00:41:35,344 --> 00:41:37,175 He should be quite persuasive. 744 00:41:40,849 --> 00:41:42,874 Mr. Watson insisted on counting the money. 745 00:41:42,952 --> 00:41:44,920 That took almost half the night. 746 00:41:45,054 --> 00:41:46,919 Of course, it was all there. 747 00:41:46,989 --> 00:41:49,685 If there's one thing my father is, is pathetically honest. 748 00:41:49,758 --> 00:41:51,783 So please tell us what happened after that. 749 00:41:51,860 --> 00:41:53,794 We drove to Queens. 750 00:41:53,862 --> 00:41:57,662 Mr. Watson and Miss Navarro put the duffle bags in the locker... 751 00:41:57,733 --> 00:42:01,294 and then we drove back to town to execute the rest of our plan. 752 00:42:01,370 --> 00:42:03,600 And what was the rest of your plan? 753 00:42:03,672 --> 00:42:07,163 It's a clever twist, if my friends had just stuck to it. 754 00:42:07,475 --> 00:42:10,239 We decided releasing me would raise suspicion. 755 00:42:10,311 --> 00:42:12,871 An escape would be more convincing. 756 00:42:13,448 --> 00:42:16,542 Shooting me was purely Mr. Watson's idea. 757 00:42:18,286 --> 00:42:19,685 Thank you. 758 00:42:20,388 --> 00:42:21,912 Your witness. 759 00:42:22,790 --> 00:42:24,257 Mr. Bregman... 760 00:42:24,392 --> 00:42:27,850 didn't you shatter your knee in a bobsledding accident four years ago? 761 00:42:27,929 --> 00:42:28,987 That's right. 762 00:42:29,063 --> 00:42:32,157 Are you fond of showing off that scar and bragging about it? 763 00:42:32,233 --> 00:42:34,633 Some people have seen it. So what? 764 00:42:34,702 --> 00:42:36,863 Your father sent you to Saint Barts to recuperate. 765 00:42:36,938 --> 00:42:39,907 I can see what you're getting at, but I didn't plan to break my knee. 766 00:42:39,974 --> 00:42:42,909 It was an accident. It wasn't my fault. 767 00:42:43,311 --> 00:42:44,778 I understand. 768 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,640 Get you to the real estate business. 769 00:42:49,250 --> 00:42:52,344 You managed the warehouse at 631 Dwyer Street? 770 00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:55,087 It's one of my father's. 771 00:42:55,156 --> 00:42:58,148 Actually, now it belongs to First Dominion Bank. 772 00:42:58,226 --> 00:43:00,091 They foreclosed on it last year, didn't they? 773 00:43:00,161 --> 00:43:01,560 That's right, I remember. 774 00:43:01,629 --> 00:43:04,029 A balloon payment went past due. 775 00:43:05,233 --> 00:43:06,928 How was that payment missed? 776 00:43:07,001 --> 00:43:09,697 Secretary failed to inform me of the notice. 777 00:43:09,771 --> 00:43:12,001 And where were you, Mr. Bregman? 778 00:43:13,674 --> 00:43:15,437 I was in Palm Beach. 779 00:43:16,144 --> 00:43:17,133 It wasn't my fault. 780 00:43:18,613 --> 00:43:20,308 Is anything ever your fault, Jason? 781 00:43:20,381 --> 00:43:21,473 Your Honor. 782 00:43:21,549 --> 00:43:22,573 Withdrawn. 783 00:43:28,588 --> 00:43:32,354 In the first count of the indictment, grand larceny in the first degree... 784 00:43:32,426 --> 00:43:36,021 for the defendant Helena Navarro, how does the jury find? 785 00:43:36,329 --> 00:43:37,591 Guilty. 786 00:43:37,664 --> 00:43:41,430 In the second count of the indictment, attempted murder in the second degree... 787 00:43:41,501 --> 00:43:44,629 for the defendant Helena Navarro, how does the jury find? 788 00:43:44,704 --> 00:43:45,693 Not guilty. 789 00:43:46,273 --> 00:43:49,868 In the first count of the indictment, grand larceny in the first degree... 790 00:43:49,943 --> 00:43:53,310 for the defendant Shepherd Watson, how does the jury find? 791 00:43:53,380 --> 00:43:54,574 Guilty. 792 00:43:54,648 --> 00:43:58,311 In the second count of the indictment, attempted murder in the second degree... 793 00:43:58,385 --> 00:44:01,320 for the defendant Shepherd Watson, how does the jury find? 794 00:44:01,621 --> 00:44:02,610 Not guilty. 795 00:44:03,356 --> 00:44:08,259 The defendants are remanded into custody, pending sentencing on February 9th. 796 00:44:09,463 --> 00:44:12,796 Mr. Bregman, I'll deal with your sentence at that time. 797 00:44:25,679 --> 00:44:27,977 I still don't see your client, Mr. Teller. 798 00:44:28,048 --> 00:44:30,846 I spoke to him yesterday, Your Honor. He assured me he'd be here. 799 00:44:30,917 --> 00:44:33,112 Your Honor, we've been here an hour... 800 00:44:33,186 --> 00:44:37,816 and I request that you revoke Mr. Bregman's bail and issue a warrant for his arrest. 801 00:44:37,891 --> 00:44:40,792 I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation. 802 00:44:42,328 --> 00:44:44,888 It appears that Mr. Bregman has fled jurisdiction. 803 00:44:45,798 --> 00:44:47,197 So it does. 804 00:44:47,266 --> 00:44:50,064 Bail is forfeited. Bench warrant ordered. 805 00:44:50,369 --> 00:44:52,360 I have no idea where he is. 806 00:44:52,438 --> 00:44:55,134 But you knew he wouldn't be there in court today. 807 00:44:55,207 --> 00:44:57,402 Sol, have you lost your mind? 808 00:44:59,211 --> 00:45:00,906 I couldn't let him down. 809 00:45:02,815 --> 00:45:04,544 Well, now you're gonna help us find him. 810 00:45:04,617 --> 00:45:07,643 So you can put him in prison for three years? 811 00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:10,154 Please, Mr. Bregman, don't do this. 812 00:45:10,322 --> 00:45:12,290 You're hindering the prosecution of a felon. 813 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,586 My son counts on me, Mr. Stone. 814 00:45:18,130 --> 00:45:19,791 I'll always be there for him. 815 00:45:19,865 --> 00:45:22,095 And when you're arrested and put on trial... 816 00:45:22,168 --> 00:45:23,863 will he be there for you? 817 00:45:30,176 --> 00:45:33,634 Draw up a warrant on Bregman, Solomon... 818 00:45:34,647 --> 00:45:36,672 for hindering prosecution.