Street Thief (2006) - full transcript

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1-84.

All units, stand by.

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I was, like, seven,
eight years old,

and my grandmother was
visiting us from overseas.

She was, like,
this little old lady--

didn't speak a word
of ing English.

So anyways, my mother
was telling her

what Halloween's all about,



asked her to take me
trick-or-treatin'.

I'm begging her
to take me to the A&P,

the biggest supermarket
in our neighborhood back then.

Walking in this huge
ing store,

we see this big-ass crowd
of kids at the ing counter

begging for candy.

Boom, walk right past them.

I'm thinking,
"What the hell's going on?"

Next thing I know,
we're in the main candy aisle.

My grandmother grabs
boxes of candy

and starts dumping 'em
right in her ing purse.

Not one box or two boxes,

but she's cleaning
the ing racks off,

just dumping 'em in her purse.



When she can't fit
any more in her purse,

starts putting them
in my Halloween bag.

So then she grabs my hand;
we go to walk out.

Walk out the door,
nothing happens.

Halfway through the parking lot,
nothing happens.

I'm at home eating my candy,
nothing happens.

And that is when
it ing started.

I was infected with the.

Hey, just pull in next to
this truck against the fence.

You guys lock your doors?

So why be a professional thief?

Who said I'm a professional?

You can't be
a professional thief.

You can't go to the Yellow Pages
and look up "thief"

and give them a call.

What would you do if
you weren't a thief?

What are you ing
talking about?

Only ask
that's related to what I do.

You go too far
with your questions.

You're not gonna get anywhere.

I'm not--
I'm two steps ahead of you.

We already talked about this,

and that's kind of the line
that you need to stay on.

You're not gonna learn,
you know,

why this man is a burglar,

why he's the of society,
why we have this sickness,

why he's psychologically
ed.

There's none of that
going on, man.

I could have been
a ing plumber.

I could have been a doctor.

I could have been an accountant.

I could have been
a ing male stripper.

I'm a burglar, you know?

But that has nothing to do with
what you guys are here for.

You're here so people can see
the way really goes down,

the way 's really set up,
the two months before,

the thinking.

Just stick to
the ing profession.

You're not going to get
a sob story out of me.

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There's only one thing
I look for in a score: cash.

I don't with nothing else.

Like, a Nordstrom's in a big
ing shopping mall,

they make a ton of cash, right?

Wrong, they make a ton
of ing money.

First off, you got nightclubs.

Nightclubs I love.

I could case a club for a month
and no one would even notice;

all cash--
nasty, wet, liquor-soaked cash.

easy as hell to estimate.

Then you got ethnic businesses,
especially in Hispanic areas.

They're densely populated.

Most people live
paycheck to paycheck,

so everything they do
they're doing with cash.

You got Mexican supermarkets
rocking 80 to 100 G

in a single weekend,
and the list goes on.

You guys don't mind, right?

I can't ing
believe you guys.

You guys are idiots, honestly.

They filming a movie. Ooh.

What the is
the matter with you guys?

Bro, just turn it off already.

We're putting this on hold

until you guys work this camera
out, all right?

I went through more exposure
buying a shirt

than I have in the last year
doing scores, bro.

You should just stay in the car

and make your film about a guy
driving around in a car,

not about a guy
doing ing scores.

Name's Larry Evans,
from Chicago, Illinois.

I'm in here for two counts
of commercial burglary.

My first job
was actually payback.

Working for this
restaurant hole.

My boss doesn't have money

when it comes time
to ing pay me.

So I'm sitting there
all ing pissed off.

My buddy's like, "Hey,
just take what you need, man."

So we started taking.

Then we started
casing the place, man.

The next thing I know,
we got a safe on a dolly--

the kind they use to go
the airport with,

the ing luggage.

We're going down the street

with this ing thing.

Got to get all these
little babies.

So where we at?

What are we doing?

We're downtown
just ing cruising around,

checking out.

Every day's checking out,
bro.

So you ever get lonely being
kind of solo all the time?

Um, no,
'cause I'm not solo, man.

I'm out there.

I'm going around.

I'm checking out.

Do you ever look for women?

Hey, what's up? Come on in.

I look atwomen;
I don't look forwomen.

It's the ing
biggest downfall.

Go find me some ing girl,

tell her my life story too,
right?

Breaks up with me,
goes to her next ing guy,

wants to show off:

"I knew this ing guy;
he had a lot of money."

Sees my face one day,
and then you know where I'll be.

I don't know.

It's kind of hard,

but it's part of the game,
you know?

You got to choose one thing
or another.

Oh, Michelle,
can you get me my shirt?

Yeah.

Thanks.
Here.

Do whatever the I want.

I like my life.

I like my lonely life.

About three days later,
we get the ing thing open.

I give my guy half the money
for being lookout,

and it's more money than I make
in ing six months, man.

I spend it in a week.

I'm paying my bills.

I'm having a good time.

Do whatever the I want.

Like what you guys do,
that's fresh, you know?

You guys might never make it.

You guys make it, but you're
doing something you want to do.

You're doing something you love.

I think 90% of the people
out there,

they do what they do to survive.

You know, you go to college
to become an accountant.

You think that guy wants
to become an accountant?

No.

He went to college
to become an accountant

because it pays $37,000 a year,

and he can have his wife
and kids and a minivan

and a ing house.

You get to ing work.

You work your eight hours.

You go home.

You get your paycheck
at the end of the week.

What kind of life is that?

Then your 62 years old,
and you retire for three years.

You die of ing
prostate cancer

or some ing crazy.

I mean, think about it?

You guys ing hungry?

How you doing?

Hi, how're you doing?

Good, good;
let me get a Polish, raw onions.

Polish?

No, no, raw onions
and mustard.

Raw onion and mustard?

Carpenter goes into your house;
the first thing he looks at

is your wood trim around
your doors, your baseboard.

I drive around all day;

I look at the money,
the cash, security, alarms.

The whole day,
it's all I think about.

You got two beef, no peppers,

a side of dry,
a side of sweet pepper--

Uh-uh.

A side of gravy?

No, I had three Polishes.

I think I changed my mind about
this place completely, man.

Not their food.

I'm talking about hitting
the ing place, man.

This is mass confusion here.

I think I could
come in the daytime

and just walk out
with the damn thing.

Anyways, like, that place
we were just at,

they ing rock.

The drive-through's cash only.

You figure 10, 15 bucks
a person average.

But do your ing homework,
you're going to find out

inside, 80% of the people paying
are paying with credit card.

So when you do the ing
math, maybe 5, 6 G.

Is it ing worth it?

Not for me.

Hey, bro, you know what
you need to do?

You need to put the camera down
and eat your ing food.

Ah, look at this.

Hey, what happened?

Nothing.

They just cut off our light
right now.

You want me
to turn it on for
you?

See these little things?

That's the only reason
you don't have electricity.

Oh, wow.

So they pop them in there,
and your power's off.

So now it's back on.

Thanks.

No problem.

But don't forget that
this is going to buy you

a couple of months,
'cause they'll be back.

That is good.

The rush is when
you're sitting there

and you got
whatever you want, man.

You got ladies all over you.

You got drinks, man.

You're flying off to Vegas
one day;

you're coming back the next.

You want to go to Amsterdam,
go to the ing pot parade,

you go, and you come back.

You're out of money?

You case a place.

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Hey, Chuy, man.

Hey, bro, where you work?

Nah, bro, it was today, man.

Bro, we ing lost the game,
man.

ing Paco brought his cousin
and.

Man, that's messed up, bro.

Man, I tried calling you, like,
seven, eight times, man.

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Sir, can I help you
with something?

How'd you get in here?

Monarch model seven. Solid.

Solid ing safe, man.

I was looking
right at the ing thing.

Doable.

Definitely ing doable, man.

800-726-3183.

It's news time now.

Hi. Good evening.

This is...

This is it right here,

just sitting and watching...

learning.

♪

What the hell
they reaching up for?

I guess they're automatic doors.

Those guys look like they're
Hindu or Arab or some.

That's one thing I learned,

is that these guys never
leave ing money behind.

But I know I've seen the safe,

so more than likely,
it's armored-car pickup.

Sometimes you got early starters
that come in

three, four hours
before a place opens.

They work before there's even
lights on in the place,

so you got to know
that type of stuff.

You know,
you'll get a guy who comes

to put the rotisserie chickens
on, you know?

He'll come.

He doesn't need lights on
up front,

so you think the place is empty.

You think you got
four or five hours.

An hour later,
some guy shows up,

so it's important to know
while the place is closed

from when the last person leaves
to when the next person comes,

and you can't get that in
one day, two days, three days,

four days, five days.

Whoa, man.

Yeah, yeah.

Cops don't bother me.

I mean, cops are just like,

you know, anybody else
rolling by.

Same car we seen the other day.

That's the old man.

He's not drivin'.

All right, this guy got here.

I doubt he's leaving real soon.

I'm going to wait to see if
that car parks or rolls around,

and then I got to get
the out of here.

I got to go piss so bad.

How are you, buddy?

Listen, my friend told me

you guys are looking for
a stock boy.

Are you the manager?

A manager, who?

I'm sorry, what's her name?

Laila, okay.

Can I talk to her, please?

Okay, buddy.
No, that's all right.

I will call for her tomorrow.

Thank you very much.

Oh, thank you, cousin.

Yes, thank you.

Syukriya.

Okay, take care, buddy.

All right, the he's a she,
and she's about to get off.

Name's Laila.

That's got to be her.

I guess she's the manager.

The other night,
we had those two Hindu guys.

This time I just go to figure
out who the 's who

and who's actually
running the place.

See her up ahead?

You guys hungry?

Perfect.

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Rob here.

Put it on speaker.

Go ahead.

Where you guys at?

We're right across the street
from the Junior Produce.

Where you at?

Well, why are you guys right
across the street from--

I'll be right there.

Why would you guys
park right here?

It's not a big
deal.

At one point,
this was
where

the entire city of Chicago
got all its produce.

If you ing at a banana
in 1974 at any ing store,

anywhere you bought it, it came
out of the South Watermarket.

Now it looks like

because half the places are
shutting down

and going to 30th and Ashland

'cause they're moving
the ing place.

So--so what are we doing
at the Junior Produce?

I thought we're still scoping
the Food Bazaar.

We're still doing Food Bazaar.

So this place right here

I've been watching for
six months on and off,

and, you know,
this is a good time to do it.

And if I'm doing one score,

it doesn't mean that's the only
place I ing concentrate on.

You know,
I'll be watching one place

and I'll come back to
another place if it comes up.

Sometimes you have to watch
a place for a year

to get your ride in.

If I waited on that one place
for an entire year

without doing a score,
I'd be starving.

I like getting a place
rock-solid ready

before I do it.

We have a female for a search
at Wells and Division.

Any females out there
to the search, Wells?

Points to a burglar alarm.

Oh,.

It's an abort.

Go, go!

Get the out of here.

124, 1099.

10-4.

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This is Tim from Food Bazaar.

Is Laila there, please?

No, she hasn't left here
actually.

Can pretend
I actually have a life.

I've got to print some sales
reports for my dad.

Well, what do you want to do?

I don't really care, as long
as it's something, anything

so I pretend
I actually have a life.

All right,
I'll think of something.

I'll see you at 5:00.

I met this ing
62-year-old guy,

jogs five miles
every ing day.

And he's been smoking
since he was ing 12.

That's fresh, huh?

Whew.

I'll think of something.

I'll see you at 5:00.

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Goal!

Goal!

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Going to the show.

See this?

Porcelain.

Best thing to use is sparkplugs.

Crack a little piece
off a spark plug,

hit a ing piece of glass
with this, shatters immediately.

All right, I'll be right back.

Come on, tell 'em to keep
ing rolling and.

Here we go.

It's definitely not the ing
way you want to do that, man.

That was a big mistake
back there.

From me leaving this car to me
coming back with her bag

should have been
a one-minute thing.

I can't believe this place.

It went from half empty
to being a jam-packed lot

in a matter of minutes.

There's got to be
500 cars in there.

That's a lot of ing money
in there, man.

Six months of sales reports.

Problem is, it doesn't say
about cash or credit.

I can't believe how much stuff
she has in her bag.

God it.

At least the ring is here.

I mean, they're making money.

That's for sure.

♪

I love this.

It's fun, you know?

This is where I make my covers.

You know, like this hat,
turning a van into a work truck,

ID badges, paperwork, disguises,

whatever I got to do.

And I got something
that will do the trick.

Nice union sticker.

You could half-ass it,
but sooner or later,

you're going to get that one
person who takes a second look,

and that's when it's important

to make sure
you do your right.

♪

♪

Any big place
with 20 or more employees,

easy as hell to get into.

You just act normal.

Employees don't give a.

They think you're
supposed to be there.

I put temp screws in there
with some double-stick tape.

Those will hold for
three, four days.

Now all I got to do is go there,
kick the window in,

and I got a straight line
into the room with the safe.

Check it out.

Uh, there's a little change
in plans.

I'll fill you guys in
when you get to the warehouse.

I need you guys there at 8:00
if you guys want to roll.

Later.

Come on, let's go.

Hurry up and park. We're late.

The Food Bazaar, at this point,
is on hold.

We're not doing that tonight.

We're going to a place
called Slick's downtown.

It's a small nightclub.

I got to find out what time
the ing first person

gets there in the morning,

and then we're set.

So Food Bazaar, forget about it.

This place has to be done
tonight.

I got no window like I do
with most other places.

Well,
how had you find
out about it?

Um, that has nothing to do
with what I'm doing.

But, I mean, you've
been preaching about being
cautious,

checking the place
out for a long time.

We haven't even heard
anything about this place.

All right, well,
I've been watching this place

without you guys knowing
for about three days.

Let's get there and let's just,
you know, watch this thing

and hope that this
ing goes down.

♪

We'll meet back tonight.

You'll know what our in is.

I'll give you guys
all the information you need,

and that's where we're at.

What's wrong?

It just--I don't know.

Everything else you've done
you've just set up for so
long.

I mean,
how--

Yeah, but what--what does that
have to do with you?

What does that have to do
with him?

If you say that you're
going to go into a
place,

we'll be there to cover
you.

That's what
we're trying to
get.

I'm just
trying to find
out why

this is the only
thing that you've
mentioned

that you've looked at for
such a short amount of
time.

'Cause I found out
about the score.

I found out about the score
a few days ago.

I've watched it.

I know what's happening.

You don't help me make decisions

about what I'm taking down
or not.

If you guys want to ing
cover me, you cover me.

If you're worried about it
in any way,

if you're nervous about it
in any way,

I cannot ing have you there
putting that on me.

I didn't get much sleep
last night.

I'm gonna eat, take a nap,
and then get ready.

It's going to be
a long-ass night.

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This place ain't as covered
as far as from my end

as Food Bazaar was.

I don't know where
the money's at in this place.

I don't know if I'm going to
be in there a half hour

or an hour or two hours.

Can you turn that
ing thing off?

Get the out of here!

What are you ing doing?

Get out of there!

Let's go.

You know what?

This is ing over.

You're trying not to sweat.

You're trying not
to your pants.

You're ing
scared less.

Anyone who tells you otherwise,
man, they're ing lying.

Everyone knows that feeling,
man.

You know that feeling

when you got to take
a ing real bad?

We had one guy in our crew,
you walk into the place,

he's looking for a place
to , man.

Two, three times before we get
the ing safe out of there,

he's ing dropping trou,
leaving turds, man.

What are we gonna do,
hold each other's hand and cry?

Can you turn the camera off
so we can talk-talk, man?

No, don't turn the camera off,
all right?

The way you're talking,

this could be the last time
we're filming you, so...

It's not going to be
the last time you're
filming.

You know, I just let you guys
go a little bit too far.

You guys came in
on the wrong ing job.

That was not the place
to let you guys come in.

Well, what happened back there?

I mean,
it looked like an easy score.

You didn't have to
with the safe or anything.

You just walked in.

The money's sitting in a drawer.

I mean...

You're looking at it
from a different point of view

than I'm looking at it.

I don't know; I just let you--

I just need to put this
on hold for a couple of weeks,

you know, and see where
it goes from there.

Okay, well, what about the supermarket?

Forget about
the ing supermarket.

The supermarket's ed.

Those screws I pulled
out

will hold three, four days,

and I'm not doing a score
in three, four days.

I'm not doing it in a week,
or...

You know,
I just need a couple of weeks.

Okay.

Tell him to turn it off.

All right.

Turn the camera off.

♪

So we waited to hear
from Kaspar.

But when a few weeks
turned into a few months,

we began to suspect
we'd never hear from him again.

Hey, what's up, guys?

I know it's been a while,
but I got everything in order.

I thought we could
get together this weekend

and talk about getting things
going again.

Give me a call.

Talk to you later.

I ain't ing out here
to kill squirrels, man.

Poor little baby squirrels.

If you're going
to come out here to hunt,

you're going to eat
whatever you hunt.

I've eaten deer.

Deer, once in awhile, is okay,

but there's guys out here
like savages.

They're just out here to kill.

They're looking
for anything to kill.

"Anything that ing moves,
I'm gonna kill it."

That's not why I'm out here.

You know why I'm out here?

Listen.

You hear that?

Peace.

You see that mother go?

He ran like hell.

Did you see those deer over
there, by the way, before?

Yeah, I seen 'em.

But these ing guys.

I mean, I don't want to blow
a camera guy's head off.

You know what I'm saying?
So...

All right.

"Action" means?

"Action" means he's going to do

whatever the
he wants to do.

I don't even pay attention
to these ing guys.

Look at 'em.

Up my ass
the whole ing day.

I'm trying to come out here
to avoid all this stuff,

and he's sitting there
recording and asking questions

and recording.

You just ignore him.
Get him out of your mind.

I don't need blood to feel good
about my hunt, you know?

Now, my partner here, Mick,
that's a different story.

This guy likes to hunt.

This guy likes to kill ,

but this man will eat
whatever he kills.

You'll eat a rat,
right?

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

You're not
cold?

You just stand
there and absorb
it.

No, I'm not cold.

Your ing shirt's
open.

No, I'm not cold.
We were running.

Did you bring one of these heat
things along for yourself?

No.
No?

I'm gonna warm my cheeks.

So he's not filming;
he's just--he's just recording.

Huh?

Yeah, he just does
whatever he wants to do.

He films when he wants to,
records when he wants to.

Check that out.

What is this, a deer?

Yeah, I
think so.

They put those up there
for carnivorous birds.

Like what, woodpeckers?
What else?

Yeah, any kind
of birds that eat suet
and fat.

Holy.

♪

Can't believe I've hardly
changed my next look.

I'll keep it loose...

like I've been working all day.

And...

Think we're all set.

All right.

Oh, yeah.

Last time they can was Friday,

so now I know these guys are
coming weekdays.

Think about how many places
they stopped today

and how much money they have
in the truck when they're done.

That's how those guys
in New York got $7 million.

Seems like a lot of money.

That's seven trucks
full of money.

And then they gave the guy
ten years,

and he wouldn't tell them
where the ing money was.

No, 25 years.

So he gets out,
they have 7 million bucks

in a ing hiding spot.

I don't know;
that's something to think about.

Would you lose 25 years of
your life for 7 million bucks?

All right.

♪

Now, that's got to be
the manager.

Yep, there he is.

Look at him.

It's 11:20.

So either this guy's early
and cares

or he's late as hell
and doesn't give a.

Look at the way he's galloping.

This guy's ing late,
20 minutes, guaranteed.

♪

Man, I do all kinds of:

dig through trash,
tap a ing phone.

I'll even forward people's mail
to another address.

Too bad this ain't, like,
a XXX-rated film, huh?

So now I take all this ,
lay it out,

look at the numbers, try to
figure out what they're ringing,

what the best day is,
figure out my day in.

Right now it looks like a Sunday
night, after they close.

See, big places like that,

in the past I've learned do get
armored-car pickup on Saturdays.

This place,
for some odd ing reason--

maybe it's 'cause
they're in the burbs

and they feel all safe
and cozy--

they don't have
to worry about it.

So we got the IMAX,
which does.

We already know that.

Nobody's watching
those ing films.

I got 18 adjoining theaters.

Each one has three good shows
on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

You see?

You can't find that out
from just watching a place.

Jackpot.

Saturday's
ing checkout sheet.

$2,151.36 at 7:50 pm.

See that?

7:50 on a Saturday.

That means
we're doing double this

by the time they ing close.

$185.00.

So we're talking 80%, 90% cash.

Place is charging $8.50, $9.00
a ing ticket.

Some of them are kids.

90 G just in ticket sales.

Add in popcorn and pop and gummy
bears and ing peanuts,

this place is rocking $140,000,
$150,000 a ing weekend.

play it safe,

cut that figure in half,

and that's what we're talking,
buddy: $70 ing G,

which makes this job
100% ing worth it.

You guys ready
for some Black Angus?

That's one thing
I could ing be, man,

a ing chef.

Think I'm gonna try it
when I retire.

You guys want these rare
or well-done?

You guys should sit
the down and eat.

This is awesome.

Yeah, I don't got a reason
to follow this guy.

I already know what time
he or another manager

opens and closes, so...

And they got nothing to do
with the cash

except for make sure
it ends up in that safe.

Probably the cleaning crew.

I'll wait until they leave.

I need to know
what time they jet.

A lot of guys, this is where
they up, you know?

They get lazy, tired, whatever,
get too ing anxious, man.

Not me.

Besides the actual score,

this is actually
my favorite part of the job.

It's probably the biggest place
I've done.

2:00, my watch.

Yeah, come down here.

Wow, it's already 3:00.

The box is going to be
a ing monster.

I've done similar places before.

It's not going to be a problem,
but, uh, you know,

you need certain tools.

Good ol' Sawzall.

This right here is my baby.

This'll--this is too brittle--
cracks real easy.

And these are too thick.

It'd take you about three hours

to get through a safe
with this thing.

Oh, yeah, I forgot--
I need cigarettes.

I always make sure
I get my tools real clean.

That way, if anything happens,
like if the cops show up,

I don't have to worry
about leaving my prints behind.

♪

You know, after about a year
of pulling off some gigs,

some of the guys started getting
a little bit sloppy,

and on top of that,
we started to add more risks,

so it starts off as,
like, simply burglaries

turns into ing
full-scale riots, man.

We're ing tying people up
and armed robberies.

You know, you get out of bed,
you take a risk.

You're in here, you take a risk.

You're doing anything,
you're taking a risk,

but you don't have to take
the silly risk.

You don't have to take
the stupid risks.

You don't have to get yourself
ing caught

and then sell someone else
up the river

just to get off yourself,
you know?

These ing people, man.

So I go in.

The judge looks at me, says,
"You know what?

"I know you're
a ing career criminal.

I'm gonna throw the ing
book at you, give you maximum."

What are you gonna do, man?

They got me up for 22 cases
of ing burglary, man?

No.

I take the plea.

I take the plea.

They got me for two cases
commercial burglary.

Instead of 22 years,
I'll be out of here in three.

I learned this
from an old friend.

I wear two boxers and two
T-shirts before every score.

See, in County, you got to
handwash your in the sink.

Then you got to hang it to dry.

So, while your 's drying--
you only got one pair--

what are you gonna wear?

You guys learnin' something?

I always make sure.

You ever hear
about those morons?

They end up getting caught

'cause they dropped their ID
at the crime scene.

Not 'cause they ed up.

No, a mothering idiot
drops his ID.

Run cash just in case
I got to catch a bus or a cab

once I get away.

This is none of
your ing business.

I got a guy.

You guys would like this guy.

So this guy was part
of your crew?

No.

In fact, he was pretty much
against having a crew at all,

because, as we all know,

you can't really trust
everybody,

so--but, he trusted me,
and we worked together,

and we were able to score
some pretty big places together

that I couldn't do on my own
and he couldn't do on his own,

and without the ing crew
that would you over,

you know?

He's cool. He's quick.

He's collected.

And I think he knows
when to stop.

I've never even come close
to getting caught,

but you got to know
if anything goes wrong,

there's some serious
consequences.

So my advice to you two is,
if anything goes wrong,

run like ing hell.

♪

Yeah, I got this on.

It's already set.

It's like a walkie-talkie.

- Hear that?
- And you ing answer me.

The battery dies,

you'll get a ing
low battery thing on there.

Here's a ing fresh battery.
Pop it in there.

Look for the ing red tape
on the ing door,

get in there quick,

and make sure nobody ing
sees you guys, all right?

Don't this up.

♪

Okay, your movie is
in theater four,

so hallway to your left.

Thank you. Enjoy your...

♪

♪

♪

Yo, hurry up. Come in.

Here, take this.

Come on, grab it.

Hurry up.

♪

Oh, don't go too far that way.

I didn't get all the sensors
in the ing corridor.

♪

Wait out there.

Oh...

♪

♪

Watch out coming in.

Check it out.
Check it out.

Check it out.
Check it out.

That's why we came in
through the ing wall.

See that?

♪

Get the out, you guys.

Whoo!

You guys need to step back
a little.

Step back a little.

So what's going on?

Step back a little.

What happened?

What's going on is,
it's ing payday.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

♪

The is that?

Step the back.

Get back. Get back.

Get back. Get back.

Get back. Get back.

♪

You guys ready?

Step back. Step back.

You guys ing ready?

10 G.

$14,000, $16,000,
$18,000 $20,000.

$49,000.

$55,000.

$104,100.

Oh,.

What the hell is going on?

Slower.

♪

Make sure we know
what station for sure.

All right.

Chicago, 311.

Ms. Werten speaking.
How can I help you?

Yes, ma'am,
I'm trying to get information

on somebody who was arrested
earlier today.

I--I'll connect you
to central booking.

Hold on, please.

Field Services, Officer Ruiz.

Yes, ma'am,
I'm trying to get information

on somebody who was arrested
earlier today.

What kind of information are
you looking for, sir?

I'm trying to find out
where he's being held.

Hello?

Yeah, what is his last name?

Carr, K-A--

C-A-R-R?

K-A-R-R.

K-A-R-R.

Yes, ma'am.

First name?

Kaspar.

You said Jasper?

Kaspar.

Do you know his birth date?

Um, no, I don't know
his exact birth date.

Okay. Let's see.

We should be able to find him.

That doesn't seem like it would be a very common last name.

Let's see.

I think he's 32.

According to my database,
we don't have

anybody in custody
with that name at this time.

Okay, and if I gave you
where he was arrested at,

could you tell me which station
he might possibly be at

if they're just
holding him there?

Sure, what's--
what address was it?

It was at 4212 Pershing.

Oh, okay.

That was the ninth district.

Ninth district?

Yep.

Nine desk, Flynn.

Yes, I'm trying
to get information

on somebody who was arrested
earlier today.

Okay, you need
to call 745-4290.

It's the first district
on 17th and State.

We don't have a lockup here.

You don't have a lockup there?

Okay, and your district,
does that handle

if someone was arrested
at Pershing and Pulaski?

No, that'd be--I think that
would be the eighth district.

8th district, Officer Grier.

Can I help you?

Yes, sir, I'm trying
to get information

on somebody who was arrested
earlier today.

Okay, what's the name?

Kaspar Carr.

Kaspar Carr?

Yes.

What are you going to ask him?

We just got to find out
if they're holding him there.

Negative, sir.
He's not here.

Neg--he's not there?

No.

Okay, how long, um...

Is there any--is--

you guys handle Pershing
and Pulaski, correct?

If he was arrested there?

It depends on
what side of the street.

What side of the street.

Tenth district,
you might as well check them.

With what, ninth?

Tenth district.

Tenth district?

No, sorry,
that's the 8th district, sir.

You got the first district.

No, I don't have anybody
by that name.

We spend the rest of the day
trying to find any info

on where Kaspar was being held
or what he was arrested for.

After a while,

we figured he may have given
the cops a different name,

so the best thing to do
was to sit and wait,

sit and wait
for Kaspar to contact us,

only that never happened.

♪

On Friday, April 11th,
about 5:00, we got a call.

Two beat cops on routine patrol
noticed a suspicious-looking car

with its doors left open
in a lot.

Upon further investigation,

the officers found
what appeared to be blood

on the interior of the car,

upon which
our department was notified.

♪

Hi.

Ma'am?

Hi, can I
help you?

Hi, yeah. How are you?

You know the gentleman
that lives in the back?

I'm an old friend of his.

I've been back there a couple
times looking for him, and...

Okay.

Yeah, I haven't seen him
for about a week.

Really?
Yeah.

All right, um,
kind of a strange question,

but have the cops
been by here or anything?

All right, no big deal.

Should--should--

No, don't be worried.

I'm just an old friend of his.

I've just been looking for him.

I haven't seen him in,
like, a week.

Can I pass a message
on to him for you?

Yeah, just tell him
Rob was by looking for him.

I'll stop back by
in a couple days or something.

Okay. All right.

I don't get it, man.

If that was Kaspar's car that
the cops found at the warehouse,

then why haven't
they been by here?

Later we realized the cops
really didn't know anything,

not even Kaspar's real identity.

We were dying to know more,
what happened,

and did the cops even know
he was a burglar?

Well, our main concern is
not to lose our footage,

and we don't want to lose

anything that
we've already got,

but we want to try
and cooperate as well.

You--you may lose custody
of some of the footage,

some or all the footage
and your notes.

There's a privilege in Illinois
that's a source privilege,

and usually it's applied
in someone

that's not wanting to divulge
their information.

That--that privilege is under
735 ILCS 58901.

It says, "No court may compel
any person to disclose

the source of any information
obtained by a reporter."

How would you describe
this case?

What's the name
of the perpetrator?

Kaspar
Carr.

Kaspar Carr.

Yes.

This is Moran.

Detective Moran,
my name is Baron Harmon,

and I represent
some documentarians

who have some information
relating to some burglaries

that were committed in Chicago,
and...

Okay, hold on a second, sir.

What is your name, Harmon?

Wait, I also need to tell you

that I'm tape-recording
this call.

Okay, we're tape-recording
this phone call because why?

Because this is part
of the documentary.

That they want to come
to you now with the--

with the evidence
that they've accumulated.

Uh, what--what--
is this in regards

to a vehicle that was found
in a lot on Pershing?

That's the one, Kaspar Carr.

Kaspar Carr is--is he--
okay.

So we'd like to just set up
an appointment with you.

Who--who is Kaspar Carr?

Well, that--that's the person
that we believe is--

his true name--
the individual that was--

The owner of the car?

The owner of the car,
or that's what they believe.

When can these guys come in?

I'm at area three.

Do--are they familiar with
that?

You're at area--

Three is on Belmont
and Western.

Do you know where that is?

It's Belmont and Western,
right by Lane Tech, isn't it?

Our attorney arranged for us
to turn over our footage.

The sooner detectives
could solve the case,

the sooner we'd find out
what happened to Kaspar.

♪

Hey, detective.

Detective.

Hey, I've been trying to get
ahold of you for a week, man.

I just keep getting
the runaround.

I just called the precinct;
they said you weren't in.

I just want to talk
about the case.

So do you mind starting from
after Kaspar's car was found?

Blood was found
in the driver's seat area

on the floor and on the inside
driver's side door and window.

This led us to believe that
the victim received injuries

to the head or upper-body area,
and it was concluded

that the victim could not have
lost that amount of blood

and survived.

Over the next few weeks,

investigators solved close
to 100 open burglary cases,

all said to have been
the sole work of Kaspar Carr.

As for what had happened
to Kaspar,

it seemed that
detectives had a theory,

but they certainly weren't
sharing it with us.

Yeah, Robert,
this is Detective Moran.

I need to speak with you.

Give me a call at 312-744...

There was one score

that completely didn't fit
Kaspar's profile,

and investigators wanted
to talk to us about it.

They want to know how much money
we thought he took.

They want to know
how he found out about it.

After reviewing the footage
we'd turned in,

detectives were
surprised to find

that one of the burglaries
we filmed was never reported.

Which one?

Slick's.

What are you ing doing?

Why did Kaspar's plans
change that night,

and why did he put everything
on hold for two months

after that score?

Detectives thought
they had the answer.

On May 10, 2003,
police brought in Goran Uschev,

owner of Slick's Tavern,
for questioning in regards

to the disappearance
of Kaspar Carr.

Detectives believe
that Mr. Uschev,

who has a criminal history,

had both the motive and the
ability to murder Kaspar Carr.

After 36 hours of questioning,

police charged Mr. Uschev with
an unrelated misdemeanor charge.

For lake of evidence,

state's attorneys refused
to prosecute Uschev

for anything related
to the murder of Kaspar.

Hi, how are you?

Is Goran Uschev in?

I'm sorry,
he's not here tonight.

Okay, uh, well,
when's he usually in?

He's usually here
in the day.

You'll have to come back
tomorrow.

Okay, what--what time
should I come back?

Anytime.

Hi, how are you, man?

What's up, man?

Hi, Rob Rogers.

I'm a documentary filmmaker.

And can I speak
with the manager?

I wanted to ask him
about a, uh...

Okay, great.

Can he come out?

Yeah, come on.

Yeah, Rob Rogers.

Nice to meet you.

How are you doing?

Documentary filmmaker.

I'm here to talk to you
about the break-in

that happened
about six months ago?

I'm not the owner.

There's no owner here, man.

I got to ask you to leave, bro.
Thank you.

I just need to
talk to the owner.

- There's no owner here.
- Get the out of here.

We already spoke to the cops
about the break-in.

We're just trying
to get your response

on what happened that night.

Detectives have yet to find
any incriminating evidence

against Mr. Uschev,
and with no new leads,

the investigation
into Kaspar's disappearance

has been put on hold.

♪

What's up, motherers?

Come on, we got to go.

I'll get in trouble.

So how you doing?

Doing all right.

How long you been here at work release?

Two weeks.

Where you working at?

Working over there
at Lorraine's,

the greasy spoon over here.

I'm straight and narrow.

So what do you think happened to Kaspar?

Who?

Kaspar Carr, the guy you led us to.

I don't know what
you're talking about, man.

All right.

Well, did you hear the story about the burglar

who's car was found full of blood?

You know that guy?

Yeah, I knew Kaspar.

Why don't you want to talk about him?

'Cause there's nothing
to talk about.

The Illinois State Police Crime
Lab would not comment directly

on Kaspar's case;

however, we did manage
to obtain an interview

with retired forensic
pathologist Jim Sherlock,

who has investigated Chicago
crime scenes for over 25 years.

Could it be determined
by the amount of blood

left at a crime scene if
the victim did not survive?

I don't believe so.

I don't--I don't believe that

you could make
that determination

just based on the volume of
blood left at the crime scene.

I've been at crime scenes where
there's been a teaspoon of blood

and the person did not survive.

I've been at other crime scenes
where there's a large--

large pools of blood,
and just by looking at it,

you'd say there's no way
this individual could survive,

and you find out later
that they're alive and well.

So I don't believe it's possible
to tell if a person's dead

just by the amount of blood loss
at a crime scene.

I'd have to see the body.

Did investigators have it right?

I mean, these are the same guys
that for two weeks

couldn't figure out Kaspar's
identity or his home address.

And that night after Slick's,

what was really going through
Kaspar's mind?

He says one thing...

You guys are
just getting too close.

And then comes back
two months later

and does the exact opposite...

Letting us come in and film him
taking down his biggest score.

$104,100.

It just doesn't add up.

We have so many questions
we'd like to ask,

only Kaspar's not here
to answer him.

What would you do
if you weren't a thief?

What are you ing
talking about?

You go too far
with your questions.

You're not gonna get anywhere.

I'm not--
I'm two steps ahead of you.

I could have been
a ing plumber.

I could have been a doctor.

I could have been an accountant.

I could have been
a ing male stripper.

I'm a burglar, you know?

If I had to tomorrow change my,
uh, you know, outlook on life

and do something else,
I'm ing ready.

Just stick to
the ing profession.

You're not going to get
a sob story out of me.