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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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I'm getting too old for this.
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Sammie, 3 o'clock.
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(CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)
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Spring is sprung.
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Tell me about it.
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Oh, man.
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SAMMIE: Anybody home?
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Yeah, a dead guy.
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ED: Who found him?
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A couple of water-tank workers
said a ladder
slipped off their truck.
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What? And it
bounced 40 feet?
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Entry wound's
on the right side.
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Singe marks on his shirt.
It must have been close range.
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The M.E. say
when this happened?
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Sometime last night.
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They can give you
a better idea
after the prelim.
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Ed, check this out.
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He's wearing
a gold retirement ring.
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Yeah. Once upon a time
the guy was on the job.
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"Mike Drucker,
Private Investigator."
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He's got an office
in Midtown.
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So what's he doing
in a vacant apartment
in Washington Heights?
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Holster's empty,
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the entry wound
looks like a .38.
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Yeah, we found a .38
on the floor over there.
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Shot with his own gun?
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We also found a .25
under the radiator.
It wasn't loaded.
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And we haven't found
any slugs or shells.
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All right,
let's get both weapons
down to Ballistics.
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Let them sort it out.
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Was this door locked
when you guys got here?
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Yeah. Super had
to let us in.
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No sign of forced entry.
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The guy doesn't have a key,
so somebody let him in.
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Yeah.
He had a little help
going out, too.
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I've been the super here
almost 6 years.
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Nothing like this
has ever happened.
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Hear anything
unusual last night?
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My apartment's
in the basement.
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You ever see
this guy before?
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No. Sorry.
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Any idea how he might've
gotten into the building?
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I keep fixing the deadbolt
on the front door.
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A week later
it's broken again.
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What about
the apartment door?
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When our guys showed up
it was locked.
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Yeah, I had to
let your men in.
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Does anybody else
have a key?
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Not as far as I know.
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BRISCOE: How long has
that apartment been vacant?
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Since August.
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Did you get the keys back
from the last tenant?
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That'd be a first.
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The family moved out
nine months ago.
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Last name was Sandoval.
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They leave
a forwarding address?
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Venezuela according
to the neighbors.
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Cordova's running it down.
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What about the victim,
Drucker?
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Yeah, yeah.
He used to work for
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the RIP unit at the 15.
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He retired,
what five years ago.
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He had a pretty decent
arrest record.
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So, was he on a case
or up to no good?
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Ah, the boys that worked
with him at the 15
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say that he was
a stand up guy.
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Current address is Brooklyn.
Divorced. No kids.
Ex moved to Sarasota.
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How's the canvass going?
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Oh, we got nothing so far.
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But the M.E. puts the time
of death between
9:00 and 10:00 last night.
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VAN BUREN:
What about the guns?
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The .38 was
the murder weapon.
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That was registered
to Drucker.
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.25 wasn't loaded
and hadn't been
fired recently.
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And the serial number's
been filed down.
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Has Latent worked up
these weapons yet?
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ED: We got a partial
on the .38.
Nothing on the other gun.
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Well, someone walked
into the apartment
carrying that .25.
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Why don't we
find out what
Drucker was doing
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up in
Washington Heights
at that hour?
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Like I said,
Mr. Drucker's hired
mostly by lawyers.
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They don't like him
to keep many records.
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You can't subpoena
a conversation.
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Did he have
any troublesome cases?
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Saul Mandelbaum, skip trace.
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Frank Leahy,
a paper chase up
in Westchester.
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Were any of these divorces
more hostile than others?
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They're all pretty hostile.
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Well, how about
something more recent?
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There is one case,
the Shore divorce.
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The wife calls here
all the time.
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Matter of fact,
she called here
twice yesterday.
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You know why?
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She and Mr. D
never connected.
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I called Mr. Drucker
because I was worried.
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Kevin had called me
and left a message
to call him back.
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Kevin's your ex?
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From your mouth
to God's ears.
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Anyway, he never calls.
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He sounded angry
and I just had the feeling
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he'd found out
about the investigator.
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So did you end up
talking to him?
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I never called him back.
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What is this all about?
What's he done?
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Well, your investigator,
Mr. Drucker?
He got killed last night.
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Oh, my God.
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Is there anything
we should know about
your husband, Mrs. Shore?
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After five years of marriage,
he tells me about
this girl that he's seeing,
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Rachel somebody.
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He serves me with papers
the same day.
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He expected me
to sign them right then.
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ED: But you said no?
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Drucker was looking into
your husband's finances?
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Kevin's in real estate.
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Most of his assets
are in partnerships
and holding companies.
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Mr. Drucker was
helping us locate them.
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Is there any reason
this investigation
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would lead to a building
at 1512 Cabrini Boulevard
at 178th Street?
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My lawyer mentioned something
about my husband
owning buildings in that area.
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It's possible
he owns that building.
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Mr. Shore is very good
at hiding his assets
from my client.
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How much are we
talking about?
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Shore listed
his net worth
at 4.5 million.
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But I'm guessing
he's worth
twice that much.
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And once Drucker
uncovered those assets,
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you were gonna
take him to the cleaners.
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Sounds like you've been
around the block, Detective.
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Much smaller neighborhood.
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Mrs. Shore seemed to think
her husband was aware
of Drucker's investigation.
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Could be. We'd pierced
some of the husband's
holding companies.
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Drucker had a connection
at a bank where his
financing came from.
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A man named
Chris Sowlakis.
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Do you think it's
possible that Sowlakis
tipped Mr. Shore off?
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I don't even know if Drucker
ever met with the guy.
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They were supposed to
talk Friday.
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Two days before he was killed.
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Drucker came by with questions
about Mr. Shore's holdings,
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but I never told
Mr. Shore about him.
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So, someone you don't know
comes in asking
about a client's accounts
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and you don't mention it
to the client?
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Basic questions.
I didn't see the harm.
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BRISCOE: How much did he
pay you, Mr. Sowlakis?
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I'm sorry?
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Information is currency.
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And in Drucker's business
it usually takes some
to get it.
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What you're suggesting
is outrageous.
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Calm down, did you know
this guy Drucker
got killed the other night?
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What are you talking about?
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ED: And if it
turns out you're
withholding information,
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accessory to murder
makes bribery
seem pretty innocuous.
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Look, I've already told
the FHA everything I know.
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The Federal Housing Authority
was here investigating some
of Shore's transactions too.
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Did you tell Drucker
about this?
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I didn't know
the details myself
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but I pointed him
in the right direction.
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It's called flipping.
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Basically a developer
purchases a cheap property,
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makes superficial
repairs on it
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then flips it by reselling
at a vastly inflated price.
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I thought that was
the American way.
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Not when the sale's based
on a fraudulent appraisal.
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The FHA insures the buyer
based on the bogus appraisal.
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Then the buyer
gets in over his head,
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fixing what the developer
should have, loses his home.
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And Uncle Sam foots the bill.
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And developers like Shore
walk away with all the money.
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You recognize him?
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Yeah, he was in here
last week.
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Said he was working
for Mrs. Shore.
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He asked a lot of questions
I wouldn't answer.
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Then wanted to
see the appraisals.
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BRISCOE: The ones
you thought were bogus.
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ED: You mind if we
take a look?
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Matter of public record.
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Did Drucker know
about the flipping?
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I didn't tell him about it,
but I got the feeling
he knew something was hinky.
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There's over two dozen
appraisals here.
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They're all done
by the same person.
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Seems Mr. Shore
found himself
a friendly appraiser.
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Rachel Glick.
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Wasn't his
girlfriend's name Rachel?
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Friendly appraiser is right.
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Sorry, I don't recognize him.
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So if I asked
around your office,
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we wouldn't find anybody
who's ever seen him before?
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Hey! We know
about your relationship
with Kevin Shore.
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And about the appraisals
you did for him.
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I know he works
for Kevin's wife.
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So I didn't meet with him.
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Worked for.
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He was killed
three days ago.
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What?
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Right after he found out
about some of those
creative real estate deals
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you and Mr. Shore
put together.
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ED: Did you tell him about
Mr. Drucker's visit,
Rachel?
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I had nothing to do
with anyone being killed.
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Well, do you think
your boyfriend might?
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I told Kevin this guy came by
asking a lot of questions.
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BRISCOE: What did he say?
He got furious.
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I told him
I might lose my license.
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But then Kevin said...
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ED: Kevin said what?
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That he'd take care of it.
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Kevin Shore?
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Yeah, can I help you?
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We need to talk to you
about Mike Drucker.
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Can we talk about this
somewhere else?
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Yeah, why don't we
go to our place?
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We'll finish this up later,
okay?
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Much later.
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Yes, I thought
this guy was
hired by my wife.
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And yes, I called her
to find out about him.
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But I didn't shoot him.
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Well, the way we
understand it, there were
millions of dollars at stake.
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I don't have as much money
as my wife thinks.
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Yeah? What about
your little flipping scam?
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Maybe I should
call my lawyer.
Well, good.
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Then both of y'all
can tell us where
you were on Monday night.
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Yeah, and meantime,
we can book you for murder.
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Of course, the DA ain't
gonna be as interested
in what you got to say
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as we are.
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I was home by myself.
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What about Rachel?
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I don't see her every night.
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Yeah, especially the nights
when you shoot somebody.
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Look, I told you
I didn't shoot anyone.
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Wait, that night
a cop car
pulled over an SUV
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across the street
from my building.
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So?
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I saw it from my window.
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It was about 9:30.
They had this guy
in handcuffs.
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And I remember
there was a ski rack
on top of the car.
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So that gets me
off the hook, right?
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I put a call
into the 23.
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They got someone looking
into that traffic stop.
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If Drucker knew
about this flipping scam,
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it would've given
Shore's wife some heavy
leverage in the divorce.
243
00:10:47,729 --> 00:10:49,231
Good old fashioned blackmail.
244
00:10:49,298 --> 00:10:52,610
Yeah, and it gives Shore
a solid motive
for shutting Drucker up.
245
00:10:52,669 --> 00:10:54,307
But it wouldn't
get the FHA
off his back.
246
00:10:54,370 --> 00:10:55,713
Well, he didn't
know about that.
247
00:10:55,772 --> 00:10:57,843
The FHA kept
that under the radar.
248
00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:01,821
So, Shore thought
if he took care of Drucker
before he turned up anything,
249
00:11:01,878 --> 00:11:03,755
no one would find out.
250
00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:06,223
Any way to connect him
to this vacant apartment?
251
00:11:06,282 --> 00:11:09,354
None of his holding companies
have any ownership interest
in the building.
252
00:11:09,419 --> 00:11:11,490
Well, he had
to get a key somewhere.
253
00:11:11,554 --> 00:11:13,465
Well, we'll go back
and talk to the Super.
254
00:11:13,523 --> 00:11:15,867
Find out
who handled the rentals.
255
00:11:17,227 --> 00:11:18,467
We're the exclusive agent
256
00:11:18,528 --> 00:11:22,135
for several rental properties
in Washington Heights,
including 1512 Cabrini.
257
00:11:22,231 --> 00:11:23,266
Who's your client?
258
00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:26,041
Building's owned by
a small group of investors.
259
00:11:26,102 --> 00:11:28,413
Would one of them be
a guy named Kevin Shore?
260
00:11:28,472 --> 00:11:30,076
I've never heard of him.
261
00:11:30,140 --> 00:11:31,210
ED: He's a developer.
262
00:11:31,275 --> 00:11:33,755
Any prospective buyers looking
at the building lately?
263
00:11:33,811 --> 00:11:35,586
No, just people
looking to rent.
264
00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,458
BRISCOE: Is it possible
one of them might have
gotten hold of a key?
265
00:11:38,515 --> 00:11:40,324
We never hand out
a key to anyone,
266
00:11:40,484 --> 00:11:42,361
one of my agents is
always present.
267
00:11:42,419 --> 00:11:44,126
Lennie, check this out.
268
00:11:46,290 --> 00:11:49,271
"Thanks for your support,
Frank Leahy, Director."
269
00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,101
As in Frank Leahy
from Drucker's files.
270
00:11:51,261 --> 00:11:53,867
We sponsor a team
in his league every year.
271
00:11:53,931 --> 00:11:55,467
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Excuse me.
272
00:11:55,532 --> 00:11:56,875
A Little League team?
273
00:11:56,934 --> 00:11:59,278
No, YBL
Youth Baseball League.
274
00:11:59,336 --> 00:12:01,873
We get some
cheap advertising
on the kid's jerseys.
275
00:12:01,939 --> 00:12:03,646
Pulls in some business
from the families
in the league.
276
00:12:03,975 --> 00:12:06,216
Anybody from the league
rent in that building?
277
00:12:07,045 --> 00:12:08,786
Not that I know of.
278
00:12:09,047 --> 00:12:11,152
Okay, thanks for your help.
279
00:12:11,516 --> 00:12:13,792
Shore's story
about the SUV
checked out.
280
00:12:13,852 --> 00:12:16,423
Which means he
was probably home
like he said.
281
00:12:16,488 --> 00:12:20,994
Well, this guy Leahy's
got a connection to
the building, and to Drucker.
282
00:12:21,059 --> 00:12:22,936
Well, maybe
we were looking
at the wrong file?
283
00:12:25,797 --> 00:12:30,075
Drucker's secretary
told me when I called.
That's really too bad.
284
00:12:30,135 --> 00:12:33,116
So you hired him
to investigate
a guy named Frank Leahy?
285
00:12:33,238 --> 00:12:37,015
Jason, choke up
and lower your shoulder.
286
00:12:37,075 --> 00:12:39,385
Yeah, I coach
the all-star team
here in Harrison.
287
00:12:39,444 --> 00:12:42,449
Drucker was looking
into some of the
competition for us.
288
00:12:42,515 --> 00:12:44,791
You hired a Pl
to do your scouting?
289
00:12:44,850 --> 00:12:47,387
Well, we saw
a kid play at one
of our sectional games.
290
00:12:47,453 --> 00:12:49,626
First base.
Man, this kid
was a monster.
291
00:12:49,689 --> 00:12:51,532
He could hit the ball
a country mile.
292
00:12:51,590 --> 00:12:53,069
I mean, it just seemed
too good to be true.
293
00:12:53,592 --> 00:12:55,162
You thought he was a ringer?
294
00:12:55,227 --> 00:12:57,503
Well, every time
he came up to the plate
someone would yell,
295
00:12:57,563 --> 00:12:59,736
"Hey, you dropped
your car keys."
Stuff like that.
296
00:12:59,799 --> 00:13:02,939
And chances are we'll have to
face this kid in the
state tournament this year.
297
00:13:03,169 --> 00:13:05,979
So you figure
you get rid of the monster,
it gives you a little edge.
298
00:13:06,038 --> 00:13:08,780
Look, my kids practice
their asses off all season
299
00:13:08,841 --> 00:13:10,184
for a chance to go
to Nationals.
300
00:13:10,576 --> 00:13:14,956
For some Spanish kid
to show up out of nowhere
I mean, it just isn't right.
301
00:13:15,014 --> 00:13:16,152
Some Spanish kid?
302
00:13:16,215 --> 00:13:19,197
Well, I don't know
if he's Puerto Rican
or Mexican or what.
303
00:13:19,252 --> 00:13:22,233
You know,
half the kids on Leahy's team
they don't even speak English.
304
00:13:22,422 --> 00:13:24,060
As opposed to the Majors.
305
00:13:24,391 --> 00:13:27,838
Look, we all have to
play by the rules.
Poor kids or not.
306
00:13:27,894 --> 00:13:29,703
ED: You mean, like the rules
where you buy your kid
307
00:13:29,763 --> 00:13:32,175
his own personal
pitching machine?
308
00:13:32,933 --> 00:13:35,379
BRISCOE: So, did Drucker
find out anything out for you?
309
00:13:35,435 --> 00:13:37,642
Yeah, he called me a week ago.
310
00:13:37,704 --> 00:13:39,877
He said he thought
we were right on target.
311
00:13:44,878 --> 00:13:47,859
BRISCOE: "Good luck
to the YBL. Manny Ramirez."
312
00:13:47,914 --> 00:13:52,056
Yeah, he gave me that
in '97 when I first
took over the League.
313
00:13:52,119 --> 00:13:55,294
Back then I had four teams
playing on a blacktop.
314
00:13:55,356 --> 00:13:58,098
Now I got 32 teams
in four age divisions.
315
00:13:59,060 --> 00:14:00,403
Mr. Leahy?
316
00:14:00,895 --> 00:14:02,932
Do you recognize this man?
317
00:14:03,598 --> 00:14:04,838
No. Why?
318
00:14:05,133 --> 00:14:06,168
He's a private investigator.
319
00:14:06,234 --> 00:14:09,238
He was hired to look into
one of your players.
320
00:14:10,037 --> 00:14:12,881
This is the guy
they found
over on Cabrini?
321
00:14:13,207 --> 00:14:15,118
So you knew who he was.
322
00:14:15,710 --> 00:14:17,587
I just read the paper.
323
00:14:17,779 --> 00:14:19,656
Any of your players
live over there?
324
00:14:19,714 --> 00:14:21,159
I don't think so.
325
00:14:21,215 --> 00:14:24,992
Wait. You think what happened
had something to do
with one of my kids?
326
00:14:25,052 --> 00:14:26,861
Just because they're from
the neighborhood, huh?
327
00:14:26,954 --> 00:14:30,527
We heard he was interested
in the first baseman
on your all-star team.
328
00:14:30,591 --> 00:14:32,127
Ramiro Benitez.
329
00:14:33,662 --> 00:14:35,403
Those people from Harrison.
330
00:14:35,931 --> 00:14:37,035
How'd you know that?
331
00:14:37,099 --> 00:14:38,635
'Cause they don't
like to lose.
332
00:14:38,801 --> 00:14:41,907
Especially to city kids,
if you catch my drift.
333
00:14:41,970 --> 00:14:43,040
You know,
a couple of years ago,
334
00:14:43,105 --> 00:14:47,383
Scarsdale had a lefty
throwing screwballs,
cut sliders.
335
00:14:47,442 --> 00:14:48,512
Nobody said boo.
336
00:14:48,944 --> 00:14:51,049
How much money
they paying this Pl?
337
00:14:51,113 --> 00:14:52,285
$8,000.
338
00:14:52,347 --> 00:14:54,486
Like I said,
they don't like to lose.
339
00:14:54,550 --> 00:14:56,154
BRISCOE: And what about you?
340
00:14:56,218 --> 00:14:59,028
Ramiro's birth certificate's
on file with the League.
341
00:14:59,288 --> 00:15:00,426
Where'd that come from?
342
00:15:00,489 --> 00:15:01,729
His father, Victor,
gave it to me.
343
00:15:01,790 --> 00:15:05,237
He must've brought it with him
from Honduras
when he came in February.
344
00:15:07,062 --> 00:15:08,439
Now where we can find him?
345
00:15:08,497 --> 00:15:10,034
His coach is
running a practice today.
346
00:15:10,099 --> 00:15:12,375
Victor likes to watch
Ramiro work out.
347
00:15:12,435 --> 00:15:14,676
High Bridge Park,
171st Street.
348
00:15:16,472 --> 00:15:18,145
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
349
00:15:19,075 --> 00:15:20,076
I got it!
350
00:15:21,411 --> 00:15:22,446
ED: He's your son?
351
00:15:22,512 --> 00:15:23,582
Yes.
352
00:15:23,980 --> 00:15:25,516
He's got some pop in that bat.
353
00:15:25,582 --> 00:15:26,822
Gracias.
354
00:15:26,883 --> 00:15:29,329
You mind answering
a few questions?
355
00:15:29,652 --> 00:15:31,325
What kind of questions?
356
00:15:31,387 --> 00:15:33,833
You come to this country
for work, Mr. Benitez?
357
00:15:33,890 --> 00:15:37,497
So my son
can play baseball
and to visit my cousin.
358
00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,904
Your son looks a little old
to be in this league.
359
00:15:39,963 --> 00:15:42,569
He's 12.
He's big for his age.
360
00:15:42,632 --> 00:15:44,543
You recognize this man?
361
00:15:46,737 --> 00:15:47,772
No.
362
00:15:47,972 --> 00:15:51,351
Are you sure
he wasn't at one of
your kid's games?
363
00:15:52,376 --> 00:15:54,014
I did not see him.
364
00:15:54,511 --> 00:15:56,889
You mind telling us
where you were
Monday night?
365
00:15:58,249 --> 00:15:59,284
I was home.
366
00:15:59,350 --> 00:16:00,829
ED: Do you have anybody
that can verify that?
367
00:16:00,885 --> 00:16:02,091
My son.
368
00:16:02,887 --> 00:16:06,460
Well, he might be a little
too young for us to just
take his word for it.
369
00:16:07,725 --> 00:16:10,137
If we have
any more questions
we'll be in touch.
370
00:16:12,863 --> 00:16:14,069
This guy Victor
brought his kid
371
00:16:14,131 --> 00:16:16,543
all the way from Honduras
to play for this team.
372
00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,012
Another team
forked over eight grand
to try and stop him.
373
00:16:19,069 --> 00:16:20,480
Eight grand?
374
00:16:20,704 --> 00:16:23,686
It sounds like these people
have a little too much time
on their hands.
375
00:16:23,742 --> 00:16:25,653
Hey, there's gold
at the end of the rainbow.
376
00:16:25,710 --> 00:16:28,418
Giambi signed with the Yanks
for nearly 20 mil a year.
377
00:16:28,713 --> 00:16:29,987
You know,
Leahy told us that
378
00:16:30,048 --> 00:16:33,325
this kid's birth
certificate was on file
at the league's office.
379
00:16:33,385 --> 00:16:35,296
So, to prove the father
had motive,
380
00:16:35,353 --> 00:16:37,697
we gotta prove the kid's
birth certificate's fake.
381
00:16:37,756 --> 00:16:40,134
Which is what Drucker
must have been trying to do.
382
00:16:40,191 --> 00:16:41,295
Shades of Danny Almonte.
383
00:16:42,327 --> 00:16:44,136
Except there
no one was murdered.
384
00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:46,601
You know,
Drucker's file on Leahy
385
00:16:46,665 --> 00:16:49,475
lists a contact
at the Honduran Consulate.
386
00:16:53,605 --> 00:16:55,551
Well, the first time
Mr. Drucker came here
387
00:16:55,607 --> 00:16:58,417
he requested
the boy's original
Honduran birth certificate.
388
00:16:58,476 --> 00:17:00,149
Did you get it for him?
389
00:17:00,211 --> 00:17:01,714
Well, I ordered him
a certified copy
390
00:17:01,781 --> 00:17:04,193
from Registro Nacional
de las Personae.
391
00:17:04,450 --> 00:17:06,191
Then he came in to pick it up?
392
00:17:06,252 --> 00:17:07,754
Like a week later.
393
00:17:08,020 --> 00:17:09,624
He seemed very concerned
with its authenticity.
394
00:17:09,689 --> 00:17:13,466
But the document was
properly stamped with
all the necessary signatures.
395
00:17:13,526 --> 00:17:15,199
So Drucker left satisfied?
396
00:17:15,261 --> 00:17:16,467
No, not exactly,
397
00:17:16,829 --> 00:17:18,775
I wasn't able to help him
with the other boy.
398
00:17:19,665 --> 00:17:20,700
Which other boy?
399
00:17:20,766 --> 00:17:22,712
All he had was a name.
400
00:17:23,636 --> 00:17:25,912
Here. Miguel Soto.
401
00:17:25,972 --> 00:17:29,010
He wanted information
about the boy's visa
and current address.
402
00:17:29,475 --> 00:17:32,513
Did he tell you
what the other kid had to do
with Ramiro Benitez?
403
00:17:32,845 --> 00:17:34,381
No. But I explained
to him that
404
00:17:34,447 --> 00:17:36,893
we don't keep track
of Honduran nationals
once they're here.
405
00:17:36,949 --> 00:17:38,691
That he would have to
check with the INS.
406
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:44,068
Miguel Soto, age 14,
arrived in the US
407
00:17:44,124 --> 00:17:48,573
from San Marcos, Honduras
on a standard visa,
February 1st.
408
00:17:48,628 --> 00:17:51,040
That's the same month
Ramiro Benitez came here.
409
00:17:51,098 --> 00:17:52,702
Yeah, you mind
running that name too?
410
00:17:52,766 --> 00:17:54,074
I already did.
411
00:17:57,104 --> 00:17:59,710
He arrived the same day,
from the same town.
412
00:17:59,773 --> 00:18:02,276
You have a local address
for Miguel?
413
00:18:02,843 --> 00:18:05,517
Aliens are required
to inform us where
they'll be staying in the US.
414
00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,721
989 West 185th Street.
415
00:18:09,416 --> 00:18:10,986
Wait a minute.
You sure about that?
416
00:18:11,051 --> 00:18:12,621
That's what he wrote
on his I-94.
417
00:18:12,686 --> 00:18:15,167
Well, that puts
his apartment in the
middle of the Hudson River.
418
00:18:15,223 --> 00:18:18,295
Obviously Miguel Soto
didn't want anybody
to find him.
419
00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:19,861
They both come
from the same town.
420
00:18:19,927 --> 00:18:21,565
We could try
calling around
down there,
421
00:18:21,629 --> 00:18:23,631
see if we find anybody
with a legit address.
422
00:18:23,698 --> 00:18:25,234
Or we can let Cordova
do the walking.
423
00:18:28,970 --> 00:18:30,506
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
424
00:18:33,241 --> 00:18:34,345
Mr. Benitez?
425
00:18:34,409 --> 00:18:36,320
We're looking for Miguel Soto.
426
00:18:36,377 --> 00:18:38,618
I'm sorry. Who is that?
427
00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:39,715
I'll give you a hint.
428
00:18:39,781 --> 00:18:42,694
According to his aunt
in San Marcos,
this is his apartment.
429
00:18:42,750 --> 00:18:44,229
You must have
the wrong address.
430
00:18:44,285 --> 00:18:46,891
Yeah, and just by coincidence,
you happen to open the door.
431
00:18:46,954 --> 00:18:48,058
Miguel!
432
00:18:48,122 --> 00:18:49,123
Please,
there is no one here.
433
00:18:49,223 --> 00:18:50,429
Miguel, ven aqui.
434
00:18:51,159 --> 00:18:52,434
(MIGUEL ANSWERING IN SPANISH)
435
00:18:54,496 --> 00:18:55,907
You want to tell us
what's going on here?
436
00:18:56,165 --> 00:18:57,200
Who's the boy?
437
00:18:57,266 --> 00:18:59,007
This is my son Ramiro.
438
00:18:59,501 --> 00:19:01,071
ED: Who just answered
to the name Miguel?
439
00:19:01,136 --> 00:19:02,979
BRISCOE: I don't know.
Third base.
440
00:19:03,172 --> 00:19:04,310
I don't understand.
441
00:19:04,373 --> 00:19:05,977
Yeah. Neither did Costello.
442
00:19:09,511 --> 00:19:11,115
How old is your son, Victor?
443
00:19:11,180 --> 00:19:12,386
Twelve.
444
00:19:12,481 --> 00:19:16,623
If he's 12, how come
he's using another kid's name
to play baseball?
445
00:19:17,286 --> 00:19:18,458
What do you mean?
446
00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:19,828
See, you're a bad liar.
447
00:19:19,888 --> 00:19:23,233
Your son is 14,
which makes him too old
to play in the YBL.
448
00:19:23,926 --> 00:19:25,735
He switched identities
with a 12 year-old.
449
00:19:25,794 --> 00:19:28,638
No. My son is 12.
450
00:19:28,697 --> 00:19:30,974
Let's talk about
your real problem, Victor.
451
00:19:31,034 --> 00:19:35,608
Your fingerprints were found
in the apartment
where Mike Drucker was killed.
452
00:19:35,872 --> 00:19:38,352
ED: He found out
about your son, Victor?
What happened?
453
00:19:39,142 --> 00:19:40,246
He ask you for money?
454
00:19:40,310 --> 00:19:41,516
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
455
00:19:41,945 --> 00:19:43,788
Tom Kelly, from Legal Aid.
456
00:19:43,847 --> 00:19:45,451
I've been assigned
to represent Mr. Benitez.
457
00:19:45,515 --> 00:19:46,823
No more questions, Detectives.
458
00:19:47,650 --> 00:19:49,493
What questions?
We're talking baseball.
459
00:19:49,552 --> 00:19:51,691
My office also represents
his son Ramiro.
460
00:19:51,755 --> 00:19:53,029
You mean Miguel.
461
00:19:53,089 --> 00:19:55,091
Whatever you want
to call him, he's off limits.
462
00:19:58,027 --> 00:20:00,337
A passport we found
in the father's apartment
463
00:20:00,396 --> 00:20:03,138
gives us dad's real name,
Victor Soto.
464
00:20:03,199 --> 00:20:06,613
He and his son
were both using
the same last name, Benitez.
465
00:20:06,670 --> 00:20:07,740
What else did we find?
466
00:20:07,805 --> 00:20:10,149
We got six rounds
of .25 caliber ammunition.
467
00:20:10,207 --> 00:20:13,848
That's the same caliber
as the second gun that
we found at the crime scene.
468
00:20:13,911 --> 00:20:15,151
Any other forensics?
469
00:20:15,212 --> 00:20:16,987
VAN BUREN: His prints
are on the doorknob.
470
00:20:17,047 --> 00:20:20,187
So our theory is that
he killed this guy
over his kid's baseball team?
471
00:20:20,251 --> 00:20:22,322
I know it might not seem
like much,
472
00:20:22,386 --> 00:20:24,195
but a team in the
Westchester League,
473
00:20:24,255 --> 00:20:27,828
paid Drucker $8,000
to investigate the kid's age.
474
00:20:27,892 --> 00:20:29,428
This isn't nickels and dimes.
475
00:20:29,493 --> 00:20:32,474
Some of these kids are already
being looked at by pro scouts.
476
00:20:32,663 --> 00:20:35,337
A Little League team
was on the cover of
Sports Illustrated last year.
477
00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:38,912
Can we prove
Soto actually switched
the two boys' identities?
478
00:20:38,969 --> 00:20:40,846
Well, we can't find
the kid's passport.
479
00:20:41,739 --> 00:20:45,449
And we can't talk to him.
He shares counsel
with his father.
480
00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,913
What about the kid
he traded places with?
481
00:20:47,979 --> 00:20:49,652
The real Ramiro Benitez.
482
00:20:49,781 --> 00:20:51,192
We're still tracking him down.
483
00:20:51,249 --> 00:20:52,353
SERENA:
I'll take care of that.
484
00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:54,260
In the meantime,
let's send the father
down to Immigration
485
00:20:54,319 --> 00:20:55,627
while we put
the pieces together.
486
00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:04,274
We actually have
three Miguel Soto's
registered in the district.
487
00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:05,672
But the ninth grader
who goes here
488
00:21:05,730 --> 00:21:07,971
is the only one
who's not a US citizen.
489
00:21:08,033 --> 00:21:09,341
How's he doing at school?
490
00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:10,573
Struggling-
491
00:21:10,635 --> 00:21:12,911
Odds are he'll be held back.
492
00:21:12,971 --> 00:21:14,780
Did you contact
his guardian here?
493
00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,252
He lives with his grandmother,
but she doesn't have a phone.
494
00:21:23,416 --> 00:21:25,657
Miguel, I'm Serena Southerlyn.
495
00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:31,799
Mr. Wilson tells me that
you're having some trouble
with your school work.
496
00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:36,335
I think I know the reason.
497
00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:37,499
What?
498
00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:40,102
Because you're two grades
ahead of where you should be.
499
00:21:45,171 --> 00:21:48,482
And to tell you the truth,
you don't look like
you belong in ninth grade.
500
00:21:48,541 --> 00:21:49,747
I'm 14.
501
00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:52,553
I don't think you are.
502
00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:54,223
And I don't think
your name's Miguel.
503
00:21:54,580 --> 00:21:57,459
Miguel Soto is being held
at an INS facility
right now.
504
00:22:06,460 --> 00:22:08,098
Why did you
let another boy
use your name?
505
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,106
You could be
in a lot of trouble
too, Ramiro.
506
00:22:18,372 --> 00:22:19,646
(SIGHS)
507
00:22:20,841 --> 00:22:21,842
He's my cousin.
508
00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:25,790
Victor Soto's your uncle?
Yes.
509
00:22:25,846 --> 00:22:28,759
He took me
here with Miguel.
510
00:22:28,815 --> 00:22:30,761
To use
your name
and passport?
511
00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:33,821
So Miguel could
play baseball.
512
00:22:33,887 --> 00:22:35,526
Did your uncle
force you to do this?
513
00:22:35,590 --> 00:22:37,069
No.
514
00:22:37,125 --> 00:22:40,197
Everyone said
Miguel could play
baseball in America.
515
00:22:40,295 --> 00:22:42,297
They said
he could make
a lot of money,
516
00:22:42,363 --> 00:22:44,673
then he can
send it back
to Honduras.
517
00:22:44,732 --> 00:22:46,234
I wanted
to help him.
518
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,519
JACK:
This kid gave up
his own identity
519
00:22:53,575 --> 00:22:55,316
so his cousin
could play
in a Little League?
520
00:22:55,376 --> 00:22:56,684
There's nothing
little about it.
521
00:22:56,744 --> 00:23:00,351
His entire family saw
this kid's talent as their
ticket out of poverty.
522
00:23:00,415 --> 00:23:02,793
Pro teams are drafting
16-year-olds now,
523
00:23:02,850 --> 00:23:05,524
with significant
signing bonuses.
524
00:23:05,587 --> 00:23:06,827
If you hit it,
they will come.
525
00:23:06,888 --> 00:23:09,459
Even to a dirt field
in Washington Heights.
526
00:23:09,524 --> 00:23:11,834
And, when Drucker
was about to uncover
what Soto was doing,
527
00:23:11,893 --> 00:23:12,895
Soto shot him.
528
00:23:13,162 --> 00:23:16,075
Except Drucker was shot
with his own gun.
529
00:23:16,131 --> 00:23:18,702
And the fingerprints
place Soto
outside the apartment.
530
00:23:20,135 --> 00:23:22,206
DD five indicates
the apartment
had an automatic lock.
531
00:23:22,271 --> 00:23:23,375
How'd they get inside?
532
00:23:23,439 --> 00:23:25,680
Well, Drucker
didn't have a key.
533
00:23:25,741 --> 00:23:26,947
But, the realtor
for the building
534
00:23:27,009 --> 00:23:28,488
did sponsor a team
in the league.
535
00:23:28,544 --> 00:23:31,252
Maybe the father
got the key through one
of his son's teammates.
536
00:23:31,313 --> 00:23:32,587
Briscoe and Green
asked the agent
about that.
537
00:23:32,648 --> 00:23:34,787
She said
they aren't renting
to anyone in the league.
538
00:23:35,818 --> 00:23:37,593
Ever?
539
00:23:38,220 --> 00:23:40,359
Did any
of the previous
tenants have kids?
540
00:23:40,422 --> 00:23:43,426
Well, um, the last
woman who lived
here had a son.
541
00:23:43,525 --> 00:23:44,629
How old?
542
00:23:44,693 --> 00:23:46,172
Twelve, 13.
543
00:23:46,929 --> 00:23:49,103
Did he play
Youth League
baseball?
544
00:23:49,165 --> 00:23:50,940
Yeah, he did.
545
00:23:51,001 --> 00:23:53,538
Tore up his leg
real bad playing ball.
546
00:23:53,603 --> 00:23:56,311
I think that's why
they left. It's too bad.
547
00:23:56,373 --> 00:23:57,511
The guy who used
to pick him up said
548
00:23:57,574 --> 00:23:59,679
the kid had
a cannon
for an arm.
549
00:23:59,743 --> 00:24:02,053
Would you recognize
this man if you
saw him again?
550
00:24:02,112 --> 00:24:04,820
Yeah, he usually had
a baseball hat on,
and a Jersey.
551
00:24:04,914 --> 00:24:08,191
Then once
the Sandoval kid got hurt,
I never saw him again.
552
00:24:09,586 --> 00:24:11,463
Catcher...
Switch hitter.
553
00:24:11,521 --> 00:24:14,058
Kid could throw a B.B.
from the crouch.
554
00:24:14,157 --> 00:24:15,568
You know how
hard that is?
555
00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:17,263
I can imagine.
556
00:24:17,327 --> 00:24:19,773
Then one day,
he's blocking the plate
on a throw home.
557
00:24:19,863 --> 00:24:23,072
The runner slides...
Bang, just like that,
558
00:24:23,166 --> 00:24:24,770
the kid's not
a catcher anymore.
559
00:24:24,834 --> 00:24:26,940
His career
is over at 13?
560
00:24:28,139 --> 00:24:29,584
No high school
or college coach
561
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,348
wants to have a kid
with a reconstructed knee.
562
00:24:32,410 --> 00:24:35,084
And no one
even pretends he
needs an education.
563
00:24:36,847 --> 00:24:39,350
Did you help
Ricky Sandoval's mother
find their apartment?
564
00:24:39,617 --> 00:24:41,995
I'm not
in the real estate
business.
565
00:24:42,053 --> 00:24:44,465
No, but one
of your sponsors is.
566
00:24:44,555 --> 00:24:47,593
Did Mrs. Sandoval
give you a key
to their apartment?
567
00:24:47,658 --> 00:24:50,298
You think because
the kid's Latino,
he's gotta be cheating.
568
00:24:50,361 --> 00:24:52,841
You don't think he
can beat these suburban
kids fair and square?
569
00:24:53,831 --> 00:24:56,437
Did you know what
Victor Soto was planning,
Mr. Leahy?
570
00:24:56,734 --> 00:24:59,772
I'm sorry.
But, I don't know
nobody by that name.
571
00:24:59,870 --> 00:25:02,373
Victor Benitez, then.
572
00:25:02,439 --> 00:25:05,819
Look, the kid I know
is 12 years old.
573
00:25:05,877 --> 00:25:08,483
His birth certificate
and name is on file
with the league office.
574
00:25:08,547 --> 00:25:10,458
Only they weren't his.
575
00:25:10,515 --> 00:25:14,224
The kid who plays first base
for your all-star team
is Miguel Soto,
576
00:25:14,286 --> 00:25:15,993
not Ramiro Benitez.
577
00:25:16,054 --> 00:25:19,092
He used his
cousin's documents
to pretend he was 12.
578
00:25:19,157 --> 00:25:21,831
Look, all I can go by
is what's given to me
by the parent.
579
00:25:21,893 --> 00:25:26,501
And what was given was to me
was a birth certificate
and the name "Ramiro Benitez."
580
00:25:26,565 --> 00:25:29,068
I got nothing more
to say about the subject.
581
00:25:32,004 --> 00:25:34,245
(INDISTINCT)
582
00:25:34,339 --> 00:25:37,343
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
Oh, come on!
583
00:25:37,409 --> 00:25:40,015
What's the score?
584
00:25:40,145 --> 00:25:44,094
Legal Aid's up by six.
All free throws.
585
00:25:44,150 --> 00:25:46,061
You know
defense attorneys,
586
00:25:46,118 --> 00:25:48,655
they like to claim
they've been fouled
every chance they get.
587
00:25:48,721 --> 00:25:50,928
How've you been
making out?
588
00:25:50,990 --> 00:25:51,991
You know,
I'm starting to think
589
00:25:52,058 --> 00:25:54,902
that Victor Soto may
have had help getting
into that apartment.
590
00:25:54,961 --> 00:25:56,907
The man who runs the YBL
is named Frank Leahy.
591
00:25:56,963 --> 00:26:00,172
The last kid
that lived there
also played in his league.
592
00:26:00,233 --> 00:26:02,509
You think Leahy's the one
who got the father the key?
593
00:26:02,568 --> 00:26:05,811
Well, the Super can
ID him as having
been around the building.
594
00:26:05,872 --> 00:26:08,409
You think Leahy
knew what the father
was planning?
595
00:26:08,474 --> 00:26:10,454
He'd certainly know
the apartment was vacant.
596
00:26:10,510 --> 00:26:14,014
Any chance
we can track down
this former player?
597
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,959
He and his mother
moved back to Venezuela.
We can't find them.
598
00:26:17,016 --> 00:26:22,933
Well, we can't leverage
the father's cooperation
with a witness we don't have.
599
00:26:22,990 --> 00:26:25,527
But, maybe we can
with one who is here.
600
00:26:25,592 --> 00:26:26,696
His son.
601
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,296
Won't matter
if he can hit
the long ball
602
00:26:28,362 --> 00:26:29,932
if the only place
he's gonna be
taking his cuts
603
00:26:29,997 --> 00:26:31,374
is in Honduras.
604
00:26:31,431 --> 00:26:33,206
You want to try
and get the father
to talk to us
605
00:26:33,267 --> 00:26:35,508
by threatening
to deport his son?
606
00:26:35,569 --> 00:26:37,810
The boy participated
in an immigration fraud,
607
00:26:38,071 --> 00:26:42,645
we can ask the INS
to permanently exclude him
from the United States.
608
00:26:42,743 --> 00:26:45,189
First, his father
uses him as a pawn
and now you want to.
609
00:26:45,245 --> 00:26:48,988
He's 14, old enough
to understand what
he was doing was wrong.
610
00:26:49,049 --> 00:26:52,155
An immigration exclusion
is intended to keep out
serious felons,
611
00:26:52,219 --> 00:26:53,960
not a child
cheating in baseball.
612
00:26:54,254 --> 00:26:57,236
We're not the ones who
decided he was ready
to play in the big leagues.
613
00:26:57,358 --> 00:26:58,837
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
(PLAYERS CHEER)
614
00:26:58,893 --> 00:27:03,171
By the way, I thought only
Trial Bureau D.A.'s
were eligible for this team.
615
00:27:03,231 --> 00:27:06,371
When did Danny Washington
transfer over
from Investigations?
616
00:27:08,803 --> 00:27:10,146
(SIGHING)
617
00:27:13,274 --> 00:27:16,517
KELLY: Plea bargain?
His fingerprints were found
outside the crime scene.
618
00:27:16,611 --> 00:27:18,750
The gun you say
is his isn't even
the murder weapon.
619
00:27:18,813 --> 00:27:20,190
SERENA: Immigration Fraud.
620
00:27:20,248 --> 00:27:22,785
KELLY: We're not too
worried about that.
621
00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:25,797
JACK: No. I'm sure Mr. Soto
would be anxious
to return to his own country
622
00:27:25,853 --> 00:27:29,357
if it meant avoiding
prison time here.
623
00:27:29,424 --> 00:27:31,928
Only I'm not so sure
his son would feel
the same way.
624
00:27:33,629 --> 00:27:36,166
Please, do not
make trouble
for Miguel.
625
00:27:36,232 --> 00:27:38,109
I'd like not to, Mr. Soto,
626
00:27:38,567 --> 00:27:40,672
but if you don't cooperate,
627
00:27:40,736 --> 00:27:44,809
I can have your son
permanently excluded
from the United States.
628
00:27:44,974 --> 00:27:48,786
No YBL,
no national tournaments,
no scouts.
629
00:27:48,844 --> 00:27:51,290
You're trying
to blackmail him
with his own son?
630
00:27:51,347 --> 00:27:55,022
What I'm doing
is offering leniency
to both of them
631
00:27:55,117 --> 00:27:57,028
in exchange
for his cooperation.
632
00:27:57,286 --> 00:27:59,027
His cooperation
with what?
633
00:27:59,088 --> 00:28:02,592
We believe your client
may have had some assistance
in this crime.
634
00:28:02,658 --> 00:28:03,932
KELLY: From who?
635
00:28:03,993 --> 00:28:06,599
From the man who runs
his son's baseball league.
636
00:28:08,330 --> 00:28:12,211
I think what I'm offering
is more than fair, Mr. Soto.
637
00:28:12,269 --> 00:28:15,716
A son's future,
for his father's confession.
638
00:28:19,276 --> 00:28:21,256
If I help you,
639
00:28:22,579 --> 00:28:25,992
do you promise
not to do anything
against Miguel?
640
00:28:26,816 --> 00:28:28,318
You have my word.
641
00:28:28,385 --> 00:28:29,921
Victor, I strongly
advise against...
642
00:28:29,986 --> 00:28:33,160
What I did,
I did for Miguel.
643
00:28:36,126 --> 00:28:39,972
If he cannot play here,
it will be for nothing.
644
00:28:48,573 --> 00:28:52,111
Mr. Leahy said
a man would say Miguel
was too old to play.
645
00:28:52,944 --> 00:28:54,651
What did he ask
you to do?
646
00:28:55,813 --> 00:28:57,850
He gave me a gun.
647
00:29:00,351 --> 00:29:03,298
He said I had
to stop this man.
648
00:29:08,993 --> 00:29:12,668
All I wanted was
a better life for my son.
649
00:29:18,736 --> 00:29:20,238
He says
the shooting
was accidental,
650
00:29:20,304 --> 00:29:21,840
and that's
corroborated
by the fact
651
00:29:21,906 --> 00:29:24,387
that he went
to see Drucker
with an empty gun.
652
00:29:24,443 --> 00:29:26,855
So, all we have on him
is a menacing charge.
653
00:29:26,912 --> 00:29:30,189
And possession of bullets
he left in his apartment.
Both misdemeanors.
654
00:29:30,248 --> 00:29:32,956
But, there's no reason
Leahy should
walk away from this.
655
00:29:33,018 --> 00:29:36,363
Just because, Victor Soto
had a change of heart.
656
00:29:36,555 --> 00:29:39,263
Leahy's state of mind
was to have
Drucker killed,
657
00:29:39,324 --> 00:29:40,632
and that's exactly
what happened.
658
00:29:40,892 --> 00:29:43,736
Can we prove
that Leahy set up
the meeting with Drucker?
659
00:29:43,795 --> 00:29:46,241
JACK: Phone records
came up empty.
660
00:29:46,298 --> 00:29:48,869
Is there any hard evidence
that Leahy's involved?
661
00:29:48,934 --> 00:29:51,813
Just his connection
to the murder scene
through prior tenants.
662
00:29:51,903 --> 00:29:55,783
JACK: Leahy's prints aren't
on the gun the father
says Leahy gave him.
663
00:29:55,874 --> 00:29:57,945
So, our case
would be based
almost entirely
664
00:29:58,009 --> 00:29:59,750
on the shooter's
own testimony.
665
00:30:00,012 --> 00:30:02,459
On a shooter
who we're not gonna
prosecute for the homicide.
666
00:30:02,515 --> 00:30:04,119
Which means
we better be
crystal clear
667
00:30:04,183 --> 00:30:06,629
about why
Leahy was involved
in this whole thing.
668
00:30:08,287 --> 00:30:11,097
I ran the league till '98.
Leahy's people pushed me out.
669
00:30:11,157 --> 00:30:12,898
"Leahy's people"?
670
00:30:12,992 --> 00:30:14,198
Frank convinced
some of the parents
671
00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:16,706
that their kids
were underachieving
in the tournament.
672
00:30:16,763 --> 00:30:18,242
Any truth to that?
673
00:30:18,297 --> 00:30:19,469
I thought
the priorities
674
00:30:19,532 --> 00:30:22,240
were for the kids
to learn some baseball,
have some fun.
675
00:30:24,237 --> 00:30:25,978
But, Leahy
didn't see it
that way?
676
00:30:26,039 --> 00:30:27,985
Leahy and the parents.
677
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,714
I heard they had to pull
a couple of fathers
off an umpire last week.
678
00:30:30,776 --> 00:30:34,383
Yeah, my office
prosecuted a hockey dad
not too long ago.
679
00:30:34,447 --> 00:30:37,257
So, I take it
his teams are more
successful now?
680
00:30:37,316 --> 00:30:38,591
Sure.
681
00:30:38,719 --> 00:30:40,528
You play a few kids
who don't live
in the district,
682
00:30:40,587 --> 00:30:42,533
fly in a few players
from out of the country.
683
00:30:42,589 --> 00:30:44,967
The league officials
claim they don't know
about any of that.
684
00:30:45,025 --> 00:30:46,231
They don't
want to know.
685
00:30:46,427 --> 00:30:48,873
They got too much
to lose to acknowledge
the corruption.
686
00:30:48,962 --> 00:30:50,464
Like what?
687
00:30:50,531 --> 00:30:52,477
Television commitments,
688
00:30:52,533 --> 00:30:55,446
endorsements for the kids
to wear logos
on their uniforms.
689
00:30:55,502 --> 00:30:58,039
Does any of this
filter down to Leahy?
690
00:30:58,105 --> 00:31:01,018
His league gets some
corporate sponsorships.
691
00:31:01,075 --> 00:31:02,782
For operating
expenses, equipment?
692
00:31:02,843 --> 00:31:05,414
Traveling around the world
to find ballplayers,
693
00:31:05,479 --> 00:31:08,187
slipping the parents
a few bucks.
694
00:31:08,248 --> 00:31:10,319
You don't think
the guy that finds
the next Sammy Sosa
695
00:31:10,384 --> 00:31:12,330
isn't gonna get
a major payday?
696
00:31:12,453 --> 00:31:15,264
I mean, some of these guys
are breaking the bank.
697
00:31:15,323 --> 00:31:18,202
Maybe part of it
is about Frank's ego.
698
00:31:18,259 --> 00:31:20,398
The other part
is about the money.
699
00:31:21,596 --> 00:31:24,372
So, all he has to do
to get lucky
is to find one kid.
700
00:31:24,432 --> 00:31:25,467
Yeah, it's not just baseball.
701
00:31:25,533 --> 00:31:28,742
I mean, look at Sara Hughes
one day she's a 16-year-old
amateur from Long Island,
702
00:31:28,803 --> 00:31:31,511
the next day
she's on the cover
of a Wheaties box.
703
00:31:31,706 --> 00:31:35,119
Pretty good business to be in,
especially if you get
in on the ground floor.
704
00:31:35,176 --> 00:31:36,621
Good business.
705
00:31:36,678 --> 00:31:38,988
He exploited
this father's desperation.
706
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,453
SERENA: He'll portray himself
as a do-gooder to the jury.
707
00:31:41,516 --> 00:31:45,089
Because even if the kids he
finds never play an inning
of professional baseball,
708
00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:47,565
a small signing bonus
could change their lives.
709
00:31:47,622 --> 00:31:50,501
Yeah, but what
about the kids
who are left behind?
710
00:31:50,558 --> 00:31:54,473
What about the kids
who trade in their textbooks
for baseball gloves
711
00:31:54,530 --> 00:31:57,067
and then they have
nothing to show for it?
712
00:31:57,133 --> 00:32:00,945
The American Dream
has to mean something
more than winning a lottery.
713
00:32:01,537 --> 00:32:03,744
Well, we may be
swimming against the tide.
714
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,881
Since when has that
ever stopped us?
715
00:32:08,911 --> 00:32:10,447
UMPIRE: Ball!
Good eye, Jordy!
716
00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:13,319
Good eye!
Wait for your pitch!
717
00:32:13,549 --> 00:32:15,085
Frank Leahy?
Yeah?
718
00:32:15,151 --> 00:32:16,391
We have a warrant
for your arrest.
719
00:32:16,452 --> 00:32:19,023
A warrant?
For what?
720
00:32:19,088 --> 00:32:20,692
It's not
for stealing home.
721
00:32:22,491 --> 00:32:23,936
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
722
00:32:28,732 --> 00:32:31,770
MIGUEL: Mr. Leahy
saw me play baseball
in Honduras last year.
723
00:32:32,202 --> 00:32:33,510
JACK: Who were you
playing for there?
724
00:32:34,437 --> 00:32:37,008
Just a little team.
It's not like here.
725
00:32:38,375 --> 00:32:39,820
I guess I played good.
726
00:32:40,076 --> 00:32:41,350
He came
to see my father.
727
00:32:41,411 --> 00:32:43,015
What about
your mother?
728
00:32:44,414 --> 00:32:46,325
She was killed
in Hurricane Mitch.
729
00:32:46,516 --> 00:32:49,929
Were you present
when Mr. Leahy
spoke to your father?
730
00:32:50,053 --> 00:32:51,123
Yes.
731
00:32:51,187 --> 00:32:52,860
What did he
tell him?
732
00:32:53,790 --> 00:32:56,430
He said I can come
to America and play
for his team.
733
00:32:57,127 --> 00:33:00,199
He said he would pay
for the airplane
to New York.
734
00:33:00,263 --> 00:33:01,674
JACK: That's all he said?
735
00:33:01,731 --> 00:33:04,678
MIGUEL: He said I can play
in the minor league too.
736
00:33:04,734 --> 00:33:07,511
That they can
pay me a bonus,
737
00:33:07,572 --> 00:33:11,213
and maybe
I will be good enough
to make the Majors.
738
00:33:11,275 --> 00:33:15,280
Did Mr. Leahy tell you
that you had to be 12
to play for him?
739
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,157
Yes. I told him I was 14.
740
00:33:20,585 --> 00:33:23,464
He told my father
to think of a way
to get me into the league.
741
00:33:24,221 --> 00:33:25,632
So, what did you do?
742
00:33:25,690 --> 00:33:30,537
My father said my cousin,
Ramiro, would come
with us to New York.
743
00:33:31,596 --> 00:33:34,202
He said for me
to change names with him.
744
00:33:34,599 --> 00:33:37,011
Did you realize
if you did that,
745
00:33:37,068 --> 00:33:39,674
you'd never be
Miguel Soto again?
746
00:33:39,737 --> 00:33:42,843
My father fixed
cars in my town.
747
00:33:42,907 --> 00:33:47,186
He worked all of the time.
Baseball was a chance for us.
748
00:33:49,081 --> 00:33:51,652
Even if I could not be
Miguel Soto anymore.
749
00:34:01,059 --> 00:34:02,197
(CLEARS THROAT)
750
00:34:02,894 --> 00:34:04,066
You, um...
751
00:34:05,530 --> 00:34:08,306
You're old enough
to understand what cheating
is, aren't you, Miguel?
752
00:34:08,967 --> 00:34:10,412
Yes.
753
00:34:10,469 --> 00:34:13,450
And you and your father
decided to cheat,
754
00:34:13,505 --> 00:34:16,384
to make up
this lie to advance
your baseball career?
755
00:34:16,441 --> 00:34:19,149
Mr. Leahy said
it was how
to get a contract.
756
00:34:19,978 --> 00:34:21,549
So you blame
this whole thing
on him?
757
00:34:21,614 --> 00:34:24,220
He said for us
to come here.
758
00:34:24,284 --> 00:34:27,493
Now, we might get deported
because we listened
to Mr. Leahy.
759
00:34:27,553 --> 00:34:30,397
Isn't the only reason
you might get deported
760
00:34:30,456 --> 00:34:32,663
because you were both
caught cheating?
761
00:34:39,499 --> 00:34:42,503
Mr. Drucker came to see
one of Miguel's games.
762
00:34:43,803 --> 00:34:46,613
He was asking
many questions
about my boy.
763
00:34:46,673 --> 00:34:48,619
JACK: What
kind of questions?
764
00:34:49,008 --> 00:34:53,150
The name of our town,
the name of Miguel's mother.
765
00:34:54,714 --> 00:34:57,457
Frank said
he would soon know,
766
00:34:57,518 --> 00:35:00,863
he would find out
Miguel was too old.
767
00:35:00,921 --> 00:35:03,197
JACK: What, if anything,
did Mr. Leahy do next?
768
00:35:03,257 --> 00:35:06,397
VICTOR: Two days after,
he came to my house.
769
00:35:06,460 --> 00:35:08,667
He took a gun
out of a bag.
770
00:35:09,296 --> 00:35:11,833
He put it on the table.
771
00:35:11,899 --> 00:35:14,709
I show you
what has been
previously marked
772
00:35:14,768 --> 00:35:16,748
as "People's Exhibit
Number Eight."
773
00:35:18,405 --> 00:35:20,885
Yes, that is the gun.
774
00:35:24,979 --> 00:35:29,826
Frank gave me
a key, also,
to the apartment.
775
00:35:30,884 --> 00:35:32,090
(SIGHING)
776
00:35:32,353 --> 00:35:35,801
He said he made a plan
for Mr. Drucker
to go there
777
00:35:35,857 --> 00:35:38,633
to get information
about Miguel.
778
00:35:38,693 --> 00:35:41,640
Then he pushed
the gun to me.
779
00:35:42,397 --> 00:35:46,277
He said, "You have
to stop him, Victor."
780
00:35:46,735 --> 00:35:48,339
Did he say why?
781
00:35:48,870 --> 00:35:51,851
If Miguel cannot
play baseball for him,
782
00:35:51,906 --> 00:35:55,217
he will not pay
for us to live here.
783
00:35:55,310 --> 00:35:58,848
He will take away
my job to give it
to another father.
784
00:36:00,515 --> 00:36:02,688
We will have
to go back to Honduras.
785
00:36:02,751 --> 00:36:06,824
And, as a result of that
conversation with Mr. Leahy,
what did you do?
786
00:36:07,222 --> 00:36:10,669
Before I went there,
I took the bullets out,
787
00:36:10,725 --> 00:36:13,570
so I could just
scare Mr. Drucker
with the gun.
788
00:36:14,997 --> 00:36:17,443
JACK: What happened
when you got there?
789
00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:19,104
Mr. Drucker came in.
790
00:36:19,201 --> 00:36:21,943
So, I point
the gun at him.
791
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:27,187
I said if he tell
anyone about my boy,
I would hurt him.
792
00:36:28,711 --> 00:36:31,351
But, he got his gun.
793
00:36:33,616 --> 00:36:36,563
And then,
we start to fight.
794
00:36:39,889 --> 00:36:41,891
I hear a gun shoot.
795
00:36:44,026 --> 00:36:48,236
There was blood on his hand,
on the side of his shirt.
796
00:36:49,266 --> 00:36:51,837
JACK: Did you ever
tell Mr. Leahy
what had happened?
797
00:36:51,902 --> 00:36:53,210
VICTOR: The same night.
798
00:36:53,437 --> 00:36:55,974
Frank said,
"Everything will be okay.
799
00:36:56,540 --> 00:36:59,646
"If I do not
tell what I did."
800
00:37:08,018 --> 00:37:12,091
No one forced you
to come to America,
did they, Mr. Soto?
801
00:37:12,189 --> 00:37:13,293
VICTOR: No.
802
00:37:13,356 --> 00:37:15,267
You came here
because you
wanted to?
803
00:37:15,325 --> 00:37:18,670
I came to give
my family a better life.
804
00:37:18,729 --> 00:37:20,970
That is what
a father does.
805
00:37:21,031 --> 00:37:23,068
And what a father
doesn't do,
806
00:37:23,133 --> 00:37:25,910
is bring his son
into this country
under a false name,
807
00:37:25,970 --> 00:37:29,850
let him lie and cheat
to play baseball,
threaten a man with a gun...
808
00:37:30,741 --> 00:37:33,085
Mr. Leahy told me
to do all this.
809
00:37:33,511 --> 00:37:35,582
Did the D.A.
ever charge you
with murder?
810
00:37:36,380 --> 00:37:37,518
VICTOR: No.
811
00:37:38,115 --> 00:37:41,892
He said if I testify,
they will not charge me.
812
00:37:43,087 --> 00:37:47,160
Oh? Did he make
any other promises
for your testimony?
813
00:37:48,659 --> 00:37:49,967
He promised
814
00:37:50,361 --> 00:37:53,535
not to stop Miguel
to play baseball
in America.
815
00:37:55,133 --> 00:37:56,441
Forever?
816
00:37:57,335 --> 00:37:59,076
Because he lied
to immigration?
817
00:38:00,438 --> 00:38:01,610
Yes.
818
00:38:04,243 --> 00:38:07,850
Ooh. Had to twist your arm
to get you on the stand, huh,
Mr. Soto?
819
00:38:12,050 --> 00:38:13,927
I never gave
Victor a gun.
820
00:38:13,986 --> 00:38:16,796
And I certainly never
told him to kill anyone.
821
00:38:17,022 --> 00:38:18,592
Well, then why
would he say you did?
822
00:38:18,657 --> 00:38:20,330
Victor lied to me.
823
00:38:20,392 --> 00:38:23,771
I was given
a birth certificate
by a boy's father.
824
00:38:23,829 --> 00:38:25,672
Why shouldn't
I be able
to trust that?
825
00:38:25,731 --> 00:38:28,302
COLLINS: There was a time,
though, when you
questioned it?
826
00:38:28,367 --> 00:38:30,074
There were rumors,
827
00:38:30,335 --> 00:38:34,613
someone's checking,
you know, Miguel's age.
I asked Victor about it.
828
00:38:35,774 --> 00:38:37,151
What did he tell you?
829
00:38:37,209 --> 00:38:38,813
Well, he got
very nervous.
830
00:38:39,511 --> 00:38:41,651
But he said
it wasn't true.
831
00:38:41,748 --> 00:38:43,523
And you continued
to believe him?
832
00:38:43,583 --> 00:38:47,963
I stayed in the city
where I was born in,
so I could work with kids,
833
00:38:49,222 --> 00:38:51,896
help them
achieve their dreams.
834
00:38:51,958 --> 00:38:54,734
I wouldn't have done that
if I didn't believe in people.
835
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:04,143
You don't just stay
in the city though,
do you, Mr. Leahy?
836
00:39:04,204 --> 00:39:06,548
Fact is, besides
going to Honduras,
837
00:39:06,673 --> 00:39:09,210
you travel the world
looking for these kids.
838
00:39:10,276 --> 00:39:12,654
Nicaragua, Venezuela,
Taiwan...
839
00:39:13,346 --> 00:39:14,552
I go where the kids are.
840
00:39:14,614 --> 00:39:16,025
And who pays for it?
841
00:39:16,316 --> 00:39:19,355
My league has
a few corporate sponsors.
842
00:39:19,420 --> 00:39:22,924
Isn't that money
supposed to buy
baseball helmets and bats?
843
00:39:23,057 --> 00:39:24,195
Some of it does.
844
00:39:24,258 --> 00:39:26,204
And the rest of it
went to finance
845
00:39:26,260 --> 00:39:28,740
your international
talent search?
846
00:39:29,330 --> 00:39:33,870
Victor Soto isn't the only
person who stood to gain
from Miguel's success,
847
00:39:33,934 --> 00:39:35,174
was he, Mr. Leahy?
848
00:39:37,204 --> 00:39:40,674
I give to the community,
I'm entitled to get
something back.
849
00:39:40,908 --> 00:39:44,117
And part of what you
get back is a feeling
of self-importance,
850
00:39:44,178 --> 00:39:46,624
of being a big man
in the community?
851
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,388
I work hard.
What's wrong with
a little recognition?
852
00:39:49,483 --> 00:39:52,157
And aside from recognition,
you stood to get a windfall
853
00:39:52,219 --> 00:39:54,427
if one of the players
you recruited
became a star?
854
00:39:56,458 --> 00:39:58,199
I invest time
in these kids, okay?
855
00:39:58,293 --> 00:40:01,536
Just like some
of you lawyers
take contingency fees.
856
00:40:03,431 --> 00:40:05,433
But, I wouldn't
want to see
a man dead over it.
857
00:40:05,867 --> 00:40:08,177
Even if he
threatened
to expose you?
858
00:40:08,236 --> 00:40:11,410
I already said,
I didn't know
Miguel was 14.
859
00:40:11,473 --> 00:40:13,111
But if it
was discovered
that you did,
860
00:40:13,174 --> 00:40:16,485
you'd lose your little
power base in the neighborhood
wouldn't you?
861
00:40:16,544 --> 00:40:21,516
You'd be a nobody,
unable to garner
any media exposure,
862
00:40:21,583 --> 00:40:24,029
unable to recruit
young ballplayers
863
00:40:24,119 --> 00:40:26,622
with the potential
to make millions of dollars!
864
00:40:26,688 --> 00:40:28,065
FRANK: I just said,
I didn't know.
865
00:40:28,123 --> 00:40:32,698
Even though
Miguel was clearly better
than the other boys?
866
00:40:32,795 --> 00:40:34,968
When I see
a player's got game,
867
00:40:35,031 --> 00:40:37,739
I suspect talent,
not cheating.
868
00:40:38,034 --> 00:40:42,278
A head taller than the others,
faster than them,
stronger than them!
869
00:40:42,338 --> 00:40:45,080
That's all part
of the talent.
870
00:40:45,808 --> 00:40:47,754
This isn't about talent,
Mr. Leahy.
871
00:40:47,810 --> 00:40:50,290
It's about
exploiting their dreams.
872
00:40:50,346 --> 00:40:55,318
These kids and their families
wanted them to play
big-time baseball.
873
00:40:55,384 --> 00:40:56,988
Nobody put a gun
to their head.
874
00:40:58,788 --> 00:41:00,426
Not until you
gave them one.
875
00:41:05,494 --> 00:41:10,035
Victor Soto
dreamed of his son
playing in the Major Leagues.
876
00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:12,580
And based
on his track record,
877
00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:16,846
he'd do or say
absolutely anything
to attain that dream.
878
00:41:17,941 --> 00:41:20,148
He deceived the INS,
the Board of Education,
879
00:41:20,744 --> 00:41:24,453
the Youth Baseball league
and, when his dream
was threatened,
880
00:41:24,514 --> 00:41:27,552
it was Victor Soto,
not my client,
881
00:41:27,617 --> 00:41:30,154
who went to confront
Mike Drucker with a gun.
882
00:41:30,253 --> 00:41:33,166
And when Mr. McCoy's
arm-twisting
883
00:41:33,223 --> 00:41:36,864
put his son's
entire baseball career
in jeopardy,
884
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:38,997
he lied in this
courtroom to you.
885
00:41:41,798 --> 00:41:45,713
Now, who had
the most to lose here,
ladies and gentlemen?
886
00:41:45,770 --> 00:41:48,512
If Mr. Soto's son
had stayed in the YBL,
887
00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:51,143
Frank Leahy might have
won another trophy
888
00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:52,347
a few handshakes
in his neighborhood.
889
00:41:53,111 --> 00:41:56,388
Not the pie in the sky
the prosecution
would have you believe.
890
00:41:56,647 --> 00:41:58,354
But, the Sotos,
891
00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:02,157
they'd be one step closer
to the American Dream.
892
00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:09,701
Many of us
played youth sports
in a time
893
00:42:09,761 --> 00:42:12,765
before television
turned the 12-year-old
down the street
894
00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:14,673
into an instant commodity.
895
00:42:14,732 --> 00:42:18,544
We played to learn teamwork,
and good sportsmanship
and to have a good time.
896
00:42:20,471 --> 00:42:25,512
Still, rather than wring our
hands over our lost innocence,
let's open our eyes.
897
00:42:25,611 --> 00:42:29,923
Let's appreciate
that when the stakes
are raised exponentially,
898
00:42:29,982 --> 00:42:32,553
as they are
in sports today,
899
00:42:32,618 --> 00:42:34,359
so is the desperation.
900
00:42:36,255 --> 00:42:41,204
Frank Leahy,
on paper, looks like
a youth baseball volunteer,
901
00:42:41,260 --> 00:42:43,934
like a local hero, even.
902
00:42:44,029 --> 00:42:46,373
But Mr. Leahy
was in the business
903
00:42:46,932 --> 00:42:51,176
of exploiting poor,
and talented prospects
904
00:42:51,236 --> 00:42:54,308
with promises
that could rarely
be fulfilled.
905
00:42:54,973 --> 00:42:58,352
He used Miguel
and Victor Soto,
906
00:42:58,644 --> 00:43:00,750
he used
their desperation.
907
00:43:02,015 --> 00:43:05,588
He dangled the carrot
of the American Dream
in front of them
908
00:43:05,652 --> 00:43:08,997
to attain his own
selfish goals.
909
00:43:09,456 --> 00:43:12,801
And it came to be
that one of those
selfish goals
910
00:43:12,859 --> 00:43:14,736
was the murder
of Mike Drucker!
911
00:43:17,130 --> 00:43:19,838
He isn't the one
who pulled the trigger.
912
00:43:20,567 --> 00:43:22,979
But he's the one
who deserves
to be punished.
913
00:43:31,377 --> 00:43:32,651
JUDGE: Has the jury
reached a verdict?
914
00:43:33,113 --> 00:43:34,615
We have, your Honor.
915
00:43:34,681 --> 00:43:37,356
On the sole count
of murder in the second
degree, how do you find?
916
00:43:38,052 --> 00:43:39,656
We find
the defendant guilty.
917
00:43:41,555 --> 00:43:43,330
(MURMURING IN COURTROOM)
918
00:43:50,564 --> 00:43:53,807
Miguel Soto's
on his way
back to Honduras.
919
00:43:53,868 --> 00:43:55,404
No more baseball here?
920
00:43:55,469 --> 00:43:56,914
After everything
that's happened,
921
00:43:56,971 --> 00:43:58,917
his father just wanted
to take him home.
922
00:43:58,973 --> 00:44:03,012
You know, we did
play hard ball with
his kid's immigration status.
923
00:44:03,077 --> 00:44:05,182
Don't worry,
he'll be back.
924
00:44:05,312 --> 00:44:07,622
Four years until
he can play pro ball.
925
00:44:07,681 --> 00:44:09,888
A lot can happen to a kid.
926
00:44:10,618 --> 00:44:13,861
If he doesn't get his hands
on an 18-year-old's
birth certificate.