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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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Graphite clubs.
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I took five strokes
off my handicap
since I switched.
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I don't know.
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Nine iron isn't
a nine iron
if it isn't iron.
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Come out and
play a round
tomorrow.
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You'll see what I'm
talking about.
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Promised the wife I'd
clean out the garage.
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You want some smokes?
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I'm trying to quit.
Pop the trunk.
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Oh, damn it.
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What?
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You'd think somebody
gutted a pig in there.
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Your victim took
three shots to the abdomen,
point blank range.
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Probably a nine
millimeter automatic.
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Any blood
on the seats?
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He was shot outside.
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Then whoever did it
dumped him in the trunk
and let him bleed out.
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Nice. Any ID?
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Yeah.
Douglas Bender.
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BCl got a sheet on him
while we were waiting
for you.
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Anything current?
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Conviction in '93.
Grand theft auto.
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There's a Bellevue
parking sticker
on the rear view.
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Yeah, DMV's running
the plates now.
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And, uh,
roll his prints,
just to make sure.
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Department truck
towed the Honda
from a no-park zone
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at 55th and 11th.
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We logged it in
at 12:28 a. m.
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Is this something
you guys do
on a regular basis,
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ripping off
impounded vehicles?
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Or was last night
a special occasion?
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We saw the trunk was open,
we looked inside,
we called you.
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Just a couple of
dedicated public
servants, huh?
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We'll take
your statements
down at the station.
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Guess who
boosted cars
for a living.
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Maybe Bender tried
jacking a ride and
the owner disapproved.
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Hey, the Honda's registered
to a Millicent Sheridan,
307 West 18th Street.
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Hope Millicent knows
a good car wash.
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Sorry, I don't see
a Millicent Sheridan
on my employee roster.
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Are you sure?
Her car's got
a parking sticker
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for the hospital lot.
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Number N13947.
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Millie Bender.
She's a surgical nurse.
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Fifth floor, ICU.
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Thanks.
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We were married
after Doug got out of
Green Haven last spring.
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I...
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I never got around to
changing my registration.
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You're sure
it's him?
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We have a picture
taken at the scene.
It's, uh...
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I want to see it.
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Oh, God, no. Oh!
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Mrs. Bender,
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how long did you know
your husband?
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Six years.
We have a son.
He's five.
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So you knew him
before he was
arrested in '93?
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We were engaged.
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We have to ask, um,
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was Doug seeing
any old friends lately?
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What are you saying?
He was involved
in something?
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Not necessarily.
Maybe someone
carried a grudge.
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Doug has a good job.
He sees his parole officer
every week.
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Well, we have
to wonder,
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what was he doing
on 11th Avenue
last night?
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Going to work.
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After midnight?
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He's been
pulling double shifts
since I got pregnant.
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Oh, God.
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Maybe it's possible
that wasn't all he'd been
doing to make money.
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I...
I don't want to talk
to you anymore.
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Can we do this
after lunch?
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I only get an hour.
And they've been
cracking down lately.
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We'll buy you a hot dog
at the corner.
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Bender. Bender.
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Douglas Michael.
What are you
looking for?
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Anything you got.
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Bender's had
the same job
since he's been out.
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Uh, no complaints
from his boss.
No trouble at home.
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He only missed
one appointment
in 10 months.
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When was this?
Yesterday.
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He called in and said
he had the flu.
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That time of year,
you know.
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Look, guys,
it's after 12:00.
I gotta eat.
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Bender tells this guy
he can't come in
'cause he's sick,
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but he tells his wife
he's working
a double shift?
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Stories for everybody.
Reminds me of me
when I was drinking.
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Shot in his car?
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Man, that's rough.
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I'm gonna miss the guy.
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You were friends?
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Doug did his job,
drew his pay,
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and never
turned down overtime.
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Around here,
that made him
Employee of the Year.
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We heard he
called in sick
yesterday.
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He was here in the morning.
He looked okay to me.
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So he didn't stay
the whole day?
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Nah, he took off early.
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When was that?
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Around lunchtime.
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He got a call.
Sounded pretty upset.
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Yeah?
About what?
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He said family problems.
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I told him he could
make up his hours
on the midnight shift.
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Who called him?
His wife?
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Somebody named Max.
Collect.
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Usually we don't let
our people take calls collect
but Doug was an okay guy.
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And that's all he said?
He was having
family problems?
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Good enough for me.
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Rudy, please report
to the office.
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LUDs on the warehouse phone
show Bender's collect call
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came from a truck stop
on the Jersey Turnpike.
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This Max made
two other collect calls
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before he tried
the warehouse.
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One to
Bender's apartment,
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the other to his wife's
work number at Bellevue.
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He must have wanted to
get in touch with Doug
real bad.
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Bender's arrest record
from that grand theft auto
in '93.
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Our guy had
a partner in crime.
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This partner's name
happen to be Max?
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Max Sheridan.
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As in Millie Sheridan?
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Bender's brother-in-law.
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Sheridan's had
multiple arrests from
that GTA in '93.
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No convictions.
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Georgia state cops
want him for jumping bail
on a truck hijacking beef.
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I got an APB
from Georgia.
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Well, maybe Max is
headed north
to visit his sister.
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Yeah, here.
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They had
a possible hit
yesterday.
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A perp answering
Sheridan's description
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robbed a convenience store
in Delaware.
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Georgia to Delaware
to New Jersey.
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We sure Bender picked
Sheridan up in Jersey?
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No.
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Find out more
about this happy
family reunion.
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I haven't seen Max.
Neither has Doug.
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Your brother
called your husband from
a truck stop in Jersey.
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Doug left work and
drove down there
to meet him.
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You don't know that.
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We found a toll receipt
from the Jersey Turnpike
on the floor of your car.
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Look, Millie,
Max is family.
We understand that.
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We're just trying
to figure out
what happened.
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Doug needed money, right?
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What would he have done
if Max offered him
a job jacking trucks,
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like old times?
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Max was in trouble.
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He wanted to stay with us,
but Doug said no.
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He gave him a ride
into the city and some cash,
but that's all.
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Maybe they got in a fight
over how much cash,
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and things got
out of hand.
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No.
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Your brother's on the run
from a Georgia warrant
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and he's a suspect
in an armed robbery
in Delaware.
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Max didn't kill Doug.
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You sound awfully
sure about that.
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I know my own brother.
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You know where
he is now?
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No.
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We were at the zoo.
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Jackie got a...
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These are the...
The police.
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Uh, they're here
about Doug.
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Janet's my babysitter.
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Yeah, we're looking
for this man.
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Any chance
you might have
seen him?
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Wow, that's some bear
you've got there.
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Who gave that to you,
Uncle Max?
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Please,
leave us alone.
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I guess
when family's in town,
every day's Christmas.
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Toll receipt
in the Honda?
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If you don't tell her,
I won't.
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How much money
you figure
they gave him?
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With their take-home?
He's probably
running out of cash.
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Let's check his sheet.
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Maybe Brother Max tapped
an old buddy for a loan.
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I run a clean business.
Strictly to code.
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No nudity,
no hooking.
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No fun.
What happened
to Sin City?
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We're not here
to shut you down.
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You heard from
Max Sheridan lately?
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Max Sheridan?
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You remember.
You and Max were busted in
a hot Jag a few years ago.
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Hey, I didn't know
it was stolen.
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Ignorance is bliss.
What about Max?
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Look, I already told
the other cops.
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The ones here
this morning.
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Don't you guys talk
to each other?
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Well, pretend
we don't.
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Max came by last night
looking for
a place to crash.
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I gave him some money,
he took off. End of story.
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Where'd he go?
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Am I in trouble
over this?
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You will be if we have to
keep asking you
the same questions twice.
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Lanie should know.
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Max wanted company.
I gave him her number.
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She likes to party.
Strictly between friends.
I'm no pimp.
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Yeah, I know,
you run a clean
business.
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Here, write down
her address.
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Other cops?
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I told your buddies,
this guy called last night,
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and he said he
wanted to party.
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He was at some
roach motel
over on 23rd.
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The Yarborough.
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You get a room number?
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How many times do I
have to go over this?
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I don't remember
what room.
It was a real pit.
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You gonna hit me, too?
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These buddies of ours
do that to you?
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No.
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I walked into a door.
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They told you
they were cops?
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They had badges.
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John Smith.
Third floor, room 309.
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Were there
any other officers here
looking for Mr. Smith?
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You're the first.
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Is Smith up there now?
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I got a bad bladder.
I don't always see
who goes in and out.
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Room key.
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Thanks.
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Police!
Put the gun down!
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Drop the gun down!
Put the guns down.
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Put 'em down now.
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Put your hands
on top of your head!
Do it!
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We're bail agents!
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We're on the job!
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Put your hands
on top of your head!
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We got paper on the guy
who rents this place.
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We're bail agents.
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Hey, Rey,
looks like we've got
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a couple of real live
bounty hunters here.
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You guys search
this place?
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We're trackers,
not cops.
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Lennie, look what I
found behind the sink.
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It's a nine millimeter.
Same caliber
Bender was shot with.
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Did a hooker named Lanie
steer you guys here?
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Maybe.
What's it to you?
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You're busted,
that's what.
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What charge?
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Assault and
impersonating an officer,
moron.
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Mr. Festov,
your employees
assaulted a witness.
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You got
this hooker's statement?
I'd like to see it.
247
00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:41,726
They represented themselves
as police detectives.
248
00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:44,031
They interfered
with an investigation.
249
00:11:44,103 --> 00:11:45,627
Does anybody else
hear violins?
250
00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:46,865
I'm gonna start crying
in a minute.
251
00:11:46,939 --> 00:11:48,497
Go ahead,
keep pushing your luck.
252
00:11:48,574 --> 00:11:49,973
We got paper on Sheridan.
253
00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:52,602
That gives us the right
to do whatever we have to
to pick him up.
254
00:11:52,678 --> 00:11:54,646
You can't charge my guys,
and you know it.
255
00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:56,875
You're just mad 'cause
we got there first.
256
00:11:56,949 --> 00:11:59,076
No, we're just mad because
your man-hunting technique
257
00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:00,778
seems to involve
punching women.
258
00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:03,788
Why?
That whore says we
roughed her up?
259
00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:05,790
Okay, gentlemen,
you're wasting our time.
260
00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:08,759
Mr. Sheridan is
the prime suspect in
a murder investigation here.
261
00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:09,988
What's your point?
262
00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:11,620
Our interest
trumps your interest
263
00:12:11,697 --> 00:12:14,427
in apprehending him
for a Georgia bail violation.
264
00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:18,766
My interest is
the $350,000 bond
my outfit's Atlanta branch
265
00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:21,068
put up guaranteeing
his appearance in court.
266
00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,409
If we don't bring him back
inside eight days,
that bond goes away.
267
00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:26,206
And we lose
our bounty fee.
268
00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:30,606
If you,
or Mr. Granada,
or Mr. Difka,
269
00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:32,480
interfere in
this investigation again,
270
00:12:32,551 --> 00:12:34,519
I'll have you all held
for obstruction ofjustice.
271
00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:36,645
Do it.
We'll file suit
for false arrest
272
00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:38,314
against your department,
the D.A.'s office,
273
00:12:38,390 --> 00:12:39,982
and each one
of you personally.
274
00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,691
We're done here.
275
00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:50,131
The law considers
a prisoner on bail to be
276
00:12:50,202 --> 00:12:52,363
in the legal custody
of his bail bondsman.
277
00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:55,032
If he skips,
bounty hunters have
wide leeway to catch him.
278
00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:57,098
And if they
catch Sheridan
before we do?
279
00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:58,541
Finders keepers.
280
00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,109
Just find him first.
281
00:13:01,847 --> 00:13:03,747
Welcome to
the wild, wild west.
282
00:13:03,816 --> 00:13:06,307
Ballistics came in
on the nine millimeter
we found.
283
00:13:06,385 --> 00:13:09,047
It's not a perfect match,
but there's
a 70%% chance
284
00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:10,281
it's our murder weapon.
285
00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:11,823
Serial numbers
were filed off.
286
00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:14,325
Send it to the FBl lab.
Any prints?
287
00:13:14,393 --> 00:13:17,362
Not on the gun.
Plenty in the room, though.
Mostly Sheridan's.
288
00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:18,953
A few from
our bounty hunters.
289
00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:21,522
And a nice clean set
on a whiskey bottle
from this guy.
290
00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:22,793
Eddie Dow.
291
00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:26,394
Works for a trucking outfit,
and he's on parole
for hijacking.
292
00:13:27,072 --> 00:13:30,371
Well, seeing how
hijacking seems to be
Sheridan's line of work,
293
00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:32,933
maybe he got in touch
with Mr. Dow for a job.
294
00:13:34,713 --> 00:13:35,941
Mr. Dow isn't here.
295
00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:38,279
A couple of other detectives
picked him up an hour ago.
296
00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:40,443
That would be
Detectives Granada
and Difka?
297
00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:41,543
Oh, you work with them?
298
00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:44,145
We're members of
a mutual admiration
society.
299
00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:45,247
Thanks.
300
00:13:49,762 --> 00:13:51,957
Sheridan called Dow
before he left Atlanta.
301
00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:53,691
We figured
they connect up
sooner or later.
302
00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:55,256
You know,
you could have saved us
a lot of time
303
00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:57,268
by telling us about Dow
before this.
304
00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:58,428
You don't pay my bills.
305
00:13:58,504 --> 00:13:59,528
Where's Dow?
306
00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:02,005
Your bounty hunters
hauled him out of his garage
an hour ago.
307
00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:04,201
I'm supposed to
care about that?
I ask for results.
308
00:14:04,276 --> 00:14:05,834
How my people
do their job
is their business.
309
00:14:05,911 --> 00:14:07,401
Well, make it
your business.
310
00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,037
'Cause if we don't talk
to Dow real soon,
311
00:14:09,114 --> 00:14:10,342
we're gonna have to
talk to you,
312
00:14:10,416 --> 00:14:12,077
and it won't be in such
cozy surroundings.
313
00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:13,208
I've got a lawyer.
314
00:14:13,285 --> 00:14:14,718
There are a lot of
precincts in town.
315
00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:17,779
He may have trouble
finding you for a few hours.
Or days.
316
00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:19,216
This is bull.
317
00:14:19,425 --> 00:14:20,687
Call our bluff.
318
00:14:23,462 --> 00:14:24,690
Give me a minute.
319
00:14:27,766 --> 00:14:28,824
Busy.
320
00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:30,027
You know,
I once had an idea about
321
00:14:30,102 --> 00:14:31,763
putting my money
into a place like this.
322
00:14:31,837 --> 00:14:34,829
So you could have
a financial interest in
keeping the crime rate up?
323
00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:36,374
That makes sense
for a cop.
324
00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:41,137
Granada and Difka dropped
Dow off at his house
five minutes ago.
325
00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:45,415
Cooperation, Al.
It's the grease that makes
the world go 'round.
326
00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:51,312
I told you, I fell down.
327
00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:53,586
From what,
the Empire State Building?
328
00:14:53,659 --> 00:14:55,684
These guys
broke your nose,
Eddie.
329
00:14:55,761 --> 00:14:57,194
Why are you
protecting them?
330
00:14:57,263 --> 00:14:58,696
I'm not
protecting anybody.
331
00:14:58,764 --> 00:15:00,527
You're protecting
Max Sheridan.
332
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,160
Yeah? Who's that?
333
00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:04,395
You were
in his hotel room
yesterday, remember?
334
00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:05,994
You had a drink together.
335
00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:08,733
I drink with
a lot of people.
I'm a friendly guy.
336
00:15:08,941 --> 00:15:10,932
So what did you boys
talk about? A job?
337
00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:12,705
I don't know
any Max Sheridan.
338
00:15:12,778 --> 00:15:14,370
Why would I talk to him
about a job?
339
00:15:15,614 --> 00:15:17,343
He's a driver
and you boost trucks.
340
00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:18,644
Sounds like a match.
341
00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:21,914
You got a lot of pages here
from the 718 area code.
342
00:15:21,987 --> 00:15:25,013
Is that where we'll find Max?
In Queens? In Brooklyn?
343
00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:27,387
You want him,
you find him.
344
00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:31,023
Those bounty hunters offer you
a taste of their fee
if you gave him up?
345
00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:33,587
Screw you.
I want a lawyer.
346
00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:47,112
Either he sold Sheridan
for a piece of the reward,
like you said...
347
00:15:47,179 --> 00:15:49,807
Which means our guy
is already on his way back
to Georgia.
348
00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:53,079
...or Eddie has
a job for Max that's worth
more than the reward.
349
00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:55,780
The beating he took,
my money's on
Eddie holding out.
350
00:15:56,021 --> 00:15:58,080
I talked with OCCB
about Dow.
351
00:15:58,190 --> 00:16:01,523
Word is, he was a driver
on that Lufthansa haul
back in the '70's.
352
00:16:01,593 --> 00:16:03,390
This guy specializes
in airports.
353
00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:06,688
JFK and LaGuardia are
both in the 718 area code.
354
00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:08,994
Track down that number
on Dow's pager,
355
00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,059
and book him for
violating his parole.
356
00:16:11,136 --> 00:16:13,400
He should be more careful
who he drinks with.
357
00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:22,372
Heads up.
358
00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:41,791
That's it.
359
00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:53,911
Hello, Eddie?
Hello, Eddie, you there?
360
00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,648
Hello?
Eddie, I can't hear you.
Hello?
361
00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:57,841
Hello.
362
00:16:57,916 --> 00:16:59,781
You're our lucky
caller of the day.
363
00:17:07,493 --> 00:17:08,721
What's this all about?
364
00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:10,091
Why don't you tell us?
365
00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:11,186
What?
366
00:17:11,263 --> 00:17:13,788
We already talked to Eddie,
but we'd like to hear
your side of it.
367
00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:14,924
I don't know
what you mean.
368
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,764
Well, the way Eddie tells it,
this hijacking was your idea.
369
00:17:17,836 --> 00:17:19,565
He says you came to him.
370
00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:20,662
He said that?
371
00:17:22,007 --> 00:17:24,407
This isn't just
a local beef, John.
372
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:28,472
Crimes on airport property
are covered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
373
00:17:28,847 --> 00:17:30,246
That's the Feds, Johnny.
374
00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:31,907
Foreign cargo...
375
00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:34,384
You might even have to
do time
in the country of origin.
376
00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:36,148
Yeah. How's
your Turkish, John?
377
00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:39,490
Look, why don't you
help yourself out?
378
00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:41,549
Tell us what you had
going here, huh?
379
00:17:43,295 --> 00:17:45,627
I work night maintenance
at Terminal Seven.
380
00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,363
Eddie gave me 500 bucks
to keep the gate open
381
00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:49,992
and to help his driver
load a truck.
382
00:17:50,369 --> 00:17:51,893
He tell you
the driver's name?
383
00:17:53,038 --> 00:17:54,130
Max.
384
00:17:55,507 --> 00:17:57,566
What time's this
supposed to go down?
385
00:17:57,643 --> 00:17:58,735
10:00.
386
00:17:59,378 --> 00:18:01,312
Hope you don't have
any dinner plans.
387
00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:05,807
Container 12 to gate 36.
388
00:18:05,884 --> 00:18:07,749
Container 12 to gate 36.
389
00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:10,354
Sheridan's late.
390
00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:13,557
I'm beginning to
lose my faith in man's
inherent dishonesty.
391
00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:16,887
Got a radio call.
Your Lieu wants you
back in the city.
392
00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:18,653
Multiple victim shooting.
393
00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:22,929
412 West 18th Street.
Tenant's name
is Janet Tuckman.
394
00:18:24,336 --> 00:18:25,735
Millie's babysitter.
395
00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:30,266
Two DOA's,
one wounded.
396
00:18:30,342 --> 00:18:32,173
Medics don't know
if he'll make it.
397
00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:33,870
They called it in.
398
00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:35,607
They say they have papers
on one of the victims.
399
00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:36,739
Get their version?
400
00:18:36,815 --> 00:18:37,873
Yeah, they say self-defense.
401
00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,508
Guy they were
here to pick up
pulled a gun.
402
00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:40,916
Who's dead?
403
00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:42,886
Neighbors ID'd
a Janet Tuckman.
404
00:18:42,988 --> 00:18:45,855
Drivers license
on the other one
says "Millicent Sheridan".
405
00:18:45,924 --> 00:18:48,893
Bender.
Her name was
Millie Bender.
406
00:18:49,228 --> 00:18:50,422
Lennie...
407
00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:52,327
Always eating
our dust,
huh, Briscoe?
408
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,163
Don't even
think about it!
409
00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:55,962
Take it easy,
take it easy.
410
00:18:57,503 --> 00:18:59,061
He was hiding
under the bed.
411
00:19:05,043 --> 00:19:07,204
We're real sorry
this happened,
412
00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:09,144
but Sheridan pulled a gun.
413
00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,872
The guy's. 38?
414
00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:12,241
Never fired.
415
00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:14,580
You cowboys
emptied two shotguns.
416
00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:18,451
What, we should
let him get off a few
just to even the odds?
417
00:19:19,124 --> 00:19:21,058
You got a beef
with anyone,
it's him.
418
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:24,322
Detectives Briscoe, Curtis.
Mark Branson.
419
00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,991
Mr. Branson is counsel
for Correctional
Assistance Services.
420
00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:30,227
They own Mr. Festov's
bail bonds.
421
00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:35,332
We're not
the enemy, Detective.
We're allies.
422
00:19:35,407 --> 00:19:36,396
How do you figure?
423
00:19:36,475 --> 00:19:39,535
CAS is as much a part
of the criminal justice
system as you are.
424
00:19:39,611 --> 00:19:40,805
Bail bonds?
Mmm-hmm.
425
00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:43,414
Prison administration,
inmate transportation,
426
00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:45,609
jury consultants.
12 states.
427
00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:47,478
And they say
crime doesn't pay.
428
00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:52,816
Difka and Granada were
in lawful pursuit
of a fugitive.
429
00:19:52,891 --> 00:19:55,086
If we turn up evidence
that your clients acted
430
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,993
without sufficient regard
for potential loss of life,
431
00:19:58,063 --> 00:19:59,462
we'll hit them with
everything we have.
432
00:19:59,531 --> 00:20:01,692
Bottom line,
are they under arrest?
433
00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:06,528
No.
434
00:20:06,672 --> 00:20:10,199
Then assuming Mr. Sheridan
survives his injuries,
we'll be in touch.
435
00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:12,969
One more thing.
How did you find Sheridan?
436
00:20:13,745 --> 00:20:15,269
You beat it
out of Eddie Dow?
437
00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:29,391
That's it?
Two dead and one shot,
and they walk?
438
00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:31,389
Sheridan could have
surrendered.
439
00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:33,594
It was his choice
how this was going to
play out,
440
00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:34,927
not Granada
and Difka's.
441
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,433
They had to go in
with shotguns?
442
00:20:36,535 --> 00:20:40,631
Against an armed felon
who killed his brother-in-law,
who was ready to kill them.
443
00:20:40,839 --> 00:20:43,433
How much firepower
would you have
walked in with, Rey?
444
00:20:47,946 --> 00:20:49,880
I don't know what I
find scarier, Abbie,
445
00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:52,439
clowns like these
having a free pass
to break the law,
446
00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:55,281
or one of our own A.D.A.'s
taking their side.
447
00:20:55,787 --> 00:20:57,880
Max Sheridan is
the bad guy here.
448
00:20:58,123 --> 00:21:01,388
He's alive.
His sister and
the babysitter are dead.
449
00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:03,317
It's overkill.
450
00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:05,689
But Max Sheridan is
a coldblooded murderer.
451
00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:08,494
Like it or not,
Granada and Difka did us
a service by catching him.
452
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,727
A service?
They're outlaws.
453
00:21:11,503 --> 00:21:13,198
I'm going to check on
their weapons permits.
454
00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:16,002
I don't care
if they forgot the period
after their middle initial,
455
00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:17,974
I'm having their
permits yanked.
456
00:21:18,043 --> 00:21:21,444
And I'm putting
Festov's business license
under a microscope.
457
00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:22,740
Are we done?
458
00:21:23,248 --> 00:21:25,546
Our righteous
indignation satisfied?
459
00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:28,277
We're not
charging these guys.
What about Sheridan?
460
00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:29,946
He'll live.
461
00:21:30,489 --> 00:21:31,615
Get him arraigned.
462
00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:40,427
On the record.
Counsel are present.
463
00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:43,898
The charges are
three counts of Murder
in the Second Degree.
464
00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,334
How does
the defendant plead?
465
00:21:45,404 --> 00:21:46,996
Not guilty, Your Honor.
466
00:21:47,072 --> 00:21:48,130
People on bail?
467
00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:49,332
Remand,
Your Honor.
468
00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:51,000
The defendant is wanted on
an interstate warrant...
469
00:21:51,076 --> 00:21:53,510
Yes, yes.
The defendant is
remanded to custody.
470
00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:56,111
Court is adjourned.
471
00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:05,121
Ms. Carmichael, I read
the ballistics report.
472
00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,418
Odds are almost
one in three
473
00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:07,890
that Sheridan's
nine millimeter
474
00:22:07,959 --> 00:22:09,620
isn't the weapon
that killed Bender.
475
00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:11,959
Ballistics put
the likelihood of a match
at 70%%.
476
00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:13,827
Let's take
those odds
to a jury.
477
00:22:13,965 --> 00:22:17,196
Without Sheridan's
prints on the gun,
you can't prove it's his.
478
00:22:17,402 --> 00:22:19,233
So whose was it,
the hotel maid?
479
00:22:19,304 --> 00:22:21,431
Two words.
Reasonable doubt.
480
00:22:21,506 --> 00:22:23,872
As for the gunfight
at the O.K. Corral,
481
00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:26,274
I hear ballistics
might never sort it out.
482
00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,245
You'll be lucky
to get an indictment.
483
00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,950
Correctional Assistance
Services filed
484
00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:37,682
a Federal habeas
corpus petition
in District Court.
485
00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:40,018
They want to take
Sheridan back to Georgia.
486
00:22:41,226 --> 00:22:44,855
First their bounty hunters
treat our city
like a shooting gallery.
487
00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:47,125
Now they want to
take home the Kewpie doll?
488
00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:55,301
Am I missing something?
489
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:58,002
This writ of habeas corpus
looks a lot like
an extradition request.
490
00:22:58,076 --> 00:23:00,977
We are simply requesting
that the court enforce
the lawful contract
491
00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:03,139
between my client
and Mr. Sheridan.
492
00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:04,838
What contract,
Mr. Branson?
493
00:23:04,916 --> 00:23:07,248
In return
for my client bonding
Mr. Sheridan's bail,
494
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:09,844
Sheridan agreed to appear
before an Atlanta court.
495
00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:12,715
Counsel is demeaning
the writ of habeas corpus,
496
00:23:12,791 --> 00:23:14,691
the last refuge
of an accused.
497
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,819
This amounts to
a motion of replevin.
498
00:23:16,995 --> 00:23:18,929
Now there's a term
I haven't heard
in a long time.
499
00:23:18,997 --> 00:23:20,658
Mr. Branson would
have you believe
500
00:23:20,732 --> 00:23:22,393
the issue is
his client's right
501
00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:24,298
to enforce his contract
with Mr. Sheridan.
502
00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:27,338
But this is
really an attempt to treat
Mr. Sheridan as property.
503
00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,169
As if he were
repossessing a car.
504
00:23:29,474 --> 00:23:31,442
The property
in this case happens
to be a human being.
505
00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:33,478
The district attorney
is muddling the facts,
Your Honor.
506
00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:37,003
The fact is that the defendant
is facing a hijacking charge
in Georgia,
507
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:39,573
verses three
homicide counts
here in New York.
508
00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:41,380
Who has the more
serious claim,
counselor?
509
00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:43,647
Georgia has
backed its claim with
an indictment, Your Honor.
510
00:23:43,722 --> 00:23:45,121
Has New York?
511
00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:46,521
We arraigned him
this morning.
512
00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:49,151
Under the statute,
you have five days
left to indict.
513
00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:51,024
If you haven't done so
by then,
514
00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:53,997
Mr. Sheridan will be
on the midnight train
to Georgia.
515
00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:58,092
We need to connect Sheridan
to that nine millimeter.
516
00:23:58,170 --> 00:23:59,865
What are the police
waiting for?
517
00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:02,532
For the FBl lab
to get back to them about
the serial numbers.
518
00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:05,041
Lean on them.
We fought to hold
onto Sheridan.
519
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:07,101
Let's make sure
we can put him away.
520
00:24:08,046 --> 00:24:09,809
We got a serial number
from the Feds.
521
00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:13,715
The gun's registered to
a Teri Barak,
address upstate, near Troy.
522
00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:16,845
Counting the nine millimeter,
he's got 22 weapons
registered.
523
00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:19,322
Most of 'em handguns,
all on Federal permits.
524
00:24:19,391 --> 00:24:22,622
If Canada
ever invades New York,
this guy's ready for a fight.
525
00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:25,162
So how'd
the nine millimeter get from
Barak to Max Sheridan?
526
00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:27,060
Maybe he sold it.
Maybe he lost it.
527
00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:28,393
Maybe you ask him.
528
00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:34,232
I never owned a pistol.
529
00:24:34,406 --> 00:24:37,739
And the only Max
I ever knew
was Schmeling.
530
00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:38,901
The boxer?
531
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,309
Ah, well,
you call him a boxer.
532
00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:44,212
I call him
a Kraut pantywaist.
533
00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:49,151
You know,
I fought that Nazi bastard
10 rounds in '37.
534
00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:51,249
He never
laid a glove on me.
535
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:53,888
"Teri Barak,
the Rooster
from Brewster"
536
00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:55,859
I thought your name
sounded familiar.
537
00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:59,522
So none of the weapons
registered under your name
actually belongs to you?
538
00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:02,562
Oh, you're pretty fast
on your feet, huh, kid?
539
00:25:03,134 --> 00:25:04,726
Nice TV set.
Where'd you get it?
540
00:25:05,203 --> 00:25:06,727
I think his son brought it.
541
00:25:06,805 --> 00:25:08,568
Come on!
I don't have a son.
542
00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:11,132
No. No.
A fan give me that.
543
00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:14,504
Yeah, all he wanted
was some autographs.
544
00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:16,037
Sucker.
545
00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:18,241
You happen to remember
this fan's name?
546
00:25:18,316 --> 00:25:19,783
His name?
547
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:23,810
Yeah, uh,
it began with a...
With a "V".
548
00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:26,484
I forget.
549
00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:28,090
You people will
have to leave.
550
00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:29,922
I have to give Mr. Barak
his bath.
551
00:25:29,995 --> 00:25:31,155
Come here.
552
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,555
You say I got a gun.
553
00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:36,362
And I say,
"Great, give it to me.
554
00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:38,834
"There's an orderly
around here
I want to shoot. "
555
00:25:42,307 --> 00:25:44,036
Barak barely knows
what day it is.
556
00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:46,669
He knows he went
10 rounds with
Max Schmeling.
557
00:25:46,745 --> 00:25:47,905
In 1937.
558
00:25:47,979 --> 00:25:50,311
So who supposedly
sold him this gun?
559
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,644
Well, according to
the paperwork,
560
00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:53,581
a dealer named
Armand Libretti.
561
00:25:53,652 --> 00:25:55,483
He has a Federal license
but no gun shop.
562
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,044
It cuts down
on overhead.
563
00:25:57,689 --> 00:26:00,658
So this Libretti sells
a nine millimeter
to Max Sheridan,
564
00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:03,523
a felon with a sheet,
and uses Barak's name
on the permit?
565
00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:05,095
He'll never admit it.
566
00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:06,963
I don't know
any Max Sheridan.
567
00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:08,932
You don't remember
the felons
you sell guns to?
568
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,298
I don't keep
those kind of records.
569
00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:12,768
The ATF does.
570
00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:15,906
They traced
the gun licenses
you arranged.
571
00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:17,874
A 72-year-old paraplegic.
572
00:26:17,943 --> 00:26:19,774
A blind grandmother
in Queens.
573
00:26:19,844 --> 00:26:22,540
And my personal favorite,
the guy who died three years
574
00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:25,082
before you sold him
two. 38's and a Magnum.
575
00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:27,946
He's the best-armed corpse
in Greenpoint Cemetery.
576
00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:31,318
Look, I give you the names
of the people I sold to,
what do I get?
577
00:26:31,389 --> 00:26:33,823
We drop local charges and
hand you over to the ATF,
578
00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:36,019
with you as
a cooperative witness.
579
00:26:36,461 --> 00:26:38,122
- I want to walk.
- That's not gonna happen.
580
00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:40,825
This is
a limited time offer
for 10 seconds only.
581
00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:42,423
You've already used eight.
582
00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:46,631
You want me to
write this down?
583
00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:48,104
You gonna to
record it, or what?
584
00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:49,333
Start with Max Sheridan.
585
00:26:49,407 --> 00:26:51,272
I told you,
I don't know the guy.
586
00:26:51,776 --> 00:26:55,007
You sold him this gun
sometime in
the last five days.
587
00:26:55,513 --> 00:26:57,947
Nine millimeter HK.
I don't handle
a lot of these.
588
00:26:58,016 --> 00:27:02,146
If this is one of mine,
I didn't sell it to this
Max what's-his-name.
589
00:27:02,854 --> 00:27:04,549
Then who did you
sell it to?
590
00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:07,992
Gil Freeman.
Couple of months ago.
591
00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:09,723
Where do we find him?
592
00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:11,323
Where you put him.
593
00:27:12,197 --> 00:27:13,528
He's in Rikers.
594
00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:17,457
Yo, I didn't shoot anybody.
595
00:27:17,535 --> 00:27:18,797
Not lately.
596
00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:20,733
You've been here
six weeks.
597
00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:24,200
We want to hear
how your gun ended up
in Max Sheridan's hands.
598
00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:28,673
What good's it gonna do me
if I talk to you guys?
599
00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:30,942
We'll talk to
the A.D.A.
handling your case.
600
00:27:32,017 --> 00:27:33,780
Now, what did you do
with the gun?
601
00:27:34,552 --> 00:27:37,248
Well, ask the bastards
who grabbed me
for jumping bail.
602
00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:39,389
They took it
when they broke my arm.
603
00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,092
Were these
police officers?
604
00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:44,285
Son of a bitch
bounty hunters.
605
00:27:44,729 --> 00:27:46,196
You know,
I'm gonna sue.
606
00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:50,729
You gotta love 'em.
607
00:27:52,637 --> 00:27:56,869
After you called, I went back
over the CSU reports and
the crime scene photos.
608
00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:58,770
When the shooting started,
609
00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:01,812
Millie was in this position
and the babysitter was here.
610
00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:05,210
Sheridan was in
the hall doorway leading
to the rear bedroom.
611
00:28:05,483 --> 00:28:06,950
And Granada and Difka?
612
00:28:07,018 --> 00:28:09,987
Judging from
the dispersal patterns,
they fired from a point
613
00:28:10,088 --> 00:28:12,022
two feet inside
the room here.
614
00:28:13,191 --> 00:28:15,489
Putting the women
between them
and Sheridan.
615
00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:18,995
Would Sheridan reach for a gun
with his sister in the way?
616
00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:21,930
Well, the women
could have moved after
the shooting started.
617
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,090
So we're back to
square one?
618
00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:25,397
Not quite.
619
00:28:25,470 --> 00:28:27,233
I examined
Sheridan's. 38.
620
00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:30,838
Bullet damage to the grip
and blood spatters
are inconsistent with
621
00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:33,309
Sheridan holding it
in his hand
when he was shot.
622
00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:35,436
But if it was
still in his waistband?
623
00:28:35,513 --> 00:28:36,537
Well, that would fit.
624
00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:39,014
The gun could have
fallen out
after he was shot.
625
00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:44,417
Sheridan never even
drew his weapon, Adam.
626
00:28:44,489 --> 00:28:45,547
They shot him
627
00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:48,456
and killed Millie Bender
and the babysitter
in cold blood.
628
00:28:48,526 --> 00:28:52,087
And they did this carnage
to cover up the fact
they shot Douglas Bender.
629
00:28:52,163 --> 00:28:54,028
Why kill Bender
in the first place?
630
00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:55,623
Weren't they
after Sheridan?
631
00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:57,998
When we
have them in custody,
we'll ask them.
632
00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:03,166
Is your expert absolutely sure
that Sheridan still had
his gun in his waistband?
633
00:29:03,975 --> 00:29:06,034
No. But she
considers it
most likely.
634
00:29:06,544 --> 00:29:08,774
Sheridan has
confirmed this scenario?
635
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,177
We spoke to his lawyer.
636
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,182
He says Sheridan
can't remember
what happened.
637
00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,582
So you have him
and his faulty memory.
638
00:29:15,653 --> 00:29:17,780
You have a prisoner,
this Freeman fella,
639
00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:21,821
with every reason to
implicate the bounty hunters
who arrested him.
640
00:29:23,027 --> 00:29:25,188
And you have
a crooked gun dealer.
641
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:27,322
Some witness list.
642
00:29:27,398 --> 00:29:28,865
It's a good beginning.
643
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,460
Your opinion.
Arrest the bounty hunters.
644
00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:35,637
If they don't know
what kind of case you got,
645
00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:38,198
maybe one of 'em will be
dumb enough to talk.
646
00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,844
What's this Bender guy
got to do with us?
647
00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:47,646
You and your partner
killed him and dumped him
in his car, Andy.
648
00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:50,620
I realize you've busy
since then,
blowing babysitters away,
649
00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:52,485
so it probably
slipped your mind.
650
00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:54,716
Never happened.
Oh, yes, it did.
651
00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,555
And we can put you together
with the gun that shot him.
652
00:29:57,662 --> 00:29:59,027
You know squat.
653
00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:00,990
You got squat.
654
00:30:01,065 --> 00:30:02,157
We've got
a murder weapon
655
00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:03,598
that might as well
have your name on it.
656
00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:05,898
We've got proof Sheridan
never drew his gun.
657
00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:07,961
We have
motive for a conspiracy
to commit murder.
658
00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:09,939
Still sound like
squat to you?
659
00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:11,475
Smells like it, too.
660
00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:15,242
I'm a good judge
of people, Andy.
661
00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:17,738
You worked security
in a department store
662
00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:20,182
before you went into
this line of work.
663
00:30:20,251 --> 00:30:23,880
What happened to
Bender and those two women
must've made you sick.
664
00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,588
Not like your partner.
665
00:30:26,858 --> 00:30:29,793
If this was his idea,
you don't have to
go down with him.
666
00:30:31,062 --> 00:30:33,724
I'm done here.
I want a lawyer.
667
00:30:37,268 --> 00:30:38,963
I got nothing to say.
668
00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:41,762
You want to charge me,
be my guest.
669
00:30:54,919 --> 00:30:58,116
Granada wants a lawyer.
They're not buying our bluffs.
670
00:31:00,458 --> 00:31:02,392
Let's bring 'em up
for arraignment.
671
00:31:07,232 --> 00:31:11,828
Docket 8763,
People v. Andrew Granada
and Ronald Difka.
672
00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:13,734
Two counts each
Murder in the First Degree,
673
00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:15,466
one count each Murder
in the Second Degree.
674
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,508
One count each
Attempted Murder in
the Second Degree.
675
00:31:17,575 --> 00:31:19,839
Busy boys.
Let's have your pleas.
676
00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:21,576
Not guilty.
677
00:31:21,846 --> 00:31:23,006
Not guilty.
678
00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:25,311
Bail application.
The People have the honors.
679
00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:27,817
The evidence against
Mr. Granada is rock solid,
Your Honor.
680
00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,547
People ask for remand.
681
00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,452
Your Honor,
Mr. Granada is
a bonded agent.
682
00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:34,114
In that case,
he shouldn't have
any trouble raising bail.
683
00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:37,092
I think one million dollars
has a nice ring to it.
684
00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:39,953
As to Mr. Difka,
the People consent to ROR.
685
00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:42,363
Granted.
Any objection,
counselor?
686
00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:43,695
Your Honor,
I'm not sure that...
687
00:31:43,768 --> 00:31:44,996
Yes or no?
688
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:49,506
No objection, Your Honor.
689
00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:52,338
Defendant Difka is
released in his
own recognizance.
690
00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:55,841
Buy yourself a lottery ticket.
Seems to be your lucky day.
691
00:31:58,116 --> 00:32:01,745
Docket number 27665.
People v. Pete Nepston.
692
00:32:01,819 --> 00:32:03,684
Wait a minute. I want...
I want to talk to you.
693
00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:05,916
One count Aggravated Sexual
Abuse in the Second Degree.
694
00:32:08,126 --> 00:32:10,094
What kind of game
are you playing here?
695
00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:12,820
Why was his
co-defendant released?
696
00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:16,395
That's not a question
I'm prepared to answer,
counselor.
697
00:32:16,467 --> 00:32:17,764
What does your client
want to say?
698
00:32:17,835 --> 00:32:19,132
Mr. Granada isn't
making any statements
699
00:32:19,203 --> 00:32:20,363
until we get
an explanation...
700
00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:21,905
Ron tell you I
shot that guy
in the car?
701
00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:23,372
Mr. Granada...
No.
702
00:32:24,242 --> 00:32:26,540
I'm not letting
that nut job
pull me down.
703
00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:28,476
I'll tell you what
you want to know.
Off the record.
704
00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,036
Until we work out
a deal.
705
00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:32,639
Fine.
You have the floor,
Mr. Granada.
706
00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,848
I didn't shoot Bender.
Ron did.
707
00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:37,611
Why?
708
00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:39,281
It was sort of
an accident.
709
00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:40,982
We thought he was Sheridan.
710
00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:42,754
Ron, he's got a short fuse.
711
00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:44,954
It's what got him
kicked out of the Marines.
712
00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:48,294
Dumping the body?
Planting the gun?
Whose idea was that?
713
00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:49,928
It was all Festov.
714
00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:51,935
Ron called him
after Bender got shot.
715
00:32:52,003 --> 00:32:54,233
Did Festov tell you
to shoot Sheridan?
716
00:32:54,372 --> 00:32:56,067
No. Sheridan pulled a gun.
717
00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:58,608
Festov just said
bring him in,
dead or alive.
718
00:33:01,612 --> 00:33:02,977
Murder two?
719
00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:04,674
This is nonsense.
720
00:33:04,749 --> 00:33:06,239
Three dead.
That's nonsense to you?
721
00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:07,750
Two were shot
in self-defense.
722
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:08,843
We've already been
through all of this.
723
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,388
They were
the unfortunate
bystanders
724
00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:14,914
in an attempt to
frame Max Sheridan for
the murder of Douglas Bender.
725
00:33:15,026 --> 00:33:17,961
You're dreaming.
Anyway, it's got nothing
to do with me.
726
00:33:18,029 --> 00:33:20,554
Mr. Difka, at least,
was acting on your orders.
727
00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:22,793
We have his
cell phone records.
728
00:33:23,134 --> 00:33:24,829
He called you
minutes after
Bender was shot.
729
00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:26,233
You told him
to cover it up.
730
00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,995
Mr. McCoy,
I'll say this again.
This is nonsense.
731
00:33:29,474 --> 00:33:31,408
I'm filing a motion
to have
all charges dismissed.
732
00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:32,568
On what basis?
733
00:33:32,643 --> 00:33:35,544
Why would my clients cover up
something that wasn't a crime?
734
00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:41,344
Doug Bender's shooting
an accident?
735
00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:42,579
Mistaken identity.
736
00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:45,422
They took Bender
for Sheridan.
737
00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:46,855
It happens.
738
00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:49,084
Nothing overtly
criminal about that.
739
00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:51,252
Why was it
so important to Festov
740
00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:53,524
to make it look like
Bender was killed
by Sheridan?
741
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:55,666
I see an accident,
I think lawsuit.
742
00:33:57,101 --> 00:33:59,695
Could be Festov was worried
about a civil action.
743
00:34:00,838 --> 00:34:04,604
Well, if the accident was
foreseeable,
it's wrongful death. Maybe.
744
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:07,644
What exactly got Difka
kicked out of the Marines?
745
00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:10,338
Call the Pentagon.
Find out.
746
00:34:11,849 --> 00:34:15,307
Mr. McCoy's theory is
that my client
conspired with Mr. Granada
747
00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,786
to conceal a shooting
that wasn't criminal.
748
00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:19,447
That's only
the half of it.
749
00:34:19,757 --> 00:34:22,385
They concealed it
because Mr. Festov was
afraid of a lawsuit
750
00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:24,017
arising out of
Doug Bender's killing.
751
00:34:24,095 --> 00:34:25,858
That's ridiculous.
What lawsuit?
752
00:34:25,930 --> 00:34:28,660
Festov hired a man
with a record of violence,
753
00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:31,133
handed him an arsenal,
and gave him carte blanche
754
00:34:31,202 --> 00:34:33,102
to capture fugitives
dead or alive.
755
00:34:33,604 --> 00:34:35,469
Difka was a disaster
waiting to happen.
756
00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:37,474
The man has
no criminal record.
757
00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:39,537
He has
a military record, Judge.
758
00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:41,803
He was an MP
in the Marine Corps,
759
00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:44,245
until a dishonorable
discharge in 1991,
760
00:34:44,315 --> 00:34:46,545
following a court martial
for a near-fatal assault.
761
00:34:46,784 --> 00:34:48,945
The second in
Corporal Difka's career.
762
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:50,180
This isn't relevant.
763
00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:52,779
It is relevant because
Festov knew about it.
764
00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:54,484
He received a copy
of Difka's record
765
00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:56,424
in response to
a routine personnel check.
766
00:34:56,527 --> 00:34:59,223
How does that make
Mr. Festov responsible
767
00:34:59,297 --> 00:35:01,891
for Difka's accidental
shooting of Doug Bender?
768
00:35:01,966 --> 00:35:05,424
The shooting was foreseeable.
It's depraved indifference
homicide.
769
00:35:05,503 --> 00:35:08,336
That's why they
burst in on Mr. Sheridan
with guns blazing.
770
00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:11,506
What Mr. McCoy sees
as nefarious and criminal
771
00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:16,411
is simply standard and
legal operating procedure
for bail bondsmen.
772
00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:19,473
Three murders
are standard
operating procedure?
773
00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:23,611
Difka and Granada were
acting as bail agents
in pursuit of a fugitive.
774
00:35:23,921 --> 00:35:26,185
They were entitled to
use deadly force.
775
00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:29,658
Difka was acting
at the behest
of Mr. Festov.
776
00:35:29,727 --> 00:35:31,194
He told Difka
to kill Sheridan.
777
00:35:31,262 --> 00:35:34,254
Well, if you have
any real proof of that,
bring it on.
778
00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:36,658
I have
Mr. Granada's statement.
779
00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:38,201
Ambiguous at best.
780
00:35:41,772 --> 00:35:43,831
I want to hear it
from the horse's mouth.
781
00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:50,680
We figured on Sheridan
making for his family,
782
00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:53,511
so we went
to his sister's place
and waited there.
783
00:35:54,785 --> 00:35:58,152
At around 9:00,
we saw him get into
a blue Honda.
784
00:35:58,289 --> 00:35:59,517
We gave pursuit.
785
00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:01,447
Did you catch him?
786
00:36:01,526 --> 00:36:03,118
We lost him downtown.
787
00:36:03,594 --> 00:36:05,721
We did a grid search
looking for the car.
788
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:07,825
Ron...
789
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:10,694
Mr. Difka,
790
00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:14,170
he was pissed 'cause
we were driving all night.
791
00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:15,737
How angry was he?
792
00:36:17,441 --> 00:36:19,534
He said
when we caught up
with Sheridan,
793
00:36:21,245 --> 00:36:22,906
he was gonna
rip his arms off.
794
00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:28,711
Go on.
795
00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:31,178
Around midnight,
796
00:36:31,255 --> 00:36:33,815
we saw Sheridan
headed north
on 11th Avenue.
797
00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:37,753
Ron cut him off,
yelled for Sheridan
to get out.
798
00:36:37,828 --> 00:36:42,561
The guy gets out,
reaches for his pocket,
Ron shoots him.
799
00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:44,999
The guy's dead.
800
00:36:45,069 --> 00:36:47,003
Only it wasn't Max Sheridan.
801
00:36:47,371 --> 00:36:50,431
No. We checked his ID
It was Doug Bender.
802
00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:54,568
When Bender reaches
for his pocket,
803
00:36:54,645 --> 00:36:56,408
why didn't you
fire your weapon?
804
00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:58,147
It was drawn,
wasn't it?
805
00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:01,411
I wasn't sure
he was reaching for a gun.
806
00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:03,917
What did you do then?
807
00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:05,788
Ron called Festov.
808
00:37:06,424 --> 00:37:08,790
We dumped the body
in the trunk and took off.
809
00:37:08,859 --> 00:37:10,121
Why did you do that?
810
00:37:10,628 --> 00:37:13,927
Ron said Festov said
if we report it
to the police,
811
00:37:13,998 --> 00:37:16,466
it would tip off Sheridan
that we were on to him.
812
00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:21,465
Back at the office,
Festov told us
to find Sheridan,
813
00:37:21,539 --> 00:37:23,439
plant the nine millimeter
on him.
814
00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:25,436
Did he say why?
815
00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:26,668
Not to me.
816
00:37:30,047 --> 00:37:33,915
Did he give you
any other instructions with
regard to Mr. Sheridan?
817
00:37:34,852 --> 00:37:37,377
Just said
to bring him in,
dead or alive.
818
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:40,751
What did you
take that to mean?
819
00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:42,255
What it means.
820
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,087
Dead or alive.
821
00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:47,120
Either way,
we get our money.
We get paid.
822
00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:50,962
Now, Mr. Granada,
823
00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:53,699
the police determined
824
00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:57,400
that Sheridan's gun
was still in his waistband
when he was shot.
825
00:37:58,509 --> 00:38:00,477
Did you see him
reach for his gun?
826
00:38:00,544 --> 00:38:01,636
No.
827
00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:05,106
Ron saw him.
He yelled, "Gun" and
started shooting.
828
00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:06,911
So did I.
829
00:38:07,218 --> 00:38:10,483
And Millie Bender and
her babysitter?
830
00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:12,713
Everybody was
running and screaming.
831
00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:14,781
We didn't know who
was packing what.
832
00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:17,618
We couldn't,
we couldn't take that chance.
833
00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:21,090
And all this because
Mr. Difka yelled, "Gun"?
834
00:38:21,265 --> 00:38:22,493
Yes.
835
00:38:24,535 --> 00:38:25,695
Mr. Granada,
836
00:38:27,405 --> 00:38:30,135
do you have any regrets
about the deaths
of Doug Bender,
837
00:38:30,207 --> 00:38:32,437
and his wife,
and their babysitter?
838
00:38:34,111 --> 00:38:36,909
I don't know.
Bender looked like
he was going for it.
839
00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:39,844
Ron said that Sheridan...
840
00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,017
We couldn't
take that chance.
841
00:38:44,855 --> 00:38:46,288
I just don't know.
842
00:38:53,831 --> 00:38:57,790
Mr. Granada, do you know
a man named Phil Warner?
843
00:38:58,035 --> 00:39:00,435
Used to.
He's dead.
844
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,302
He was a bail agent.
I used to work with him.
845
00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,968
And he died apprehending
a fugitive in New Jersey?
846
00:39:06,043 --> 00:39:08,136
Shot three times.
Point blank.
847
00:39:08,212 --> 00:39:09,873
Because he hesitated.
848
00:39:10,448 --> 00:39:11,915
The guy got
the drop on him.
849
00:39:11,982 --> 00:39:14,348
How long have you
been a bail agent,
Mr. Granada?
850
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:15,743
Three years.
851
00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:17,717
Are you licensed
by the state or
Federal government?
852
00:39:17,788 --> 00:39:20,552
Drivers license
and a gun permit.
That's all I need.
853
00:39:22,259 --> 00:39:24,750
And before you
place someone in custody,
854
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:27,229
are you required
to identify yourself,
as the police do?
855
00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:30,061
No. Why give up
the element of surprise?
856
00:39:30,267 --> 00:39:32,064
Do you read a person
his rights?
857
00:39:33,003 --> 00:39:34,937
They give us a name,
we take him in.
858
00:39:35,005 --> 00:39:37,269
Ever kick in a door
to get your man?
859
00:39:37,475 --> 00:39:38,499
Part of the job.
860
00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:40,271
Ever kick in
the wrong door?
861
00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:42,707
Sometimes you get
a bad tip.
862
00:39:45,082 --> 00:39:46,879
And have you ever
been investigated
863
00:39:46,951 --> 00:39:49,920
by any state
or local authority
for any behavior
864
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:51,487
arising out of a bad tip?
865
00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:53,321
A few times.
866
00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:57,054
Delaware, Pennsylvania.
Once in Indiana.
867
00:39:57,495 --> 00:39:59,292
They decided we were
within our rights.
868
00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:02,330
And based on your experience
as a bail agent,
869
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,960
do you think
you and Mr. Difka
870
00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:08,496
were within your rights
when you shot Doug Bender,
Max Sheridan,
871
00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:11,234
Mrs. Bender and Ms. Tuckman?
872
00:40:11,809 --> 00:40:13,003
Within our rights?
873
00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:14,510
As a bounty hunter.
874
00:40:17,214 --> 00:40:19,614
Yeah. I guess.
875
00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:23,713
Nothing further,
Your Honor.
876
00:40:27,224 --> 00:40:30,819
In Taylor v. Taintor,
the Supreme Court says
that bounty hunters,
877
00:40:30,895 --> 00:40:33,887
they may pursue
into another state,
and if necessary,
878
00:40:33,998 --> 00:40:36,228
break and enter
the subject's house.
879
00:40:37,668 --> 00:40:39,192
For better or for worse,
880
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,864
the bounty hunter
may use force,
including deadly force,
881
00:40:41,939 --> 00:40:43,600
to effectuate
a just recapture.
882
00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:47,969
Doug Bender's shooting
was lamentable,
but not criminal.
883
00:40:48,245 --> 00:40:51,806
Ron Difka's zealousness
just doesn't rise
to the level of homicide.
884
00:40:51,982 --> 00:40:53,210
A shooting in anger?
885
00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:55,752
Covering it up
by killing unarmed women?
886
00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:58,846
Mr. McCoy is using
the first shooting
as evidence of
887
00:40:58,923 --> 00:41:00,447
a criminal motive
for the other two.
888
00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:02,525
Yet the first shooting
was in no way criminal.
889
00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:05,562
Mr. Branson's position
would give these men
unfettered discretion...
890
00:41:05,629 --> 00:41:07,221
They're bail agents.
891
00:41:07,531 --> 00:41:10,227
The Supreme Court gives them
just that discretion.
892
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:12,861
Taylor and its progeny
are nearly a 100 years old.
893
00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:14,632
And they've never
been overruled.
894
00:41:14,705 --> 00:41:19,438
Your Honor, the bail bondsman
and his agent serve
a legitimate societal need.
895
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:23,241
Without the bail bondsman,
most criminal defendants
could not post bail.
896
00:41:23,347 --> 00:41:24,837
And without
the bail agent,
897
00:41:24,915 --> 00:41:27,850
the bail-jumper would
threaten the existence
of the entire system.
898
00:41:27,918 --> 00:41:31,410
A properly trained
and regulated bail agent
may be a necessity,
899
00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:33,980
but as it stands,
there are no regulations.
900
00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:39,293
A society that tolerates
or turns a blind eye
to this kind of behavior
901
00:41:39,363 --> 00:41:40,853
is one step from barbarity.
902
00:41:40,931 --> 00:41:42,489
The point remains,
903
00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:45,831
bail agents can do
most anything without
fear of prosecution.
904
00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:49,164
I don't say it, Your Honor.
The Supreme Court does.
905
00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:59,805
Mr. McCoy, your theories
of the crimes make sense,
906
00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:02,182
given the motive
that you ascribe
to the defendants.
907
00:42:02,753 --> 00:42:06,086
Unfortunately,
you can't substitute
theory for evidence.
908
00:42:09,059 --> 00:42:11,789
This court shares
the People's outrage
909
00:42:11,862 --> 00:42:14,956
at the conduct
of these bail agents.
910
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:18,460
It seems that
the Fourth Amendment's
protection
911
00:42:18,903 --> 00:42:22,202
that persons should be
free from unreasonable
search and seizures,
912
00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:25,242
ought to apply
equally to them
as to police officers.
913
00:42:26,043 --> 00:42:29,672
But what little law
there is on the subject
indicates otherwise.
914
00:42:31,348 --> 00:42:34,511
The Supreme Court
has given its imprimatur,
however long ago.
915
00:42:35,786 --> 00:42:37,651
And the legislature,
in its wisdom,
916
00:42:37,721 --> 00:42:41,384
has not seen fit
to eliminate this scourge.
917
00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:46,093
As to the shooting
of Doug Bender,
918
00:42:46,163 --> 00:42:49,223
the depraved-indifference
homicide charges
are dismissed.
919
00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:52,631
Insofar as the allegations
that Millie Bender,
920
00:42:52,703 --> 00:42:54,728
Janet Tuckman,
and Max Sheridan
921
00:42:54,838 --> 00:42:57,272
were shot as
part of a conspiracy,
922
00:42:57,341 --> 00:42:59,639
this court sees
insufficient credible
evidence
923
00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:01,234
to sustain the indictment.
924
00:43:15,392 --> 00:43:16,984
No crime, no cover-up.
925
00:43:17,695 --> 00:43:20,220
Three people dead,
and no one's accountable.
926
00:43:21,365 --> 00:43:24,528
Justice on a budget.
What'd you end up
charging 'em with?
927
00:43:24,768 --> 00:43:27,896
Tampering with evidence.
An "E" felony.
928
00:43:28,072 --> 00:43:29,369
Oh.
929
00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:33,340
We arraigned them,
they posted bail.
$2,000.
930
00:43:33,811 --> 00:43:35,779
And they walk away
from three murders.
931
00:43:38,082 --> 00:43:40,243
We can always hope
they jump bail.