1 00:00:06,238 --> 00:00:07,979 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:11,920 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:11,977 --> 00:00:13,820 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:13,879 --> 00:00:16,689 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:16,749 --> 00:00:18,730 These are their stories. 6 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:21,626 I'm getting too old for this. 7 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:24,429 Sammie, 3 o'clock. 8 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:27,160 (CHATTING INDISTINCTLY) 9 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:30,068 Spring is sprung. 10 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:31,768 Tell me about it. 11 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:35,941 Oh, man. 12 00:00:39,472 --> 00:00:41,281 SAMMIE: Anybody home? 13 00:00:41,841 --> 00:00:43,650 Yeah, a dead guy. 14 00:00:45,779 --> 00:00:46,883 ED: Who found him? 15 00:00:46,947 --> 00:00:50,053 A couple of water-tank workers said a ladder slipped off their truck. 16 00:00:50,116 --> 00:00:52,153 What? And it bounced 40 feet? 17 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:54,562 Entry wound's on the right side. 18 00:00:55,622 --> 00:00:58,035 Singe marks on his shirt. It must have been close range. 19 00:00:58,092 --> 00:00:59,628 The M.E. say when this happened? 20 00:00:59,694 --> 00:01:00,968 Sometime last night. 21 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:03,508 They can give you a better idea after the prelim. 22 00:01:03,564 --> 00:01:05,373 Ed, check this out. 23 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:07,777 He's wearing a gold retirement ring. 24 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:10,748 Yeah. Once upon a time the guy was on the job. 25 00:01:10,805 --> 00:01:13,479 "Mike Drucker, Private Investigator." 26 00:01:13,541 --> 00:01:14,611 He's got an office in Midtown. 27 00:01:14,976 --> 00:01:18,116 So what's he doing in a vacant apartment in Washington Heights? 28 00:01:18,179 --> 00:01:19,783 Holster's empty, 29 00:01:20,314 --> 00:01:22,055 the entry wound looks like a .38. 30 00:01:22,116 --> 00:01:24,255 Yeah, we found a .38 on the floor over there. 31 00:01:24,318 --> 00:01:25,729 Shot with his own gun? 32 00:01:25,820 --> 00:01:29,097 We also found a .25 under the radiator. It wasn't loaded. 33 00:01:29,156 --> 00:01:30,658 And we haven't found any slugs or shells. 34 00:01:31,125 --> 00:01:32,935 All right, let's get both weapons down to Ballistics. 35 00:01:32,995 --> 00:01:34,770 Let them sort it out. 36 00:01:34,830 --> 00:01:37,003 Was this door locked when you guys got here? 37 00:01:37,065 --> 00:01:39,272 Yeah. Super had to let us in. 38 00:01:39,534 --> 00:01:40,877 No sign of forced entry. 39 00:01:41,737 --> 00:01:44,445 The guy doesn't have a key, so somebody let him in. 40 00:01:44,506 --> 00:01:47,316 Yeah. He had a little help going out, too. 41 00:02:36,626 --> 00:02:39,038 I've been the super here almost 6 years. 42 00:02:39,095 --> 00:02:40,768 Nothing like this has ever happened. 43 00:02:40,830 --> 00:02:43,003 Hear anything unusual last night? 44 00:02:43,066 --> 00:02:45,171 My apartment's in the basement. 45 00:02:45,234 --> 00:02:46,770 You ever see this guy before? 46 00:02:46,836 --> 00:02:48,316 No. Sorry. 47 00:02:48,372 --> 00:02:50,511 Any idea how he might've gotten into the building? 48 00:02:50,574 --> 00:02:52,645 I keep fixing the deadbolt on the front door. 49 00:02:52,843 --> 00:02:54,720 A week later it's broken again. 50 00:02:54,778 --> 00:02:56,155 What about the apartment door? 51 00:02:56,213 --> 00:02:58,090 When our guys showed up it was locked. 52 00:02:58,148 --> 00:02:59,286 Yeah, I had to let your men in. 53 00:02:59,750 --> 00:03:01,195 Does anybody else have a key? 54 00:03:01,251 --> 00:03:02,787 Not as far as I know. 55 00:03:02,853 --> 00:03:04,457 BRISCOE: How long has that apartment been vacant? 56 00:03:04,521 --> 00:03:05,966 Since August. 57 00:03:06,023 --> 00:03:08,060 Did you get the keys back from the last tenant? 58 00:03:08,392 --> 00:03:10,065 That'd be a first. 59 00:03:12,763 --> 00:03:14,709 The family moved out nine months ago. 60 00:03:14,765 --> 00:03:16,244 Last name was Sandoval. 61 00:03:16,333 --> 00:03:17,812 They leave a forwarding address? 62 00:03:17,868 --> 00:03:19,745 Venezuela according to the neighbors. 63 00:03:19,803 --> 00:03:20,873 Cordova's running it down. 64 00:03:20,971 --> 00:03:22,678 What about the victim, Drucker? 65 00:03:22,739 --> 00:03:23,911 Yeah, yeah. He used to work for 66 00:03:23,974 --> 00:03:26,046 the RIP unit at the 15. 67 00:03:26,110 --> 00:03:28,681 He retired, what five years ago. 68 00:03:29,414 --> 00:03:30,916 He had a pretty decent arrest record. 69 00:03:31,116 --> 00:03:33,562 So, was he on a case or up to no good? 70 00:03:33,618 --> 00:03:35,154 Ah, the boys that worked with him at the 15 71 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:36,494 say that he was a stand up guy. 72 00:03:36,554 --> 00:03:40,969 Current address is Brooklyn. Divorced. No kids. Ex moved to Sarasota. 73 00:03:41,259 --> 00:03:42,363 How's the canvass going? 74 00:03:42,427 --> 00:03:43,565 Oh, we got nothing so far. 75 00:03:43,628 --> 00:03:46,336 But the M.E. puts the time of death between 9:00 and 10:00 last night. 76 00:03:46,397 --> 00:03:47,398 VAN BUREN: What about the guns? 77 00:03:47,732 --> 00:03:49,678 The .38 was the murder weapon. 78 00:03:49,734 --> 00:03:51,407 That was registered to Drucker. 79 00:03:51,469 --> 00:03:54,143 .25 wasn't loaded and hadn't been fired recently. 80 00:03:54,539 --> 00:03:57,247 And the serial number's been filed down. 81 00:03:57,542 --> 00:03:59,715 Has Latent worked up these weapons yet? 82 00:03:59,777 --> 00:04:02,520 ED: We got a partial on the .38. Nothing on the other gun. 83 00:04:02,581 --> 00:04:05,994 Well, someone walked into the apartment carrying that .25. 84 00:04:06,051 --> 00:04:07,621 Why don't we find out what Drucker was doing 85 00:04:07,686 --> 00:04:09,563 up in Washington Heights at that hour? 86 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,066 Like I said, Mr. Drucker's hired mostly by lawyers. 87 00:04:19,131 --> 00:04:21,133 They don't like him to keep many records. 88 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,305 You can't subpoena a conversation. 89 00:04:23,369 --> 00:04:25,781 Did he have any troublesome cases? 90 00:04:26,038 --> 00:04:29,508 Saul Mandelbaum, skip trace. 91 00:04:29,575 --> 00:04:33,216 Frank Leahy, a paper chase up in Westchester. 92 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,453 Were any of these divorces more hostile than others? 93 00:04:36,515 --> 00:04:38,222 They're all pretty hostile. 94 00:04:38,284 --> 00:04:40,891 Well, how about something more recent? 95 00:04:40,987 --> 00:04:43,866 There is one case, the Shore divorce. 96 00:04:43,924 --> 00:04:45,130 The wife calls here all the time. 97 00:04:45,192 --> 00:04:47,035 Matter of fact, she called here twice yesterday. 98 00:04:47,194 --> 00:04:48,434 You know why? 99 00:04:48,828 --> 00:04:51,069 She and Mr. D never connected. 100 00:04:52,666 --> 00:04:54,771 I called Mr. Drucker because I was worried. 101 00:04:54,834 --> 00:04:57,405 Kevin had called me and left a message to call him back. 102 00:04:57,571 --> 00:04:58,675 Kevin's your ex? 103 00:04:58,738 --> 00:05:01,014 From your mouth to God's ears. 104 00:05:01,074 --> 00:05:02,917 Anyway, he never calls. 105 00:05:02,976 --> 00:05:04,978 He sounded angry and I just had the feeling 106 00:05:05,045 --> 00:05:06,683 he'd found out about the investigator. 107 00:05:06,746 --> 00:05:08,419 So did you end up talking to him? 108 00:05:08,481 --> 00:05:10,461 I never called him back. 109 00:05:10,951 --> 00:05:12,760 What is this all about? What's he done? 110 00:05:12,819 --> 00:05:16,666 Well, your investigator, Mr. Drucker? He got killed last night. 111 00:05:17,658 --> 00:05:18,762 Oh, my God. 112 00:05:18,893 --> 00:05:21,772 Is there anything we should know about your husband, Mrs. Shore? 113 00:05:21,829 --> 00:05:26,437 After five years of marriage, he tells me about this girl that he's seeing, 114 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:27,501 Rachel somebody. 115 00:05:28,402 --> 00:05:30,609 He serves me with papers the same day. 116 00:05:30,671 --> 00:05:32,708 He expected me to sign them right then. 117 00:05:32,773 --> 00:05:34,275 ED: But you said no? 118 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:36,753 Drucker was looking into your husband's finances? 119 00:05:36,811 --> 00:05:37,881 Kevin's in real estate. 120 00:05:37,979 --> 00:05:41,722 Most of his assets are in partnerships and holding companies. 121 00:05:42,083 --> 00:05:44,063 Mr. Drucker was helping us locate them. 122 00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:45,561 Is there any reason this investigation 123 00:05:45,620 --> 00:05:50,194 would lead to a building at 1512 Cabrini Boulevard at 178th Street? 124 00:05:50,925 --> 00:05:55,272 My lawyer mentioned something about my husband owning buildings in that area. 125 00:05:55,330 --> 00:05:56,866 It's possible he owns that building. 126 00:05:57,132 --> 00:06:00,170 Mr. Shore is very good at hiding his assets from my client. 127 00:06:00,235 --> 00:06:01,839 How much are we talking about? 128 00:06:01,903 --> 00:06:05,214 Shore listed his net worth at 4.5 million. 129 00:06:05,274 --> 00:06:07,151 But I'm guessing he's worth twice that much. 130 00:06:07,209 --> 00:06:09,348 And once Drucker uncovered those assets, 131 00:06:09,411 --> 00:06:11,391 you were gonna take him to the cleaners. 132 00:06:11,446 --> 00:06:13,255 Sounds like you've been around the block, Detective. 133 00:06:13,315 --> 00:06:14,692 Much smaller neighborhood. 134 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:18,459 Mrs. Shore seemed to think her husband was aware of Drucker's investigation. 135 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,127 Could be. We'd pierced some of the husband's holding companies. 136 00:06:22,190 --> 00:06:25,501 Drucker had a connection at a bank where his financing came from. 137 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,198 A man named Chris Sowlakis. 138 00:06:27,262 --> 00:06:31,143 Do you think it's possible that Sowlakis tipped Mr. Shore off? 139 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,202 I don't even know if Drucker ever met with the guy. 140 00:06:33,269 --> 00:06:34,907 They were supposed to talk Friday. 141 00:06:34,971 --> 00:06:36,746 Two days before he was killed. 142 00:06:40,510 --> 00:06:43,548 Drucker came by with questions about Mr. Shore's holdings, 143 00:06:43,613 --> 00:06:45,957 but I never told Mr. Shore about him. 144 00:06:46,015 --> 00:06:48,996 So, someone you don't know comes in asking about a client's accounts 145 00:06:49,052 --> 00:06:50,895 and you don't mention it to the client? 146 00:06:51,621 --> 00:06:53,692 Basic questions. I didn't see the harm. 147 00:06:53,756 --> 00:06:55,667 BRISCOE: How much did he pay you, Mr. Sowlakis? 148 00:06:56,159 --> 00:06:57,433 I'm sorry? 149 00:06:57,493 --> 00:06:59,404 Information is currency. 150 00:06:59,462 --> 00:07:02,136 And in Drucker's business it usually takes some to get it. 151 00:07:02,532 --> 00:07:04,739 What you're suggesting is outrageous. 152 00:07:04,801 --> 00:07:08,147 Calm down, did you know this guy Drucker got killed the other night? 153 00:07:08,472 --> 00:07:10,247 What are you talking about? BRISCOE: He was shot. 154 00:07:10,708 --> 00:07:13,086 ED: And if it turns out you're withholding information, 155 00:07:13,210 --> 00:07:16,350 accessory to murder makes bribery seem pretty innocuous. 156 00:07:16,413 --> 00:07:19,690 Look, I've already told the FHA everything I know. 157 00:07:19,950 --> 00:07:24,092 The Federal Housing Authority was here investigating some of Shore's transactions too. 158 00:07:24,188 --> 00:07:25,690 Did you tell Drucker about this? 159 00:07:26,457 --> 00:07:28,198 I didn't know the details myself 160 00:07:28,258 --> 00:07:29,737 but I pointed him in the right direction. 161 00:07:32,196 --> 00:07:33,436 It's called flipping. 162 00:07:33,497 --> 00:07:35,977 Basically a developer purchases a cheap property, 163 00:07:36,033 --> 00:07:37,740 makes superficial repairs on it 164 00:07:37,801 --> 00:07:41,510 then flips it by reselling at a vastly inflated price. 165 00:07:41,572 --> 00:07:43,483 I thought that was the American way. 166 00:07:43,540 --> 00:07:46,249 Not when the sale's based on a fraudulent appraisal. 167 00:07:46,311 --> 00:07:49,155 The FHA insures the buyer based on the bogus appraisal. 168 00:07:49,214 --> 00:07:50,659 Then the buyer gets in over his head, 169 00:07:50,715 --> 00:07:53,355 fixing what the developer should have, loses his home. 170 00:07:53,518 --> 00:07:55,122 And Uncle Sam foots the bill. 171 00:07:55,186 --> 00:07:58,656 And developers like Shore walk away with all the money. 172 00:07:58,823 --> 00:07:59,995 You recognize him? 173 00:08:00,358 --> 00:08:01,701 Yeah, he was in here last week. 174 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,637 Said he was working for Mrs. Shore. 175 00:08:03,695 --> 00:08:05,766 He asked a lot of questions I wouldn't answer. 176 00:08:05,830 --> 00:08:07,810 Then wanted to see the appraisals. 177 00:08:07,866 --> 00:08:09,812 BRISCOE: The ones you thought were bogus. 178 00:08:09,868 --> 00:08:11,108 ED: You mind if we take a look? 179 00:08:11,369 --> 00:08:12,746 Matter of public record. 180 00:08:13,605 --> 00:08:16,108 Did Drucker know about the flipping? 181 00:08:16,174 --> 00:08:19,280 I didn't tell him about it, but I got the feeling he knew something was hinky. 182 00:08:19,477 --> 00:08:21,856 There's over two dozen appraisals here. 183 00:08:21,914 --> 00:08:23,325 They're all done by the same person. 184 00:08:23,382 --> 00:08:26,192 Seems Mr. Shore found himself a friendly appraiser. 185 00:08:26,252 --> 00:08:27,731 Rachel Glick. 186 00:08:28,687 --> 00:08:30,064 Wasn't his girlfriend's name Rachel? 187 00:08:30,656 --> 00:08:32,567 Friendly appraiser is right. 188 00:08:35,094 --> 00:08:36,801 Sorry, I don't recognize him. 189 00:08:36,862 --> 00:08:38,205 So if I asked around your office, 190 00:08:38,264 --> 00:08:41,438 we wouldn't find anybody who's ever seen him before? 191 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:44,743 Hey! We know about your relationship with Kevin Shore. 192 00:08:44,804 --> 00:08:47,444 And about the appraisals you did for him. 193 00:08:47,506 --> 00:08:49,850 I know he works for Kevin's wife. 194 00:08:50,075 --> 00:08:51,179 So I didn't meet with him. 195 00:08:51,243 --> 00:08:52,415 Worked for. 196 00:08:52,478 --> 00:08:53,923 He was killed three days ago. 197 00:08:53,979 --> 00:08:55,151 What? 198 00:08:55,214 --> 00:08:58,685 Right after he found out about some of those creative real estate deals 199 00:08:58,752 --> 00:09:00,789 you and Mr. Shore put together. 200 00:09:00,854 --> 00:09:02,356 ED: Did you tell him about Mr. Drucker's visit, Rachel? 201 00:09:02,422 --> 00:09:04,368 I had nothing to do with anyone being killed. 202 00:09:04,624 --> 00:09:06,228 Well, do you think your boyfriend might? 203 00:09:08,261 --> 00:09:11,868 I told Kevin this guy came by asking a lot of questions. 204 00:09:11,932 --> 00:09:13,843 BRISCOE: What did he say? He got furious. 205 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:15,880 I told him I might lose my license. 206 00:09:15,936 --> 00:09:17,540 But then Kevin said... 207 00:09:17,604 --> 00:09:19,174 ED: Kevin said what? 208 00:09:19,239 --> 00:09:21,082 That he'd take care of it. 209 00:09:23,743 --> 00:09:25,154 Kevin Shore? 210 00:09:25,879 --> 00:09:27,187 Yeah, can I help you? 211 00:09:27,247 --> 00:09:29,488 We need to talk to you about Mike Drucker. 212 00:09:30,450 --> 00:09:31,656 Can we talk about this somewhere else? 213 00:09:31,751 --> 00:09:34,197 Yeah, why don't we go to our place? 214 00:09:34,521 --> 00:09:36,559 We'll finish this up later, okay? 215 00:09:36,624 --> 00:09:38,001 Much later. 216 00:09:41,529 --> 00:09:44,476 Yes, I thought this guy was hired by my wife. 217 00:09:44,532 --> 00:09:46,375 And yes, I called her to find out about him. 218 00:09:46,434 --> 00:09:47,845 But I didn't shoot him. 219 00:09:47,902 --> 00:09:50,348 Well, the way we understand it, there were millions of dollars at stake. 220 00:09:50,404 --> 00:09:52,384 I don't have as much money as my wife thinks. 221 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,284 Yeah? What about your little flipping scam? 222 00:09:57,578 --> 00:09:59,558 Maybe I should call my lawyer. Well, good. 223 00:09:59,714 --> 00:10:01,716 Then both of y'all can tell us where you were on Monday night. 224 00:10:01,782 --> 00:10:04,194 Yeah, and meantime, we can book you for murder. 225 00:10:04,252 --> 00:10:06,459 Of course, the DA ain't gonna be as interested in what you got to say 226 00:10:06,521 --> 00:10:07,693 as we are. 227 00:10:07,755 --> 00:10:08,893 I was home by myself. 228 00:10:08,956 --> 00:10:10,526 What about Rachel? 229 00:10:10,625 --> 00:10:11,626 I don't see her every night. 230 00:10:11,859 --> 00:10:14,170 Yeah, especially the nights when you shoot somebody. 231 00:10:14,229 --> 00:10:16,869 Look, I told you I didn't shoot anyone. 232 00:10:18,834 --> 00:10:21,041 Wait, that night a cop car pulled over an SUV 233 00:10:21,103 --> 00:10:22,582 across the street from my building. 234 00:10:23,438 --> 00:10:24,542 So? 235 00:10:24,606 --> 00:10:26,586 I saw it from my window. 236 00:10:27,075 --> 00:10:30,887 It was about 9:30. They had this guy in handcuffs. 237 00:10:30,946 --> 00:10:33,586 And I remember there was a ski rack on top of the car. 238 00:10:35,150 --> 00:10:37,255 So that gets me off the hook, right? 239 00:10:39,154 --> 00:10:40,656 I put a call into the 23. 240 00:10:40,722 --> 00:10:42,395 They got someone looking into that traffic stop. 241 00:10:42,457 --> 00:10:44,630 If Drucker knew about this flipping scam, 242 00:10:44,693 --> 00:10:47,674 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.