NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 9, Episode 21 - Dead Meat in New Deli - full transcript
PREVIOUSLY ON NYPD BLUE...
IF WE TAKE THE SAME VACATION
TIME,
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIGURE IT
OUT.
IF YOU BACKED OUT,
I DON’T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND
HOW DISAPPOINTED THEO WOULD BE.
I’M JUST GETTING A STRONG SENSE
THIS ISN’T A GREAT IDEA.
IT’S OFF, AND IT’S FINE.
WE GOT TO GO.
YEAH.
I’LL SEE YOU LATER.
YEAH, DEFINITELY.
WELL, SO...
HEY.
DON’T WORRY.
EVERYTHING’S COOL, OKAY?
TAKE IT EASY.
SIT DOWN AND PUT
YOUR HANDS ON THE TABLE!
WE’RE GOING TO WORK THIS OUT,
DAVE.
I WAS SO NICE TO YOU!
YOU STILL ARE NICE.
NO! NO, NO!
NO, YOU SHOULD’VE LET ME GO.
YOU HAPPY NOW?
EVERYTHING IS GOING
TO WORK OUT.
SHUT UP!
IF YOU DON’T SHUT YOUR MOUTH,
I’M GOING TO BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF!
DAVE, WE’RE IN THIS
TOGETHER NOW,
AND I WANT TO SEE IT WORK OUT
FOR THE BOTH OF US.
I WANT TO WALK OUT OF HERE.
HEY. THE DOA’s A TONY STANZONE.
HE WAS WORKING THE COUNTER
WITH HIS NEPHEW OVER THERE GARY
MONTANERI.
THAT’S THE DOA’s WIFE.
SHE JUST GOT HERE.
ANYTHING ON THE PERPS?
TWO BLACK MALES,
MID‐20s.
ONE OF THEM STAYED
BY THE DOOR,
THE OTHER ONE ORDERED A SANDWICH
AND CIGARETTES,
THEN HE PULLED
HIS GUN OUT.
WE’LL START A QUICK CANVASS.
SEE IF THERE’S ANY WITNESSES.
YEAH.
AHEM. GARY, YOU MIND TALKING
TO US FOR A LITTLE BIT?
YEAH. TWO BLACK GUYS,
ONE CAME TO THE COUNTER.
HE GOT THE DROP ON ME.
THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY
THESE GUYS?
HELL, YES, I CAN.
I TOLD THE SON OF A BITCH
JUST TAKE THE MONEY
AND GET OUT.
YOUR UNCLE WOULDN’T GIVE UP THE
MONEY?
HE GAVE IT UP. THEY STILL
SHOT HIM!
WE’RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO
COME DOWN,
LOOK AT SOME MUG SHOTS,
TALK A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
I WENT AFTER THAT SCUMBAG. I
DIDN’T CARE IF HE HAD A GUN.
I WOULD’VE KILLED HIM
IF I GOT MY HANDS ON HIM.
THE SOONER WE GET ON THIS,
THE BETTER THE ODDS
OF CATCHING THESE GUYS.
MY MOM’S ON HER WAY DOWN
FROM BROOKLYN, ALL RIGHT?
WE’LL STAY WITH YOUR AUNT
TILL YOUR MOM GETS HERE.
THANKS.
COME ON.
I’LL GET AN OFFICER,
GET YOU DOWN TO THE STATION.
WE’LL BE DOWN IN A LITTLE WHILE.
WE’LL GET WHOEVER DID THIS,
AUNT JOSIE. I SWEAR TO GOD.
ALL RIGHT?
HEY.
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOUR
CASE?
JUNIOR’S BRINGING UP
OUR WITNESS.
HOW ARE YOU COMING ALONG?
I’M SLEEPING BETTER.
IT SHOWS.
AND, UH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT
MAYBE REINVITING YOU
TO FLORIDA.
I THOUGHT WE COVERED THAT.
EVER SINCE I HAD THAT GUN TO
MY HEAD,
I’VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
THINKING,
TAKING STOCK ABOUT WHAT’S
IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE,
WHAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT.
I’D LIKE YOU TO COME
WITH US.
THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU’RE LEAVING TOMORROW.
I GOT A TRAVEL AGENT FRIEND WHO
COULD WORK IT OUT.
ANDY, I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO.
IT WAS THE BACK AND FORTH THAT
GOT OLD.
THAT’S FINISHED.
WELL, IT’S STILL GOING TO
GET AROUND THE SQUAD
AND TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AS FAR AS THE THINGS
THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT,
WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME,
WHAT THEY THINK OF YOU AND ME ‐‐
THAT’S OFF THE LIST.
YOU MEAN TOO MUCH.
I’D LOVE TO GO.
ONE CONDITION ‐‐
TWO HOURS MINIMUM, YOU’RE
WEARING THE MOUSE EARS.
NO PICTURES.
I, UH, I’M GOING TO BE PUTTING
IN A 28.
THE START DATE’S TOMORROW.
I’LL BE TAKING A WEEK.
SORRY FOR THE SHORT NOTICE.
SOMETHING COME UP?
I’M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD...
WITH ANDY.
OH, YEAH?
AND HIS SON THEO.
I FIGURED.
I’VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.
I HEAR THERE’S A LOT
GOING ON IN ORLANDO.
YEAH. GOOD
WEATHER...
A LOT OF PEOPLE RETIRE
DOWN THERE.
YEAH.
SO...
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THANKS.
THANKS A LOT. HEY.
SO LET’S RUN THROUGH WHAT
HAPPENED THIS MORNING, GARY.
[ SIGHS ]
THIS BLACK GUY WALKS IN ‐‐
NO. WHERE ARE YOU? YOU
KNOW, WHERE’S YOUR UNCLE?
TAKE IT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
WE’RE BOTH BEHIND THE COUNTER.
OVER BY THE DELI,
MY UNCLE TONY WAS BY THE
REGISTER.
IT WAS EMPTY BECAUSE WE HAD
JUST OPENED UP.
THIS BLACK GUY COMES IN.
HE ORDERS A TURKEY AND SWISS
AND SOME MENTHOLS,
AND MY UNCLE TONY WAS
BAGGING IT UP.
AND THE BLACK GUY PULLS
HIS GUN.
WHEN DID YOU NOTICE
THE SECOND GUY BY THE DOOR?
WHEN I WAS MAKING THE
SANDWICH.
LOOKED LIKE A BUDDY OF
HIS.
OKAY, SO YOUR UNCLE’S BAGGING
THE SANDWICH AND SMOKES.
YEAH.
THE GUY PULLS A GUN, WE PUT
OUR HANDS IN THE AIR,
MY UNCLE EMPTIES THE REGISTER,
THE GUY SHOOTS HIM.
THEN WHAT?
THEN I GO FOR THE PHONE.
CALL 911.
AFTER YOU CHASED HIM?
I WENT RIGHT FOR THE PHONE TO
GET AN AMBULANCE THERE
FOR MY UNCLE. HE WAS SHOT, HE
WAS BLEEDING ON THE FLOOR.
YOU SAID AT THE MARKET
YOU WENT AFTER THESE GUYS.
TO THE DOOR. I CHASED
THEM TO THE DOOR.
I WOULD’VE RAN DOWN THE STREET
AFTER THEM, BUT MY UNCLE
WAS, YOU KNOW, BLEEDING, SHOT
ON THE FLOOR.
ALL RIGHT, KEEP LOOKING
THROUGH THE MUG BOOKS.
WE’LL BE BACK TO SEE HOW
YOU’RE DOING.
HEY, FELLAS?
JOHN CLARK, ANDY SIPOWICZ ‐‐
FRANK HUGHES, ROBBERY.
HOW YOU DOING?
HOW’S IT GOING?
OUR WITNESS IN THE
COFFEE ROOM
IS STILL GOING
THROUGH MUG BOOKS.
NO NEED. I GOT YOUR MAN.
THIS DOUCHE BAG TERENCE CATES ‐‐
A PATTERN I’VE BEEN WORKING.
THE THING THIS MORNING
FITS HIM DOWN TO A GNAT’S ASS.
WHY DON’T YOU RUN IT
FOR ’EM, FRANK?
ALL RIGHT, THIS CATES ‐‐
BLACK MALE, 25, GOATEE ‐‐
WALKS INTO A MARKET OR BODEGA,
ORDERS A SANDWICH,
THEN HE PULLS OUT A GUN.
YOU GOT A FOLDER ON HIM?
I’M HAVING IT TRANSPORTED FROM
THE ROBBERY SQUAD.
I LIKE CATES
FOR AT LEAST 10 OF THESE,
BUT I FINALLY GOT AN I. D.
ON HIM FOLLOWING
THE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
OF A BODEGA ON 110th STREET.
CATES GOT AWAY, BUT WE COLLARED
HIS GIRLFRIEND ROBERTA.
SHE’S BEEN COOPERATING.
SO SHE GAVE HIM UP?
YEAH, PLUS SHE HASN’T LET ON
THAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR HIM.
CATES LIVES UPTOWN. HIS OTHER
STICKUPS WERE UPTOWN,
BUT HE WORKED AT A HARDWARE
STORY ON MULBERRY,
SO HE MUST’VE MOVED HIS ACT
DOWN HERE.
SO HOW COME YOU HAVEN’T
COLLARED THE GUY?
WELL, SEEING AS HE DIDN’T KNOW
WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM ‐‐
[ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ]
[ RING ]
SORRY. REAL QUICK.
WHAT UP?
YEAH, WE’RE STILL ON FOR
THAT.
NO, I’M TELLING YOU,
DON’T WORRY.
YEAH, LISTEN,
I’M IN A MEETING RIGHT NOW.
I GOT TO CALL YOU BACK IN FIVE
MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, DAWG. PEACE.
SORRY. UM...
WHY HAVEN’T YOU
COLLARED HIM?
WELL, SEEING AS HE DIDN’T KNOW
WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM,
THERE WAS NO REASON
WHY HE WOULDN’T HAVE GONE
TO HIS PAROLE MEETING
YESTERDAY.
HIS P. O. WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD
HIM FOR US,
BUT HE CALLED IN SICK,
AND HE DIDN’T GIVE THE HEADS‐UP
TO THE SUPERVISOR.
SO CATES CHECKS IN, AND THEN HE
LEFT,
WHICH...I KNOW IS ON ME,
BUT, UH,
I’VE BEEN SWAMPED WITH OTHER
CASES.
YEAH? BECAUSE NOW
WE GOT A DOA.
I SCREWED UP.
I’VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT IT.
I DIDN’T COME DOWN HERE
TO HAVE MY NOSE RUBBED
IN WHAT I SHOULD’VE DONE.
WHERE CAN WE FIND CATES?
THROUGH HIS GIRLFRIEND?
YEAH, YEAH, I’M GIVING HER
A DAY TO COOL OFF.
SHE’S A LITTLE PISSED THAT WE
DIDN’T GRAB TERENCE YESTERDAY.
SO, HOW YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
WHERE’S MEDAVOY AND JONES?
STILL AT THE CRIME SCENE.
ALL RIGHT, WE’LL TAKE
CARE OF IT.
WHAT, JUST YOU GUYS?
YEAH.
CATES’ GIRLFRIEND ROBERTA ‐‐ I
GAVE HER MY WORD
THAT IT WOULDN’T COME BACK TO
HER
THAT SHE’S GIVEN UP
HER BOYFRIEND.
YOU GOT IT.
I’LL HAVE CATES’ FILE
ALL LAID OUT FOR YOU
WHEN YOU GET BACK.
GOOD.
[ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ]
WHY DON’T YOU GO AHEAD AND
TAKE THAT?
HEY, MR. LEVIN. HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
NO.
CAN I HELP YOU?
THEY SAID TO COME UP.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO
REPORT?
MY SISTER IS IN TROUBLE.
UH, WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE?
I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’M SUPPOSED
TO GIVE A MAN $1,000
TO HELP HER.
WHAT MAN?
MY FATHER IN MEXICO.
HE GOT A CALL,
AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND LUISA,
BUT SHE’S IN TROUBLE.
BUT THIS MAN CAN HELP HER.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S
GOING ON.
LET’S GO TALK. THIS WAY.
WHAT’S YOUR NAME?
ENRIQUE LOPEZ.
HAVE A SEAT, MR. LOPEZ.
AND, UH,
JUST TAKE IT EASY, OKAY?
MY FATHER GOT A CALL IN MEXICO
TWO DAYS AGO FROM A PRIEST
WHO SAID MY SISTER WAS IN
TROUBLE.
BUT FOR $1,000, HE’D HELP HER.
WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE?
HE DON’T SAY,
ONLY THAT SHE IN TROUBLE.
MAYBE SHE GET HURT.
WHAT’S YOUR SISTER’S NAME?
LUISA LOPEZ.
WHEN’S THE LAST TIME
ANYONE SAW HER?
ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.
AND THAT WAS THE LAST YOU
SPOKE TO HER?
HOW COME?
SHE LEAVE HOME WITH A GUY
NOBODY LIKE.
WHERE’S HOME?
MEXICO.
SANTIAGO TUXTLA ‐‐
LITTLE TOWN, A POOR TOWN.
LIKE EVERYBODY, LIKE ME,
SHE COME TO THE UNITED STATES TO
MAKE MONEY,
BUT SHE’S TOO YOUNG.
HOW OLD IS SHE?
16 THEN.
NOW, TWO YEARS,
NOBODY HEAR FROM HER.
THIS GUY SHE LEFT WITH,
WHAT’S HIS NAME?
ROJELIO OBREGUN.
HIM, TOO, NEVER SEE.
WHAT EXACTLY DID THE PRIEST SAY
WHEN HE CALLED YOUR FATHER?
THAT SHE IN NEW YORK, AND PUT
$1,000 IN WESTERN UNION.
HE GOING TO PICK IT UP AND
HELP HER
AND THEN SHE COME HOME.
BUT MY FATHER NO HAVE MONEY.
SO HE TELL THE PRIEST, HE
CALL ME.
AND I COME MEET HIM TODAY.
YOU SET A TIME?
I HAVE NUMBER FOR PAGE HIM.
BUT HE SAY MY FATHER, NO TELL
POLICE, OR SHE GET KILLED.
BUT I THINK ABOUT,
AND I NO LIKE WHAT HE SAY.
WHY NOT?
ROJELIO OBREGUN ‐‐ HE NO
GOOD.
I THINK HE NEED MONEY, SO HE
MAKE A STORY.
MR. LOPEZ, WE’LL TAKE YOU TO
MEET THIS GUY,
BUT WE NEED YOU TO WEAR
A RECORDING DEVICE
SO WE CAN HEAR.
OKAY.
WAIT HERE, AND WE’LL BE BACK
TO GET YOU SET UP.
NO DESCRIPTION.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
THIS GUY GOT A CALL
ABOUT HIS SISTER
WHO HE HASN’T SEEN
IN TWO YEARS.
SOME GUY CLAIMING TO BE A PRIEST
SAYS HE NEEDS $1,000
TO HELP GET THE SISTER OUT
OF SOME TROUBLE.
OH, THAT SOUNDS LEGITIMATE.
YEAH, WELL, OUR GUY’S SUPPOSED
TO PAGE THE PRIEST
TO ARRANGE A MEETING, SO WE
NEED TO GET HIM WIRED UP.
WHY DON’T YOU TWO HELP OUT ON
THAT?
YEAH, YOU GOT IT.
JOSH, WANT TO SIT ON THIS GUY
IN THE POKEY?
NO PROBLEM.
THERE’S NOTHING OFF CANVASS
DOWN AT THE DELI,
BUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SAW TWO
BLACK MALES
RUNNING ON BROOME STREET.
COULDN’T PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION.
Greg: YEAH, CRIME SCENE’S
DOWN THERE PROCESSING IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT TERENCE CATES
YOU BROUGHT IN?
YEAH. WHERE’S HUGHES
FROM ROBBERY?
HE’S IN THERE
WITH THE WITNESS.
DOING WHAT?
SHOWING HIM THE PHOTO ARRAY.
DONE.
PICKED OUT CATES?
WENT RIGHT TO HIM. NO
HESITATION.
YOU FIND CATES?
YEAH. HIS GIRLFRIEND HEARD FROM
HIM THIS MORNING.
HE WAS AT A BUDDY’S
PLACE.
GET SOME FELLAS FOR A
LINEUP?
NO, LET US INTERVIEW
CATES FIRST,
SEE IF HE FLIPS FROM BEING
PICKED OUT IN A PHOTO ARRAY.
OH, YEAH? YOU MIND IF I SIT
IN ON THAT?
LET US TAKE A SHOT AT IT
FIRST, HUH?
THREE GUYS IN A ROOM
IS TOO MUCH.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
John: 15th SQUAD.
HOLD ON A SECOND, PLEASE.
JULIANNE FROM
STURTEVANT TRAVEL.
OH. THANKS.
HEY, IT’S CONNIE.
[ PAGER BEEPS ]
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GARY’S
GETTING HUNGRY.
I’M GOING TO RUN DOWN AND
GET HIM A SANDWICH.
LOCKIN’ UP BAD GUYS.
THAT’S WHY I LOVE THIS JOB.
THANKS.
SQUARED AWAY?
GETTING THERE.
[ COUGHS ]
UH, ME AND CONNIE ARE TAKING
THEO TO DISNEY WORLD.
WE’RE LEAVING FRIDAY, AND
WE’LL BE GONE FOR A WEEK.
SO, UH, INSTEAD OF YOU GUYS
TRYING TO GUESS,
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING.
SO IF THERE’S ANY COMMENTS,
ANY BALL‐BUSTING, ANYBODY
GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT,
GET IT OUT NOW.
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
ALL RIGHT.
WE BETTER GET GOING.
WHERE YOU BEEN THIS MORNING,
TERENCE?
WITH MY GIRL.
DID YOU STOP BY NAPOLI DELI
OVER ON BROOME STREET?
I WASN’T ANYWHERE NEAR IT.
TERENCE, COME ON.
I AIN’T LYING!
COME ON, WE KNOW
YOU WERE NEAR THAT DELI,
SO IF YOU’RE LYING ABOUT
THAT,
WE FIGURE YOU’RE LYING ABOUT
EVERYTHING.
I AIN’T BEEN OUT OF HARLEM
IN THREE DAYS!
SEE, WHAT THIS CONVERSATION
NEEDS TO BE ABOUT
IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE DELI
THIS MORNING,
’CAUSE WE GOT WITNESSES
WHO PICKED YOUR PHOTO OUT.
FOR WHAT?
YOU ROBBING THE PLACE.
Y’ALL ARE CRAZY.
WE’RE GOING TO RUN
A LINEUP THEN, TERENCE.
ONCE YOU GET PICKED OUT
OF THAT, IT’S OVER WITH.
NO DEALS, NOTHING FALLING
THROUGH THE CRACKS.
STRAIGHT TIME ‐‐ LOTS OF
IT.
RUN YOUR DAMN LINEUP THEN!
I DIDN’T DO NOTHING
THIS MORNING
EXCEPT HUMP MY GIRLFRIEND AND
HAVE SOME COCOA PUFFS.
ASK HER!
OH, YEAH, ASK YOUR GIRLFRIEND
WHO’S GOT A RECORD,
YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHO’D LIE TO
PROTECT YOU,
YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHOSE WORD
DOESN’T MEAN JACK?
SO THIS IS
HOW IT IS, HUH?
YEAH.
WELL, SCREW YOU THEN!
ALL RIGHT, GET UP,
DICKHEAD.
YOU’RE GOING TO STAND IN THE
LINEUP,
AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO CHARGE
YOU WITH MURDER.
MURDER?
YEAH, UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENED
DIFFERENT
THAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT.
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
ALL RIGHT, LET’S GO.
OKAY, LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN.
I DONE SOME STICKUPS,
I’LL ADMIT TO THAT.
BUT I DIDN’T SHOOT NOBODY AT
NO DELI ‐‐
NOT THIS MORNING, NOT
EVER!
WRONG! WE KNOW YOU
DID.
MAYBE THE GUY BEHIND THE
COUNTER PULLED A GUN.
YOU HAD NO CHOICE, OR YOUR BUDDY
WATCHING THE DOOR ‐‐
MAYBE IT WAS HIS IDEA.
NO!
LET’S GO.
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
YOU PULL AN ACT LIKE THAT
DURING THE LINEUP,
YOU’LL GET WHEELED OUT OF HERE
ON A GURNEY. YOU HEAR ME?
Rita: SO, UH, DISNEY WORLD
SHOULD BE FUN.
YEAH.
RITA, I DON’T WANT YOU TO THINK
I’VE BEEN
KEEPING ANYTHING FROM YOU ABOUT
ME AND ANDY.
CONNIE, I GOT NOTHING BUT
GOOD WISHES.
THE FACT IS, YOU KNOW,
WE’RE REALLY JUST GOOD FRIENDS.
WITH AN EYE TOWARD
SOMETHING MORE OR...
I DON’T KNOW.
ALL I’M SAYING, YOU KNOW, GOING
AWAY TOGETHER,
THERE’S, UH,
THERE’S OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, I’M NOT SAYING
IT WOULDN’T BE UNCONVENTIONAL.
WHO CARES?
I AGREE.
HE’S A GREAT GUY.
HE’S A GREAT FATHER,
AND IF SOMETHING WERE TO
HAPPEN,
I DON’T SEE IT
ENDING IN SIX MONTHS,
WHICH IS MY REGULAR SCENE
WITH GUYS MY AGE.
YOU JUST GET SICK OF ’EM?
NO, I GET SICK
OF THE SELF‐ABSORBED,
WHICH IS GENERALLY
WHAT I END UP WITH, SO...
IT’S RARE WHEN
THEY’RE NOT.
HE’S A GOOD, SMART,
STABLE MAN,
AND WHEN I’M WITH HIM,
I FEEL SAFE, PROTECTED.
YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT.
SO...McDOWELL AND ANDY.
YEAH, HUH?
DID YOU SEE THAT COMING?
’CAUSE PERSONALLY, I’M
BLIND‐SIDED.
SHE HAS BEEN BABYSITTING
THEO FOR A WHILE.
I MEAN,
DO YOU THINK THEY’RE, UH,
YOU KNOW,
TOGETHER?
IF A GIRL’S GOING
TO FLORIDA WITH ME,
WE’RE TOGETHER.
BUT YOU GOT TO FACTOR IN THEO.
THAT MEANS SEPARATE
ROOMS.
SURE, BUT A 6‐YEAR‐OLD’S
ASLEEP BY 8:30.
YEAH, I HEAR YOU.
GO, ANDY.
MY MAN.
HEY, I THINK THIS IS HIM.
Medavoy: TWO TO SQUAD ONE ‐‐
WE GOT A PRIEST MOVING SOUTH
TOWARD OUR GUY.
10‐4, SQUAD TWO.
OKAY, OKAY.
SEÑOR LOPEZ.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]
THE PRIEST ASKED,
"WHERE’S THE MONEY?"
LOPEZ ASKED, WHERE’S
HIS SISTER?
[ TRUCK ENGINE RUNNING ]
NOTHING. WE’RE
GETTING NOTHING.
THE PRIEST IS STARTING TO
TAKE OFF.
SQUAD ONE TO TWO, MOVE IN.
EXCUSE ME, FATHER. WE’RE GOING
TO NEED YOU TO COME WITH US.
WHAT FOR?
WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO ASK YOU
SOME QUESTIONS.
I AM FATHER FERNANDO
VILLEJOS.
I AM TRYING TO HELP THIS MAN.
WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED?
COME ON, WE’LL TELL YOU.
HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING,
PADRE?
WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
WELL, FOR A START,
YOU’RE UNDER ARREST
FOR ASSAULTING
A POLICE OFFICER.
IF YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD, I’LL
STRANGLE YOU WITH THAT COLLAR.
LOOK, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM,
OKAY?
HE’S GOING TO LOOK JUST LIKE
HE DID IN THE PICTURE.
HE’LL PROBABLY BE WEARING
DIFFERENT CLOTHES.
GARY, CAN YOU
GIVE US A MINUTE?
YEAH, SURE.
WE GOT A PROBLEM?
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT,
DETECTIVE.
I WAS JUST TRYING
TO HELP THE GUY RELAX.
YOU’RE COACHING HIM.
I WASN’T COACHING HIM.
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, HUGHES,
BEFORE YOU TAINT THE I. D.
ALL RIGHT.
READY.
OKAY?
YEAH.
RECOGNIZE ANYONE?
NUMBER TWO.
HELL, YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU RECOGNIZE
HIM FROM?
HE WAS THE ONE
WHO SHOT MY UNCLE.
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY RELAX IN THERE.
WE DID IT. WE CAUGHT
THE SON OF A BITCH.
HEY, GARY, WE’RE GOING TO
NEED YOU TO STICK AROUND,
GIVE US A STATEMENT.
Gary: SURE, WHATEVER
YOU NEED.
YOU WANT ME TO TAKE CATES
DOWN TO CENTRAL BOOKING?
NO, WE’LL HAVE UNIFORM
DO IT.
GO ON. TAKE OFF.
WELL, WHO’S DOING THE FIVES?
WE WILL. DON’T WORRY,
YOU’LL BE MENTIONED.
GREAT.
COME ON, GAR.
YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
HE’S BEEN AFTER THIS CATES FOR
A WHILE, I GUESS.
HE’S A LITTLE...INVESTED.
ALL RIGHT, "FATHER,"
YOU’RE TALKING
TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL KID,
AND I’M TAKING THIS REAL
PERSONAL.
SO ADMIT YOU’RE A PHONY NOW,
OR YOU WON’T LEAVE THIS ROOM
WITH YOUR TEETH INTACT.
I GUESS I AM MORE OF A
PRIVATE DO‐GOODER, EH?
A PRIVATE DO‐GOODER WHO
TAKES SWIPES AT WOMEN?
HEY.
A COSTUME SHOP LABEL.
WHAT’S YOUR REAL NAME?
AND YOUR PRINTS ARE BEING RUN,
SO IF THEY DON’T COME BACK
TO THE NAME
YOU’RE ABOUT TO SAY,
YOU’RE GUMMING MUSH
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
FRED PESCADO, OKAY?
CAN YOU CALM DOWN?
WHAT’S YOUR STORY,
FRED?
I’M JUST TRYING TO HELP A
FRIEND.
LUISA LOPEZ.
SHE OWES A LOAN SHARK.
18‐YEAR‐OLD GIRL
FROM PODUNK, MEXICO
OWES A LOAN SHARK?
START AGAIN, FRED.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK, THE TRUTH ‐‐
BUT IT CAN’T GET BACK TO ME.
SHE HAS A BAD HEROIN PROBLEM,
AND SHE WANTS TO QUIT.
BUT SHE’S ASHAMED TO TELL HER
FOLKS,
SO I SAID I’D HELP OUT.
BY RUNNING A CON.
IT WAS HER IDEA.
WHERE ARE WE GOING
TO FIND LUISA?
I JUST SEE HER WHEN I SEE HER.
SO IF THIS WENT ACCORDING
TO PLAN,
YOU WOULD HAVE JUST HELD ON
TO HER GRAND
UNTIL YOU HAPPENED
ON EACH OTHER.
YEAH. AND SHE COULD’VE GOTTEN
HELP BY NOW,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW...
AAH!
DROP THE SAINT ACT,
YOU PHONY PRICK,
OR YOU’RE LOOKING AT A FULL BIT
FOR ASSAULTING A COP,
GRAND LARCENY EXTORTION,
AND CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION OF
A PRIEST!
I SWEAR,
SHE PUT ME UP TO IT!
LET’S CONFIRM THAT.
WHERE IS SHE?
SHE’S NOT GOING TO CONFIRM IT.
SHE’LL PUT IT ALL ON ME.
WHERE IS SHE?
WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT A JUNKIE WHORE.
WHERE IS SHE? RIGHT NOW!
MASSAGE PARLOR ON STANTON.
WE’RE TAKING A RIDE.
COME ON.
FELLAS, CRIME SCENE GOT A
PRINT
OFF THE CIGARETTE PACK
LEFT ON THE DELI COUNTER ‐‐
DARON HODGES.
LENGTHY SHEET. LOTS OF PRIORS,
INCLUDING ROBBERIES.
LIVES 10 BLOCKS FROM THE DELI.
THE PERP WAS BUYING
CIGARETTES, RIGHT?
YEAH.
HOW’D THIS GUY’S PRINTS GET ON
THE SMOKES?
IS GARY STILL IN THE
COFFEE ROOM
WRITING UP HIS STATEMENT?
YEAH.
WE’LL FIND OUT.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
GARY, UH, THE GUY WHO SHOT
YOUR UNCLE,
DID HE TOUCH THE PACK
OF CIGARETTES THAT HE ASKED FOR
BEFORE THIS WHOLE THING
WENT DOWN?
YEAH.
HE WAS KNOCKING ’EM
AGAINST HIS PALM,
AND THEN HE SET ’EM DOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A MURDER INVESTIGATION,
SO I DON’T CARE
ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
DID YOUR UNCLE BUY STOLEN
CIGARETTES AND RESELL ’EM?
NO.
WE BUY ’EM LEGIT.
YOU SELL A LOT OF CIGARETTES?
I MEAN, UH, DO YOU GO THROUGH
YOUR INVENTORY PRETTY QUICK?
YEAH. CIGARETTES,
LOTTO TICKETS, AND BEER.
THAT’S WHERE WE MAKE
OUR MONEY.
ANY OTHER EMPLOYEES
AT THE DELI?
JUST MY AUNT AND UNCLE,
AND I’VE BEEN THERE
SIX MONTHS NOW.
YOU KNOW A DARON HODGES?
NO.
WE GOT A FINGERPRINT ON THE
CIGARETTES
THAT WERE ON THE COUNTER
WHEN YOUR UNCLE GOT SHOT.
THEY COME BACK
TO THIS DARON HODGES.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW
HIS PRINTS GOT ON THERE.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, ARE YOU SURE
THE GUY THAT YOU PICKED OUT ‐‐
TERENCE CATES ‐‐ IS THE GUY WHO
SHOT YOUR UNCLE?
YES. WHERE’S DETECTIVE
HUGHES?
I LIKE DEALING WITH HIM.
NOW, WAS THE GUY
YOU PICKED OUT
MAYBE THE GUY KEEPING
AN EYE OUT BY THE DOOR?
NO.
NOW, YOU NEED TO BE SURE,
GARY,
’CAUSE THIS CATES
IS LOOKING AT MURDER.
YEAH, I KNOW. I WAS
THERE WHEN HE DID IT.
WE’RE JUST MAKING SURE
THAT WE GOT THE RIGHT GUY.
I’M TELLING YOU, CATES IS
THE RIGHT GUY.
YOU GOT A FINGERPRINT PROBLEM
OR SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT.
KEEP WRITING.
GET BACK IN YOUR SEAT!
WHOA! UH, WHAT’S GOING
ON?
HEY, BACK OFF!
THIS IS A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS,
AND I DON’T SEE
NO WARRANTS.
Greg: YOU GOT A LUISA LOPEZ
WORKING HERE?
I SAY NOTHING WITHOUT MY
LAWYER.
HEY, TAKE IT EASY. ALL WE WANT
IS LUISA LOPEZ.
YEAH, WE GOT THE BACK.
WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH HER?
WHERE IS SHE, ASSHOLE?
IN THE BACK.
DOOR’S LOCKED.
I’LL BUZZ YOU. THEN
YOU’RE GONE,
OR I’M CALLING MY LAWYER.
JUST SIT DOWN.
LUISA LOPEZ?
SU NOMBRE
ES LUISA LOPEZ?
YOU. TAKE A WALK.
Man: EXCUSE ME.
POLICE!
UP AGAINST THE WALL.
OH, MY GOD.
SHUT UP. PUT YOUR
PANTS ON.
LUISA LOPEZ?
LUISA LOPEZ. IS THAT
YOUR NAME?
COME ON.
I SWEAR, SHE WAS JUST
GIVING ME A MASSAGE.
SHUT UP, OR YOU’RE A
COLLAR.
HUGHES, SIPOWICZ.
WE GOT A FINGERPRINT HIT OFF
THE CIGARETTE PACK
LEFT ON THE COUNTER
AT THE DELI.
IT COMES BACK TO A
DIFFERENT GUY.
YEAH, WELL, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
TRYING TO FIND OUT.
IT AIN’T THAT EASY, HUGHES,
YOU KNOW,
BUT WE HAVE TO FIND AN
ANSWER FOR THIS ‐‐
[ SIGHS ]
WELL, GET BACK HERE AS
SOON AS YOU’RE DONE.
LITTLE UPDATE FOR US
FROM COMMUNICATIONS.
GARY DIDN’T MAKE THE 911 CALL
FROM THE DELI.
HE MADE IT FROM A PAY PHONE TWO
BLOCKS DOWN.
SO I RUN GARY.
HE’S ON PROBATION FOR DEALING
COKE TWO YEARS AGO.
I’M ALMOST DONE HERE.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE DELI
THIS MORNING, GARY?
AND THIS TIME, DON’T LIE.
WHAT’S WITH YOU GUYS?
YOU DIDN’T MAKE NO 911 CALL
FROM THE DELI.
YOU MADE IT FROM A PAY PHONE
TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
OKAY, SO I CALLED FROM DOWN
THE BLOCK
AFTER I CHASED THE GUYS.
IT’S NOT LIKE THERE WASN’T
A LOT GOING ON.
YOU GOT BUSTED FOR DEALING COKE
TWO YEARS BACK.
SO?
YOU SET THIS UP, GARY?
DID IT GO BAD?
YOU GOT A LOT OF BALLS ACCUSING
ME OF THAT.
WHY DID YOU LIE ABOUT CALLING
9‐1‐1 FROM TWO BLOCKS AWAY?
I CHASED THOSE TWO
BLACK GUYS ‐‐
QUIT LYING TO US!
I RAN, OKAY?
UNCLE TONY WAS GETTING
THE REGISTER OPEN,
THE BLACK GUY TOOK HIS
EYES OFF ME,
SO I DOVE AROUND THE CORNER
AND I RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR.
THAT’S WHEN I HEARD
THE GUNSHOT.
MY UNCLE TONY, MY AUNT
JOSIE
GAVE ME A JOB,
GAVE ME A SECOND CHANCE.
I SHOULD’VE STAYED.
I SHOULD’VE STAYED COOL.
SO THIS GUY YOU PICKED OUT
EARLIER ‐‐ CATES ‐‐
HE WASN’T THERE AT ALL?
HE WASN’T THE GUY
AT THE DOOR OR NOTHING?
NO.
HOW’D YOU PICK CATES
OUT OF THE PHOTO ARRAY THEN?
DID DETECTIVE HUGHES
HELP YOU OUT?
I COULD TELL CATES WAS THE GUY
HE WANTED ME TO PICK.
ALL RIGHT. WE GOT ANOTHER PHOTO
ARRAY FOR YOU.
TELL US
IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANYONE.
HIM.
NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.
HE PULLED THE GUN ON US.
DARON.
ME PICKING OUT CATES
EARLIER,
AM I TROUBLE FOR THAT?
IS THAT GOING TO CAUSE ANY
PROBLEMS?
IT SURE DOESN’T HELP THE CASE,
GARY.
HAVE A SEAT, LUISA.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED AT THE
MASSAGE PARLOR?
ONE YEAR.
WE GOT WORD THAT
YOU WERE IN DANGER.
IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT?
NO.
DO YOU DO DRUGS, LUISA?
NO DRUGS.
DID YOU KNOW SOMEONE
CONTACTED YOUR FAMILY,
ASKING FOR MONEY ON YOUR
BEHALF?
NO.
THEY SAID YOU WERE IN
TROUBLE
AND NEEDED MONEY
TO GET FREE.
IT’S NOT TRUE.
LUISA, IF YOU NEEDED MONEY FOR
DRUGS
OR FOR ANYTHING ELSE, AND
YOU TOLD SOMEONE
TO CALL YOUR FAMILY AND
SAY YOU WERE KIDNAPPED,
TELL US NOW, OR YOU COULD GO
TO JAIL FOR FIVE YEARS.
I NO TALK TO NOBODY.
DO YOU KNOW THE NAME
FRED PESCADO
OR FERNANDO VILLEJOS?
NO.
NO?
WHAT ABOUT ROJELIO OBREGUN?
WHO TOLD YOU THIS NAME?
YOUR BROTHER ENRIQUE.
WHEN YOU SPEAK TO ENRIQUE?
TODAY.
WHERE IS HE?
HE’S HERE IN NEW YORK,
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
LUISA, DID ROJELIO PUT YOU
UP TO THIS?
I NO SEE HIM IN TWO YEAR.
DOES ENRIQUE KNOW
ABOUT THE MASSAGE PARLOR?
WELL, WE DON’T THINK SO.
PLEASE NO TELL ENRIQUE. PLEASE
NO TELL HIM
WHAT I AM DOING,
OR HE COULD BE HURT.
WHO WILL HURT HIM?
PLEASE, I’M BEGGING YOU.
LUISA, DID SOMEONE THREATEN YOU?
PLEASE NO SAY.
IF SOMEONE THREATENED YOU
OR YOUR FAMILY,
WE WANT TO HELP YOU,
BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL US
WHAT’S GOING ON.
TELL ENRIQUE GO HOME, GO
AWAY.
I AM ASHAMED.
IF I’M GO TO JAIL, IT’S OKAY.
BUT PLEASE NO TELL ENRIQUE.
WE’LL BE BACK IN A
LITTLE WHILE.
Man: YEAH.
POLICE. WE NEED TO TALK TO
DARON.
HE AIN’T HERE.
WE KNOW HE’S THERE.
OPEN THE DOOR, OR WE’RE GOING
TO TAKE IT DOWN.
OPEN THE DOOR!
WE’RE COMING IN!
WHERE’S DARON?
I DON’T KNOW!
WHO ARE YOU?
I’M KELVIN.
I’M HIS LITTLE BROTHER.
TELL ME WHERE
DARON IS!
I DON’T KNOW!
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
I’M 16.
WHO ELSE LIVES HERE?
MY MOM.
HEY, SHOW ME YOUR HANDS,
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!
IT’S ALL RIGHT, KELVIN.
IT’S ALL RIGHT. STAY COOL!
GOT ANYTHING ON YOU?
HUH?
TELL MA I’LL CALL HER LATER,
ALL RIGHT?
WHERE YOU BEEN
THIS MORNING, DARON?
I WAS DOING MY THING.
YEAH? GET SPECIFIC.
YOU MEAN,
LIKE, THE WHOLE DAY?
YEAH, UP UNTIL YOU PLAYED
HIDE‐AND‐SEEK IN THE CLOSET.
AH, NO, NO, NO.
SEE, I THOUGHT YOU WAS THE
LANDLORD, SEE.
BECAUSE ME AND HIM, WE GOT
FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES.
YEAH, YEAH. WHY DON’T YOU
ACCOUNT FOR YOUR DAY, DARON?
I WOKE UP AT 10:00,
HAD ME SOME BREAKFAST.
I WENT DOWN TO AARON’S,
SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY
DIGGING THROUGH RECORDS.
WHEN DID YOU STOP BY
NAPOLI DELI?
I GUESS BEFORE I WENT
RECORD SHOPPING.
WHAT DID YOU DO THERE?
BOUGHT ME SOME SMOKES.
WHO WERE YOU THERE WITH?
NOBODY.
WE GOT WITNESSES SAW YOU
WALKING AWAY FROM THE DELI
WITH A BLACK MALE.
[ Mocking ]
WELL, I WAS NOT WALKING
WITH ANOTHER BLACK MALE,
SIR!
WATCH YOUR MOUTH.
I WAS BY MYSELF THIS MORNING.
WE KNOW YOU’RE LYING.
SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS KNOW
EVERYTHING.
I’M NOT GOING TO TELL
YOU AGAIN.
WHY DON’T YOU TELL ME WHAT
THIS GOT TO DO WITH ME, MAN?
BECAUSE THAT’S ALL
I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT.
YOU ROBBING THAT DELI THIS
MORNING.
MNH‐MNH, MNH‐MNH.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. FORGET IT.
DARON, WE GOT WITNESSES.
WE’LL HAVE YOU STAND
IN A LINEUP.
ONCE YOU GET PICKED OUT,
NOTHING WE CAN DO
FOR YOU THEN.
THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
TAP ON ME ALL YOU WANT. I DIDN’T
ROB NO DELI.
THEN IT’S THE HARD ROAD.
I’VE BEEN DOWN IT BEFORE.
NOT THIS ONE.
ALL RIGHT, GET IN.
[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]
[ BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH ]
NO, NO.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE HIM
AGAIN.
WELL, THAT’S OVER NOW.
I WAS COME HERE BY ROJELIO
OBREGUN
TO WORK IN A RESTAURANT,
BUT HE NO HAVE MONEY TO PAY
COYOTE.
SO COYOTE SELL ME TO HECTOR
SANTOS.
THE MAN WHO RUNS
THE MASSAGE PARLOR.
HE SAY I OWE HIM $3,000,
AND I NEED TO BE WITH MEN TO
PAY IT OFF.
MANY MEN.
DID HE THREATEN
YOUR FAMILY?
HE SAID IF WE GO TO POLICE,
HE KILL OUR FAMILY.
HE KNOW WHERE WE LIVE.
YOU SAID BEFORE YOU DIDN’T
KNOW FRED PESCADO
OR FERNANDO VILLEJOS.
WAS THAT TRUE?
HE WORK WITH HECTOR.
HE RUN AROUND
AND GET THINGS FOR HIM.
HE’S A BAD MAN.
I THOUGHT I WAS KILL
MYSELF.
I THINK
I NEVER GO HOME AGAIN.
EVER, EVER.
HAVING FUN, FRED?
NO.
WELL, TOO BAD. YOU’RE FACING 30
YEARS OF IT.
WHAT 30 YEARS?
I TRIED TO HELP THAT GIRL.
SHE GAVE YOU UP, ASSHOLE,
GAVE UP THE OPERATION.
I DIDN’T FIGURE YOU GUYS
WERE DUMB ENOUGH
TO TAKE THE WORD
OF A JUNKIE.
SEX SLAVE, FRIEND.
KIDNAPPED, RAPED, BEATEN.
SHE’S LYING.
AND, UH, JUANA GONZALEZ,
ESTHER MEDINA,
MARIA SANCHEZ ‐‐ WHO WE
JUST BROUGHT IN ‐‐
THEY LYING, TOO,
BUT SOMEHOW ALL TELLING THE
SAME STORY?
MULTIPLY THE COUNT BY THE
NUMBER OF GIRLS,
THAT’S 30 YEARS. EASY.
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT
STUFF.
I DO THINGS FOR HECTOR.
I GET HIS DRY CLEANING.
AND SCAM HIS GIRLS.
HE DON’T PAY MUCH.
HECTOR SAID IT DON’T WORK
LIKE THAT, FRED.
YEAH, WELL, WHAT’S HE
SAYING?
YOU FIND THE GIRLS, YOU
SUCKER ’EM IN.
IT’S YOUR OPERATION.
HE JUST KEEPS THE BOOKS.
THEN WHY IS IT HIM WITH THE SILK
SHIRTS AND THE GOLD MOVADO,
AND ME IN AN ITCHY PRIEST SUIT,
SCAMMING A STINKIN’ GRAND?
WELL, IF HE’S THE ONLY
ONE TALKING,
WE GOT TO GO WITH HIS
SIDE.
NAH...NAH, I’M NOT DOING NO
30 YEARS.
YOU PLAY IT RIGHT, YOU
WON’T DO A DAY.
ALL RIGHT,
I GOT NAMES.
LOTS OF NAMES.
LET’S HEAR ’EM.
I’LL GET SOMEONE
FROM VICE.
I WAS THERE. THE WITNESS
POSITIVELY I. D.’d THE FIRST GUY.
YEAH, I KNOW. I WAS
THERE, TOO.
AND NOW HE’S GOING TO RECANT
THAT,
AND IN THE SAME DAY, I. D.
SOMEONE ELSE?
IT WOULDN’T HOLD UP IN
A HEARING, LET ALONE A TRIAL.
’CAUSE THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY
WOULD DESTROY
THIS GUY’S CREDIBILITY
IN 10 SECONDS.
CAN WE SALVAGE ANYTHING
FROM THE WITNESS?
HIM ALONE NOW
WON’T DO US ANY GOOD.
ANY OTHER WITNESSES?
NOT YET.
THAT HOTSHOT FROM ROBBERY HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THIS BAD I. D.?
YOU KNOW I WOULDN’T TELL YOU
IF HE DID.
HOW SURE ARE WE THAT THE NEPHEW
WASN’T INVOLVED SOMEHOW?
WE’RE NOT THAT SURE. HE
SAYS HE LIED
ABOUT THE DETAILS BECAUSE HE
RAN AWAY FROM THE SCENE,
BUT I DON’T KNOW.
SHOWING PHOTOS OF DARON HODGES’
RUNNING BUDDIES TO GARY,
SEE WHO MIGHT’VE BEEN STANDING
BY THE DOOR THIS MORNING.
HE JUST PICKED OUT DARON’S
16‐YEAR‐OLD BROTHER KELVIN.
THE KID AT THE APARTMENT.
YEAH.
HOW DID WE GET
THE BROTHER’S PHOTO?
HE HAVE A RECORD?
HE TOOK A COLLAR
FOR SMOKING A JOINT
IN THE PARK WITH HIS BUDDIES.
I GOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU,
DARON.
YOU HAD US GOING THERE.
GET UP.
FOR A MINUTE THERE,
WE WERE, LIKE,
"DAMN, DID WE GET
THE WRONG GUY?
I MEAN, DID DARON JUST GO IN
THERE TO GET SOME SMOKES?"
GOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
SO THIS IS THE BEST FRIEND
APPROACH WE TRYING NOW?
NO, I’M SERIOUS.
HAVE A SEAT.
I MEAN, FOR A MINUTE THERE,
WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE HAD
THE WRONG GUY, EVEN THOUGH A
WITNESS I. D.’d YOU
AS THE SHOOTER.
GREAT.
BUT WHEN THE WITNESS
PICKED OUT YOUR BROTHER KELVIN
AS THE GUY KEEPING AN EYE OUT
BY THE DOOR,
THAT’S WHEN WE KNEW
WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
PINNING THE CRIME
ON THE BLACK GUY.
THAT’S ALL THIS IS.
YOUR BROTHER SEEMS LIKE A
GOOD KID.
YOU LOOK OUT FOR HIM,
DON’T YOU?
OTHER THAN GETTING POPPED FOR
SMOKING A JOINT IN THE PARK,
HE’S KEPT IT CLEAN.
IT’S GOING TO WEIGH PRETTY
HEAVY ON YOUR MIND, DARON,
WHEN KELVIN GOES UP
FOR ACTING IN CONCERT ‐‐
YOUR 16‐YEAR‐OLD BROTHER
DOING ADULT TIME
IN AN ADULT PRISON.
OR MAYBE THIS ROBBERY WAS
KELVIN’S IDEA,
WHICH MEANS
HE’LL GET EVEN MORE TIME.
WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TOO,
IF YOU KEEP SITTING HERE POSING.
COP TO WHAT YOU DID, DARON.
I MEAN, THE GUY YOU SHOT,
IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S GOING
TO PULL THROUGH,
SO YOU’RE JUST LOOKING
AT AN ASSAULT CHARGE.
IF YOU DON’T, I WILL
MAKE SURE
THAT YOUR BROTHER DOES TIME
FOR ROBBERY
AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
KELVIN DIDN’T KNOW
NOTHING.
I JUST TOLD HIM I WAS GOING IN
FOR SOME SMOKES.
HE HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.
WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE DELI?
THE PLACE WAS EMPTY, I HAD
MY GUN,
I JUST DECIDED ON THE SPOT
I’M GOING TO TAKE ’EM ALL FOR
THE CASH.
EVERYTHING WAS COOL
UNTIL THE ONE GUY
RAN AROUND THE CORNER AND
TOOK OFF.
I GOT UPTIGHT AND...
KELVIN DIDN’T KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT IT.
LEAVE HIM OUT OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE OLD GUY
BEHIND THE COUNTER,
HE GOING ‐‐
HE GOING TO LIVE?
LAST WE HEARD.
WRITE IT DOWN.
SORRY. I GOT A LITTLE
WAYLAID.
YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU GOT
A PERSONAL SECURITY BUSINESS
THAT’S DOING PRETTY GOOD.
YEAH?
I HOPE THIS JOB DOESN’T
INTERFERE WITH IT.
WE HAVEN’T GOT A RAISE IN OVER
FIVE YEARS.
I’M TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING
FOR MY FAMILY.
WELL, YOU GOT YOUR PRIORITIES
A LITTLE TWISTED HERE, PAL.
SO IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE
CATES? YES OR NO?
THAT’S A BIG NO.
YOU COULDN’T HAVE TOLD ME THAT
ON THE PHONE?
YOU KNOW, IT’S GUYS
LIKE YOU
THAT GIVE VALIDITY TO EVERY
SCUMBAG DEFENSE ATTORNEY
WHO BREAKS COPS’ BALLS ON THE
WITNESS STAND.
IS THIS LESSON TIME NOW?
’CAUSE I’M NOT INTERESTED.
LOOK, YOU PUT A BAD COLLAR ON
A GUY, HUGHES.
JUST DON’T FORGET THAT.
IF THIS WOULD’VE BEEN FOR
THE HUNDRED OTHER THINGS
THAT CATES DIDN’T
GET CAUGHT FOR ‐‐
YEAH, THAT’S GREAT.
TAKE OFF.
WHAT?
TAKE OFF.
NIGHT.
HERE. WANT ONE?
IT’S A GOOD SPOT.
YEAH, IT’S A
NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE.
NICE PEOPLE.
ARE WE DUE A
CONVERSATION?
ABOUT WHAT, YOU AND ME?
WELL, I JUST KNOW WHAT
YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH,
AND YOU CAN TALK TO ME
ABOUT ANYTHING...OR NOT.
AHEM. I’M ALMOST AFRAID TO
’CAUSE I DON’T WANT
TO JINX A GOOD THING.
WELL, THERE’S NOTHING
TO SAY
THAT WE CAN’T KEEP A GOOD
THING GOING.
I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MUCH
I’D LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN,
BUT, UM, I KEEP THINKING
ANOTHER SHOE’S GOING TO DROP.
I DON’T HAVE ANY TIME BOMBS
ON ME, SO...
WHAT YOU’RE SEEING,
THAT’S WHO I AM.
I’M NOT TRYING TO GET US AHEAD
OF OURSELVES.
HOWEVER LONG THIS LASTS,
I JUST WANT TO ENJOY IT.
THAT’S GOOD FOR ME.
THIRD FLOOR, ONE QUEEN.
YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD.
HERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
DAD, YOU COULD PUT ONE IN
YOUR BAG.
I’M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ROOM
FOR MY STUFF, THEO.
LOOK, I‐I SAID ONE TOY,
BUT IT CAN’T BE THE FIRE TRUCK.
BUT WHAT IF I NEED IT?
THANKS.
I, UH, I’M ON THE FLOOR
BELOW YOU GUYS.
PERFECT.
YOU KNOW...
WHY I’D WANT YOU TO COME
WITH ME IS A NO‐BRAINER, BUT...
WHY YOU’D ACTUALLY SAY YES IS
SOMETHING
I‐I’M HAVING A HARD TIME
GETTING MY HEAD AROUND.
WHATEVER IT IS I DO FOR YOU,
HOWEVER I MAKE YOU FEEL,
YOU DO THE SAME FOR ME.
I CAN’T IMAGINE HAVING THAT KIND
OF LUCK.
WELL, YOU DON’T HAVE
TO IMAGINE ANYTHING.
IT’S RIGHT HERE.
I NEED SOMEONE BIG TO STAND
ON MY BAG
SO I CAN CLOSE IT.
ALL RIGHT, WHY DON’T WE SEE IF
WE CAN PARE IT DOWN
A LITTLE BIT FIRST,
OKAY, KIDDO?
FINE.
CONNIE, I’M GLAD YOU’RE COMING.
ME TOO.
COME ON.
ALL RIGHT,
LET ME SEE THIS BAG.
THIS IS TOO MUCH, SWEETIE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS OFF
FIRST.
OH! WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA.
THEO...
IF WE TAKE THE SAME VACATION
TIME,
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIGURE IT
OUT.
IF YOU BACKED OUT,
I DON’T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND
HOW DISAPPOINTED THEO WOULD BE.
I’M JUST GETTING A STRONG SENSE
THIS ISN’T A GREAT IDEA.
IT’S OFF, AND IT’S FINE.
WE GOT TO GO.
YEAH.
I’LL SEE YOU LATER.
YEAH, DEFINITELY.
WELL, SO...
HEY.
DON’T WORRY.
EVERYTHING’S COOL, OKAY?
TAKE IT EASY.
SIT DOWN AND PUT
YOUR HANDS ON THE TABLE!
WE’RE GOING TO WORK THIS OUT,
DAVE.
I WAS SO NICE TO YOU!
YOU STILL ARE NICE.
NO! NO, NO!
NO, YOU SHOULD’VE LET ME GO.
YOU HAPPY NOW?
EVERYTHING IS GOING
TO WORK OUT.
SHUT UP!
IF YOU DON’T SHUT YOUR MOUTH,
I’M GOING TO BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF!
DAVE, WE’RE IN THIS
TOGETHER NOW,
AND I WANT TO SEE IT WORK OUT
FOR THE BOTH OF US.
I WANT TO WALK OUT OF HERE.
HEY. THE DOA’s A TONY STANZONE.
HE WAS WORKING THE COUNTER
WITH HIS NEPHEW OVER THERE GARY
MONTANERI.
THAT’S THE DOA’s WIFE.
SHE JUST GOT HERE.
ANYTHING ON THE PERPS?
TWO BLACK MALES,
MID‐20s.
ONE OF THEM STAYED
BY THE DOOR,
THE OTHER ONE ORDERED A SANDWICH
AND CIGARETTES,
THEN HE PULLED
HIS GUN OUT.
WE’LL START A QUICK CANVASS.
SEE IF THERE’S ANY WITNESSES.
YEAH.
AHEM. GARY, YOU MIND TALKING
TO US FOR A LITTLE BIT?
YEAH. TWO BLACK GUYS,
ONE CAME TO THE COUNTER.
HE GOT THE DROP ON ME.
THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY
THESE GUYS?
HELL, YES, I CAN.
I TOLD THE SON OF A BITCH
JUST TAKE THE MONEY
AND GET OUT.
YOUR UNCLE WOULDN’T GIVE UP THE
MONEY?
HE GAVE IT UP. THEY STILL
SHOT HIM!
WE’RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO
COME DOWN,
LOOK AT SOME MUG SHOTS,
TALK A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
I WENT AFTER THAT SCUMBAG. I
DIDN’T CARE IF HE HAD A GUN.
I WOULD’VE KILLED HIM
IF I GOT MY HANDS ON HIM.
THE SOONER WE GET ON THIS,
THE BETTER THE ODDS
OF CATCHING THESE GUYS.
MY MOM’S ON HER WAY DOWN
FROM BROOKLYN, ALL RIGHT?
WE’LL STAY WITH YOUR AUNT
TILL YOUR MOM GETS HERE.
THANKS.
COME ON.
I’LL GET AN OFFICER,
GET YOU DOWN TO THE STATION.
WE’LL BE DOWN IN A LITTLE WHILE.
WE’LL GET WHOEVER DID THIS,
AUNT JOSIE. I SWEAR TO GOD.
ALL RIGHT?
HEY.
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOUR
CASE?
JUNIOR’S BRINGING UP
OUR WITNESS.
HOW ARE YOU COMING ALONG?
I’M SLEEPING BETTER.
IT SHOWS.
AND, UH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT
MAYBE REINVITING YOU
TO FLORIDA.
I THOUGHT WE COVERED THAT.
EVER SINCE I HAD THAT GUN TO
MY HEAD,
I’VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
THINKING,
TAKING STOCK ABOUT WHAT’S
IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE,
WHAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT.
I’D LIKE YOU TO COME
WITH US.
THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU’RE LEAVING TOMORROW.
I GOT A TRAVEL AGENT FRIEND WHO
COULD WORK IT OUT.
ANDY, I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO.
IT WAS THE BACK AND FORTH THAT
GOT OLD.
THAT’S FINISHED.
WELL, IT’S STILL GOING TO
GET AROUND THE SQUAD
AND TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AS FAR AS THE THINGS
THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT,
WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME,
WHAT THEY THINK OF YOU AND ME ‐‐
THAT’S OFF THE LIST.
YOU MEAN TOO MUCH.
I’D LOVE TO GO.
ONE CONDITION ‐‐
TWO HOURS MINIMUM, YOU’RE
WEARING THE MOUSE EARS.
NO PICTURES.
I, UH, I’M GOING TO BE PUTTING
IN A 28.
THE START DATE’S TOMORROW.
I’LL BE TAKING A WEEK.
SORRY FOR THE SHORT NOTICE.
SOMETHING COME UP?
I’M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD...
WITH ANDY.
OH, YEAH?
AND HIS SON THEO.
I FIGURED.
I’VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.
I HEAR THERE’S A LOT
GOING ON IN ORLANDO.
YEAH. GOOD
WEATHER...
A LOT OF PEOPLE RETIRE
DOWN THERE.
YEAH.
SO...
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THANKS.
THANKS A LOT. HEY.
SO LET’S RUN THROUGH WHAT
HAPPENED THIS MORNING, GARY.
[ SIGHS ]
THIS BLACK GUY WALKS IN ‐‐
NO. WHERE ARE YOU? YOU
KNOW, WHERE’S YOUR UNCLE?
TAKE IT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
WE’RE BOTH BEHIND THE COUNTER.
OVER BY THE DELI,
MY UNCLE TONY WAS BY THE
REGISTER.
IT WAS EMPTY BECAUSE WE HAD
JUST OPENED UP.
THIS BLACK GUY COMES IN.
HE ORDERS A TURKEY AND SWISS
AND SOME MENTHOLS,
AND MY UNCLE TONY WAS
BAGGING IT UP.
AND THE BLACK GUY PULLS
HIS GUN.
WHEN DID YOU NOTICE
THE SECOND GUY BY THE DOOR?
WHEN I WAS MAKING THE
SANDWICH.
LOOKED LIKE A BUDDY OF
HIS.
OKAY, SO YOUR UNCLE’S BAGGING
THE SANDWICH AND SMOKES.
YEAH.
THE GUY PULLS A GUN, WE PUT
OUR HANDS IN THE AIR,
MY UNCLE EMPTIES THE REGISTER,
THE GUY SHOOTS HIM.
THEN WHAT?
THEN I GO FOR THE PHONE.
CALL 911.
AFTER YOU CHASED HIM?
I WENT RIGHT FOR THE PHONE TO
GET AN AMBULANCE THERE
FOR MY UNCLE. HE WAS SHOT, HE
WAS BLEEDING ON THE FLOOR.
YOU SAID AT THE MARKET
YOU WENT AFTER THESE GUYS.
TO THE DOOR. I CHASED
THEM TO THE DOOR.
I WOULD’VE RAN DOWN THE STREET
AFTER THEM, BUT MY UNCLE
WAS, YOU KNOW, BLEEDING, SHOT
ON THE FLOOR.
ALL RIGHT, KEEP LOOKING
THROUGH THE MUG BOOKS.
WE’LL BE BACK TO SEE HOW
YOU’RE DOING.
HEY, FELLAS?
JOHN CLARK, ANDY SIPOWICZ ‐‐
FRANK HUGHES, ROBBERY.
HOW YOU DOING?
HOW’S IT GOING?
OUR WITNESS IN THE
COFFEE ROOM
IS STILL GOING
THROUGH MUG BOOKS.
NO NEED. I GOT YOUR MAN.
THIS DOUCHE BAG TERENCE CATES ‐‐
A PATTERN I’VE BEEN WORKING.
THE THING THIS MORNING
FITS HIM DOWN TO A GNAT’S ASS.
WHY DON’T YOU RUN IT
FOR ’EM, FRANK?
ALL RIGHT, THIS CATES ‐‐
BLACK MALE, 25, GOATEE ‐‐
WALKS INTO A MARKET OR BODEGA,
ORDERS A SANDWICH,
THEN HE PULLS OUT A GUN.
YOU GOT A FOLDER ON HIM?
I’M HAVING IT TRANSPORTED FROM
THE ROBBERY SQUAD.
I LIKE CATES
FOR AT LEAST 10 OF THESE,
BUT I FINALLY GOT AN I. D.
ON HIM FOLLOWING
THE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
OF A BODEGA ON 110th STREET.
CATES GOT AWAY, BUT WE COLLARED
HIS GIRLFRIEND ROBERTA.
SHE’S BEEN COOPERATING.
SO SHE GAVE HIM UP?
YEAH, PLUS SHE HASN’T LET ON
THAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR HIM.
CATES LIVES UPTOWN. HIS OTHER
STICKUPS WERE UPTOWN,
BUT HE WORKED AT A HARDWARE
STORY ON MULBERRY,
SO HE MUST’VE MOVED HIS ACT
DOWN HERE.
SO HOW COME YOU HAVEN’T
COLLARED THE GUY?
WELL, SEEING AS HE DIDN’T KNOW
WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM ‐‐
[ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ]
[ RING ]
SORRY. REAL QUICK.
WHAT UP?
YEAH, WE’RE STILL ON FOR
THAT.
NO, I’M TELLING YOU,
DON’T WORRY.
YEAH, LISTEN,
I’M IN A MEETING RIGHT NOW.
I GOT TO CALL YOU BACK IN FIVE
MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, DAWG. PEACE.
SORRY. UM...
WHY HAVEN’T YOU
COLLARED HIM?
WELL, SEEING AS HE DIDN’T KNOW
WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM,
THERE WAS NO REASON
WHY HE WOULDN’T HAVE GONE
TO HIS PAROLE MEETING
YESTERDAY.
HIS P. O. WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD
HIM FOR US,
BUT HE CALLED IN SICK,
AND HE DIDN’T GIVE THE HEADS‐UP
TO THE SUPERVISOR.
SO CATES CHECKS IN, AND THEN HE
LEFT,
WHICH...I KNOW IS ON ME,
BUT, UH,
I’VE BEEN SWAMPED WITH OTHER
CASES.
YEAH? BECAUSE NOW
WE GOT A DOA.
I SCREWED UP.
I’VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT IT.
I DIDN’T COME DOWN HERE
TO HAVE MY NOSE RUBBED
IN WHAT I SHOULD’VE DONE.
WHERE CAN WE FIND CATES?
THROUGH HIS GIRLFRIEND?
YEAH, YEAH, I’M GIVING HER
A DAY TO COOL OFF.
SHE’S A LITTLE PISSED THAT WE
DIDN’T GRAB TERENCE YESTERDAY.
SO, HOW YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
WHERE’S MEDAVOY AND JONES?
STILL AT THE CRIME SCENE.
ALL RIGHT, WE’LL TAKE
CARE OF IT.
WHAT, JUST YOU GUYS?
YEAH.
CATES’ GIRLFRIEND ROBERTA ‐‐ I
GAVE HER MY WORD
THAT IT WOULDN’T COME BACK TO
HER
THAT SHE’S GIVEN UP
HER BOYFRIEND.
YOU GOT IT.
I’LL HAVE CATES’ FILE
ALL LAID OUT FOR YOU
WHEN YOU GET BACK.
GOOD.
[ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ]
WHY DON’T YOU GO AHEAD AND
TAKE THAT?
HEY, MR. LEVIN. HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
NO.
CAN I HELP YOU?
THEY SAID TO COME UP.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO
REPORT?
MY SISTER IS IN TROUBLE.
UH, WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE?
I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’M SUPPOSED
TO GIVE A MAN $1,000
TO HELP HER.
WHAT MAN?
MY FATHER IN MEXICO.
HE GOT A CALL,
AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND LUISA,
BUT SHE’S IN TROUBLE.
BUT THIS MAN CAN HELP HER.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S
GOING ON.
LET’S GO TALK. THIS WAY.
WHAT’S YOUR NAME?
ENRIQUE LOPEZ.
HAVE A SEAT, MR. LOPEZ.
AND, UH,
JUST TAKE IT EASY, OKAY?
MY FATHER GOT A CALL IN MEXICO
TWO DAYS AGO FROM A PRIEST
WHO SAID MY SISTER WAS IN
TROUBLE.
BUT FOR $1,000, HE’D HELP HER.
WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE?
HE DON’T SAY,
ONLY THAT SHE IN TROUBLE.
MAYBE SHE GET HURT.
WHAT’S YOUR SISTER’S NAME?
LUISA LOPEZ.
WHEN’S THE LAST TIME
ANYONE SAW HER?
ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.
AND THAT WAS THE LAST YOU
SPOKE TO HER?
HOW COME?
SHE LEAVE HOME WITH A GUY
NOBODY LIKE.
WHERE’S HOME?
MEXICO.
SANTIAGO TUXTLA ‐‐
LITTLE TOWN, A POOR TOWN.
LIKE EVERYBODY, LIKE ME,
SHE COME TO THE UNITED STATES TO
MAKE MONEY,
BUT SHE’S TOO YOUNG.
HOW OLD IS SHE?
16 THEN.
NOW, TWO YEARS,
NOBODY HEAR FROM HER.
THIS GUY SHE LEFT WITH,
WHAT’S HIS NAME?
ROJELIO OBREGUN.
HIM, TOO, NEVER SEE.
WHAT EXACTLY DID THE PRIEST SAY
WHEN HE CALLED YOUR FATHER?
THAT SHE IN NEW YORK, AND PUT
$1,000 IN WESTERN UNION.
HE GOING TO PICK IT UP AND
HELP HER
AND THEN SHE COME HOME.
BUT MY FATHER NO HAVE MONEY.
SO HE TELL THE PRIEST, HE
CALL ME.
AND I COME MEET HIM TODAY.
YOU SET A TIME?
I HAVE NUMBER FOR PAGE HIM.
BUT HE SAY MY FATHER, NO TELL
POLICE, OR SHE GET KILLED.
BUT I THINK ABOUT,
AND I NO LIKE WHAT HE SAY.
WHY NOT?
ROJELIO OBREGUN ‐‐ HE NO
GOOD.
I THINK HE NEED MONEY, SO HE
MAKE A STORY.
MR. LOPEZ, WE’LL TAKE YOU TO
MEET THIS GUY,
BUT WE NEED YOU TO WEAR
A RECORDING DEVICE
SO WE CAN HEAR.
OKAY.
WAIT HERE, AND WE’LL BE BACK
TO GET YOU SET UP.
NO DESCRIPTION.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
THIS GUY GOT A CALL
ABOUT HIS SISTER
WHO HE HASN’T SEEN
IN TWO YEARS.
SOME GUY CLAIMING TO BE A PRIEST
SAYS HE NEEDS $1,000
TO HELP GET THE SISTER OUT
OF SOME TROUBLE.
OH, THAT SOUNDS LEGITIMATE.
YEAH, WELL, OUR GUY’S SUPPOSED
TO PAGE THE PRIEST
TO ARRANGE A MEETING, SO WE
NEED TO GET HIM WIRED UP.
WHY DON’T YOU TWO HELP OUT ON
THAT?
YEAH, YOU GOT IT.
JOSH, WANT TO SIT ON THIS GUY
IN THE POKEY?
NO PROBLEM.
THERE’S NOTHING OFF CANVASS
DOWN AT THE DELI,
BUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SAW TWO
BLACK MALES
RUNNING ON BROOME STREET.
COULDN’T PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION.
Greg: YEAH, CRIME SCENE’S
DOWN THERE PROCESSING IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT TERENCE CATES
YOU BROUGHT IN?
YEAH. WHERE’S HUGHES
FROM ROBBERY?
HE’S IN THERE
WITH THE WITNESS.
DOING WHAT?
SHOWING HIM THE PHOTO ARRAY.
DONE.
PICKED OUT CATES?
WENT RIGHT TO HIM. NO
HESITATION.
YOU FIND CATES?
YEAH. HIS GIRLFRIEND HEARD FROM
HIM THIS MORNING.
HE WAS AT A BUDDY’S
PLACE.
GET SOME FELLAS FOR A
LINEUP?
NO, LET US INTERVIEW
CATES FIRST,
SEE IF HE FLIPS FROM BEING
PICKED OUT IN A PHOTO ARRAY.
OH, YEAH? YOU MIND IF I SIT
IN ON THAT?
LET US TAKE A SHOT AT IT
FIRST, HUH?
THREE GUYS IN A ROOM
IS TOO MUCH.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
John: 15th SQUAD.
HOLD ON A SECOND, PLEASE.
JULIANNE FROM
STURTEVANT TRAVEL.
OH. THANKS.
HEY, IT’S CONNIE.
[ PAGER BEEPS ]
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GARY’S
GETTING HUNGRY.
I’M GOING TO RUN DOWN AND
GET HIM A SANDWICH.
LOCKIN’ UP BAD GUYS.
THAT’S WHY I LOVE THIS JOB.
THANKS.
SQUARED AWAY?
GETTING THERE.
[ COUGHS ]
UH, ME AND CONNIE ARE TAKING
THEO TO DISNEY WORLD.
WE’RE LEAVING FRIDAY, AND
WE’LL BE GONE FOR A WEEK.
SO, UH, INSTEAD OF YOU GUYS
TRYING TO GUESS,
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING.
SO IF THERE’S ANY COMMENTS,
ANY BALL‐BUSTING, ANYBODY
GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT,
GET IT OUT NOW.
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
ALL RIGHT.
WE BETTER GET GOING.
WHERE YOU BEEN THIS MORNING,
TERENCE?
WITH MY GIRL.
DID YOU STOP BY NAPOLI DELI
OVER ON BROOME STREET?
I WASN’T ANYWHERE NEAR IT.
TERENCE, COME ON.
I AIN’T LYING!
COME ON, WE KNOW
YOU WERE NEAR THAT DELI,
SO IF YOU’RE LYING ABOUT
THAT,
WE FIGURE YOU’RE LYING ABOUT
EVERYTHING.
I AIN’T BEEN OUT OF HARLEM
IN THREE DAYS!
SEE, WHAT THIS CONVERSATION
NEEDS TO BE ABOUT
IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE DELI
THIS MORNING,
’CAUSE WE GOT WITNESSES
WHO PICKED YOUR PHOTO OUT.
FOR WHAT?
YOU ROBBING THE PLACE.
Y’ALL ARE CRAZY.
WE’RE GOING TO RUN
A LINEUP THEN, TERENCE.
ONCE YOU GET PICKED OUT
OF THAT, IT’S OVER WITH.
NO DEALS, NOTHING FALLING
THROUGH THE CRACKS.
STRAIGHT TIME ‐‐ LOTS OF
IT.
RUN YOUR DAMN LINEUP THEN!
I DIDN’T DO NOTHING
THIS MORNING
EXCEPT HUMP MY GIRLFRIEND AND
HAVE SOME COCOA PUFFS.
ASK HER!
OH, YEAH, ASK YOUR GIRLFRIEND
WHO’S GOT A RECORD,
YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHO’D LIE TO
PROTECT YOU,
YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHOSE WORD
DOESN’T MEAN JACK?
SO THIS IS
HOW IT IS, HUH?
YEAH.
WELL, SCREW YOU THEN!
ALL RIGHT, GET UP,
DICKHEAD.
YOU’RE GOING TO STAND IN THE
LINEUP,
AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO CHARGE
YOU WITH MURDER.
MURDER?
YEAH, UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENED
DIFFERENT
THAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT.
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
ALL RIGHT, LET’S GO.
OKAY, LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN.
I DONE SOME STICKUPS,
I’LL ADMIT TO THAT.
BUT I DIDN’T SHOOT NOBODY AT
NO DELI ‐‐
NOT THIS MORNING, NOT
EVER!
WRONG! WE KNOW YOU
DID.
MAYBE THE GUY BEHIND THE
COUNTER PULLED A GUN.
YOU HAD NO CHOICE, OR YOUR BUDDY
WATCHING THE DOOR ‐‐
MAYBE IT WAS HIS IDEA.
NO!
LET’S GO.
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
I DIDN’T DO NO MURDER!
YOU PULL AN ACT LIKE THAT
DURING THE LINEUP,
YOU’LL GET WHEELED OUT OF HERE
ON A GURNEY. YOU HEAR ME?
Rita: SO, UH, DISNEY WORLD
SHOULD BE FUN.
YEAH.
RITA, I DON’T WANT YOU TO THINK
I’VE BEEN
KEEPING ANYTHING FROM YOU ABOUT
ME AND ANDY.
CONNIE, I GOT NOTHING BUT
GOOD WISHES.
THE FACT IS, YOU KNOW,
WE’RE REALLY JUST GOOD FRIENDS.
WITH AN EYE TOWARD
SOMETHING MORE OR...
I DON’T KNOW.
ALL I’M SAYING, YOU KNOW, GOING
AWAY TOGETHER,
THERE’S, UH,
THERE’S OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, I’M NOT SAYING
IT WOULDN’T BE UNCONVENTIONAL.
WHO CARES?
I AGREE.
HE’S A GREAT GUY.
HE’S A GREAT FATHER,
AND IF SOMETHING WERE TO
HAPPEN,
I DON’T SEE IT
ENDING IN SIX MONTHS,
WHICH IS MY REGULAR SCENE
WITH GUYS MY AGE.
YOU JUST GET SICK OF ’EM?
NO, I GET SICK
OF THE SELF‐ABSORBED,
WHICH IS GENERALLY
WHAT I END UP WITH, SO...
IT’S RARE WHEN
THEY’RE NOT.
HE’S A GOOD, SMART,
STABLE MAN,
AND WHEN I’M WITH HIM,
I FEEL SAFE, PROTECTED.
YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT.
SO...McDOWELL AND ANDY.
YEAH, HUH?
DID YOU SEE THAT COMING?
’CAUSE PERSONALLY, I’M
BLIND‐SIDED.
SHE HAS BEEN BABYSITTING
THEO FOR A WHILE.
I MEAN,
DO YOU THINK THEY’RE, UH,
YOU KNOW,
TOGETHER?
IF A GIRL’S GOING
TO FLORIDA WITH ME,
WE’RE TOGETHER.
BUT YOU GOT TO FACTOR IN THEO.
THAT MEANS SEPARATE
ROOMS.
SURE, BUT A 6‐YEAR‐OLD’S
ASLEEP BY 8:30.
YEAH, I HEAR YOU.
GO, ANDY.
MY MAN.
HEY, I THINK THIS IS HIM.
Medavoy: TWO TO SQUAD ONE ‐‐
WE GOT A PRIEST MOVING SOUTH
TOWARD OUR GUY.
10‐4, SQUAD TWO.
OKAY, OKAY.
SEÑOR LOPEZ.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]
THE PRIEST ASKED,
"WHERE’S THE MONEY?"
LOPEZ ASKED, WHERE’S
HIS SISTER?
[ TRUCK ENGINE RUNNING ]
NOTHING. WE’RE
GETTING NOTHING.
THE PRIEST IS STARTING TO
TAKE OFF.
SQUAD ONE TO TWO, MOVE IN.
EXCUSE ME, FATHER. WE’RE GOING
TO NEED YOU TO COME WITH US.
WHAT FOR?
WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO ASK YOU
SOME QUESTIONS.
I AM FATHER FERNANDO
VILLEJOS.
I AM TRYING TO HELP THIS MAN.
WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED?
COME ON, WE’LL TELL YOU.
HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING,
PADRE?
WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
WELL, FOR A START,
YOU’RE UNDER ARREST
FOR ASSAULTING
A POLICE OFFICER.
IF YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD, I’LL
STRANGLE YOU WITH THAT COLLAR.
LOOK, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM,
OKAY?
HE’S GOING TO LOOK JUST LIKE
HE DID IN THE PICTURE.
HE’LL PROBABLY BE WEARING
DIFFERENT CLOTHES.
GARY, CAN YOU
GIVE US A MINUTE?
YEAH, SURE.
WE GOT A PROBLEM?
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT,
DETECTIVE.
I WAS JUST TRYING
TO HELP THE GUY RELAX.
YOU’RE COACHING HIM.
I WASN’T COACHING HIM.
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, HUGHES,
BEFORE YOU TAINT THE I. D.
ALL RIGHT.
READY.
OKAY?
YEAH.
RECOGNIZE ANYONE?
NUMBER TWO.
HELL, YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU RECOGNIZE
HIM FROM?
HE WAS THE ONE
WHO SHOT MY UNCLE.
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY RELAX IN THERE.
WE DID IT. WE CAUGHT
THE SON OF A BITCH.
HEY, GARY, WE’RE GOING TO
NEED YOU TO STICK AROUND,
GIVE US A STATEMENT.
Gary: SURE, WHATEVER
YOU NEED.
YOU WANT ME TO TAKE CATES
DOWN TO CENTRAL BOOKING?
NO, WE’LL HAVE UNIFORM
DO IT.
GO ON. TAKE OFF.
WELL, WHO’S DOING THE FIVES?
WE WILL. DON’T WORRY,
YOU’LL BE MENTIONED.
GREAT.
COME ON, GAR.
YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
HE’S BEEN AFTER THIS CATES FOR
A WHILE, I GUESS.
HE’S A LITTLE...INVESTED.
ALL RIGHT, "FATHER,"
YOU’RE TALKING
TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL KID,
AND I’M TAKING THIS REAL
PERSONAL.
SO ADMIT YOU’RE A PHONY NOW,
OR YOU WON’T LEAVE THIS ROOM
WITH YOUR TEETH INTACT.
I GUESS I AM MORE OF A
PRIVATE DO‐GOODER, EH?
A PRIVATE DO‐GOODER WHO
TAKES SWIPES AT WOMEN?
HEY.
A COSTUME SHOP LABEL.
WHAT’S YOUR REAL NAME?
AND YOUR PRINTS ARE BEING RUN,
SO IF THEY DON’T COME BACK
TO THE NAME
YOU’RE ABOUT TO SAY,
YOU’RE GUMMING MUSH
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
FRED PESCADO, OKAY?
CAN YOU CALM DOWN?
WHAT’S YOUR STORY,
FRED?
I’M JUST TRYING TO HELP A
FRIEND.
LUISA LOPEZ.
SHE OWES A LOAN SHARK.
18‐YEAR‐OLD GIRL
FROM PODUNK, MEXICO
OWES A LOAN SHARK?
START AGAIN, FRED.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK, THE TRUTH ‐‐
BUT IT CAN’T GET BACK TO ME.
SHE HAS A BAD HEROIN PROBLEM,
AND SHE WANTS TO QUIT.
BUT SHE’S ASHAMED TO TELL HER
FOLKS,
SO I SAID I’D HELP OUT.
BY RUNNING A CON.
IT WAS HER IDEA.
WHERE ARE WE GOING
TO FIND LUISA?
I JUST SEE HER WHEN I SEE HER.
SO IF THIS WENT ACCORDING
TO PLAN,
YOU WOULD HAVE JUST HELD ON
TO HER GRAND
UNTIL YOU HAPPENED
ON EACH OTHER.
YEAH. AND SHE COULD’VE GOTTEN
HELP BY NOW,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW...
AAH!
DROP THE SAINT ACT,
YOU PHONY PRICK,
OR YOU’RE LOOKING AT A FULL BIT
FOR ASSAULTING A COP,
GRAND LARCENY EXTORTION,
AND CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION OF
A PRIEST!
I SWEAR,
SHE PUT ME UP TO IT!
LET’S CONFIRM THAT.
WHERE IS SHE?
SHE’S NOT GOING TO CONFIRM IT.
SHE’LL PUT IT ALL ON ME.
WHERE IS SHE?
WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT A JUNKIE WHORE.
WHERE IS SHE? RIGHT NOW!
MASSAGE PARLOR ON STANTON.
WE’RE TAKING A RIDE.
COME ON.
FELLAS, CRIME SCENE GOT A
OFF THE CIGARETTE PACK
LEFT ON THE DELI COUNTER ‐‐
DARON HODGES.
LENGTHY SHEET. LOTS OF PRIORS,
INCLUDING ROBBERIES.
LIVES 10 BLOCKS FROM THE DELI.
THE PERP WAS BUYING
CIGARETTES, RIGHT?
YEAH.
HOW’D THIS GUY’S PRINTS GET ON
THE SMOKES?
IS GARY STILL IN THE
COFFEE ROOM
WRITING UP HIS STATEMENT?
YEAH.
WE’LL FIND OUT.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
GARY, UH, THE GUY WHO SHOT
YOUR UNCLE,
DID HE TOUCH THE PACK
OF CIGARETTES THAT HE ASKED FOR
BEFORE THIS WHOLE THING
WENT DOWN?
YEAH.
HE WAS KNOCKING ’EM
AGAINST HIS PALM,
AND THEN HE SET ’EM DOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A MURDER INVESTIGATION,
SO I DON’T CARE
ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
DID YOUR UNCLE BUY STOLEN
CIGARETTES AND RESELL ’EM?
NO.
WE BUY ’EM LEGIT.
YOU SELL A LOT OF CIGARETTES?
I MEAN, UH, DO YOU GO THROUGH
YOUR INVENTORY PRETTY QUICK?
YEAH. CIGARETTES,
LOTTO TICKETS, AND BEER.
THAT’S WHERE WE MAKE
OUR MONEY.
ANY OTHER EMPLOYEES
AT THE DELI?
JUST MY AUNT AND UNCLE,
AND I’VE BEEN THERE
SIX MONTHS NOW.
YOU KNOW A DARON HODGES?
NO.
WE GOT A FINGERPRINT ON THE
CIGARETTES
THAT WERE ON THE COUNTER
WHEN YOUR UNCLE GOT SHOT.
THEY COME BACK
TO THIS DARON HODGES.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW
HIS PRINTS GOT ON THERE.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, ARE YOU SURE
THE GUY THAT YOU PICKED OUT ‐‐
TERENCE CATES ‐‐ IS THE GUY WHO
SHOT YOUR UNCLE?
YES. WHERE’S DETECTIVE
HUGHES?
I LIKE DEALING WITH HIM.
NOW, WAS THE GUY
YOU PICKED OUT
MAYBE THE GUY KEEPING
AN EYE OUT BY THE DOOR?
NO.
NOW, YOU NEED TO BE SURE,
GARY,
’CAUSE THIS CATES
IS LOOKING AT MURDER.
YEAH, I KNOW. I WAS
THERE WHEN HE DID IT.
WE’RE JUST MAKING SURE
THAT WE GOT THE RIGHT GUY.
I’M TELLING YOU, CATES IS
THE RIGHT GUY.
YOU GOT A FINGERPRINT PROBLEM
OR SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT.
KEEP WRITING.
GET BACK IN YOUR SEAT!
WHOA! UH, WHAT’S GOING
ON?
HEY, BACK OFF!
THIS IS A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS,
AND I DON’T SEE
NO WARRANTS.
Greg: YOU GOT A LUISA LOPEZ
WORKING HERE?
I SAY NOTHING WITHOUT MY
LAWYER.
HEY, TAKE IT EASY. ALL WE WANT
IS LUISA LOPEZ.
YEAH, WE GOT THE BACK.
WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH HER?
WHERE IS SHE, ASSHOLE?
IN THE BACK.
DOOR’S LOCKED.
I’LL BUZZ YOU. THEN
YOU’RE GONE,
OR I’M CALLING MY LAWYER.
JUST SIT DOWN.
LUISA LOPEZ?
SU NOMBRE
ES LUISA LOPEZ?
YOU. TAKE A WALK.
Man: EXCUSE ME.
POLICE!
UP AGAINST THE WALL.
OH, MY GOD.
SHUT UP. PUT YOUR
PANTS ON.
LUISA LOPEZ?
LUISA LOPEZ. IS THAT
YOUR NAME?
COME ON.
I SWEAR, SHE WAS JUST
GIVING ME A MASSAGE.
SHUT UP, OR YOU’RE A
COLLAR.
HUGHES, SIPOWICZ.
WE GOT A FINGERPRINT HIT OFF
THE CIGARETTE PACK
LEFT ON THE COUNTER
AT THE DELI.
IT COMES BACK TO A
DIFFERENT GUY.
YEAH, WELL, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
TRYING TO FIND OUT.
IT AIN’T THAT EASY, HUGHES,
YOU KNOW,
BUT WE HAVE TO FIND AN
ANSWER FOR THIS ‐‐
[ SIGHS ]
WELL, GET BACK HERE AS
SOON AS YOU’RE DONE.
LITTLE UPDATE FOR US
FROM COMMUNICATIONS.
GARY DIDN’T MAKE THE 911 CALL
FROM THE DELI.
HE MADE IT FROM A PAY PHONE TWO
BLOCKS DOWN.
SO I RUN GARY.
HE’S ON PROBATION FOR DEALING
COKE TWO YEARS AGO.
I’M ALMOST DONE HERE.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE DELI
THIS MORNING, GARY?
AND THIS TIME, DON’T LIE.
WHAT’S WITH YOU GUYS?
YOU DIDN’T MAKE NO 911 CALL
FROM THE DELI.
YOU MADE IT FROM A PAY PHONE
TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
OKAY, SO I CALLED FROM DOWN
THE BLOCK
AFTER I CHASED THE GUYS.
IT’S NOT LIKE THERE WASN’T
A LOT GOING ON.
YOU GOT BUSTED FOR DEALING COKE
TWO YEARS BACK.
SO?
YOU SET THIS UP, GARY?
DID IT GO BAD?
YOU GOT A LOT OF BALLS ACCUSING
ME OF THAT.
WHY DID YOU LIE ABOUT CALLING
9‐1‐1 FROM TWO BLOCKS AWAY?
I CHASED THOSE TWO
BLACK GUYS ‐‐
QUIT LYING TO US!
I RAN, OKAY?
UNCLE TONY WAS GETTING
THE REGISTER OPEN,
THE BLACK GUY TOOK HIS
EYES OFF ME,
SO I DOVE AROUND THE CORNER
AND I RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR.
THAT’S WHEN I HEARD
THE GUNSHOT.
MY UNCLE TONY, MY AUNT
JOSIE
GAVE ME A JOB,
GAVE ME A SECOND CHANCE.
I SHOULD’VE STAYED.
I SHOULD’VE STAYED COOL.
SO THIS GUY YOU PICKED OUT
EARLIER ‐‐ CATES ‐‐
HE WASN’T THERE AT ALL?
HE WASN’T THE GUY
AT THE DOOR OR NOTHING?
NO.
HOW’D YOU PICK CATES
OUT OF THE PHOTO ARRAY THEN?
DID DETECTIVE HUGHES
HELP YOU OUT?
I COULD TELL CATES WAS THE GUY
HE WANTED ME TO PICK.
ALL RIGHT. WE GOT ANOTHER PHOTO
ARRAY FOR YOU.
TELL US
IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANYONE.
HIM.
NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.
HE PULLED THE GUN ON US.
DARON.
ME PICKING OUT CATES
EARLIER,
AM I TROUBLE FOR THAT?
IS THAT GOING TO CAUSE ANY
PROBLEMS?
IT SURE DOESN’T HELP THE CASE,
GARY.
HAVE A SEAT, LUISA.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED AT THE
MASSAGE PARLOR?
ONE YEAR.
WE GOT WORD THAT
YOU WERE IN DANGER.
IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT?
NO.
DO YOU DO DRUGS, LUISA?
NO DRUGS.
DID YOU KNOW SOMEONE
CONTACTED YOUR FAMILY,
ASKING FOR MONEY ON YOUR
BEHALF?
NO.
THEY SAID YOU WERE IN
TROUBLE
AND NEEDED MONEY
TO GET FREE.
IT’S NOT TRUE.
LUISA, IF YOU NEEDED MONEY FOR
DRUGS
OR FOR ANYTHING ELSE, AND
YOU TOLD SOMEONE
TO CALL YOUR FAMILY AND
SAY YOU WERE KIDNAPPED,
TELL US NOW, OR YOU COULD GO
TO JAIL FOR FIVE YEARS.
I NO TALK TO NOBODY.
DO YOU KNOW THE NAME
FRED PESCADO
OR FERNANDO VILLEJOS?
NO.
NO?
WHAT ABOUT ROJELIO OBREGUN?
WHO TOLD YOU THIS NAME?
YOUR BROTHER ENRIQUE.
WHEN YOU SPEAK TO ENRIQUE?
TODAY.
WHERE IS HE?
HE’S HERE IN NEW YORK,
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
LUISA, DID ROJELIO PUT YOU
UP TO THIS?
I NO SEE HIM IN TWO YEAR.
DOES ENRIQUE KNOW
ABOUT THE MASSAGE PARLOR?
WELL, WE DON’T THINK SO.
PLEASE NO TELL ENRIQUE. PLEASE
NO TELL HIM
WHAT I AM DOING,
OR HE COULD BE HURT.
WHO WILL HURT HIM?
PLEASE, I’M BEGGING YOU.
LUISA, DID SOMEONE THREATEN YOU?
PLEASE NO SAY.
IF SOMEONE THREATENED YOU
OR YOUR FAMILY,
WE WANT TO HELP YOU,
BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL US
WHAT’S GOING ON.
TELL ENRIQUE GO HOME, GO
AWAY.
I AM ASHAMED.
IF I’M GO TO JAIL, IT’S OKAY.
BUT PLEASE NO TELL ENRIQUE.
WE’LL BE BACK IN A
LITTLE WHILE.
Man: YEAH.
POLICE. WE NEED TO TALK TO
DARON.
HE AIN’T HERE.
WE KNOW HE’S THERE.
OPEN THE DOOR, OR WE’RE GOING
TO TAKE IT DOWN.
OPEN THE DOOR!
WE’RE COMING IN!
WHERE’S DARON?
I DON’T KNOW!
WHO ARE YOU?
I’M KELVIN.
I’M HIS LITTLE BROTHER.
TELL ME WHERE
DARON IS!
I DON’T KNOW!
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
I’M 16.
WHO ELSE LIVES HERE?
MY MOM.
HEY, SHOW ME YOUR HANDS,
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!
IT’S ALL RIGHT, KELVIN.
IT’S ALL RIGHT. STAY COOL!
GOT ANYTHING ON YOU?
HUH?
TELL MA I’LL CALL HER LATER,
ALL RIGHT?
WHERE YOU BEEN
THIS MORNING, DARON?
I WAS DOING MY THING.
YEAH? GET SPECIFIC.
YOU MEAN,
LIKE, THE WHOLE DAY?
YEAH, UP UNTIL YOU PLAYED
HIDE‐AND‐SEEK IN THE CLOSET.
AH, NO, NO, NO.
SEE, I THOUGHT YOU WAS THE
LANDLORD, SEE.
BECAUSE ME AND HIM, WE GOT
FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES.
YEAH, YEAH. WHY DON’T YOU
ACCOUNT FOR YOUR DAY, DARON?
I WOKE UP AT 10:00,
HAD ME SOME BREAKFAST.
I WENT DOWN TO AARON’S,
SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY
DIGGING THROUGH RECORDS.
WHEN DID YOU STOP BY
NAPOLI DELI?
I GUESS BEFORE I WENT
RECORD SHOPPING.
WHAT DID YOU DO THERE?
BOUGHT ME SOME SMOKES.
WHO WERE YOU THERE WITH?
NOBODY.
WE GOT WITNESSES SAW YOU
WALKING AWAY FROM THE DELI
WITH A BLACK MALE.
[ Mocking ]
WELL, I WAS NOT WALKING
WITH ANOTHER BLACK MALE,
SIR!
WATCH YOUR MOUTH.
I WAS BY MYSELF THIS MORNING.
WE KNOW YOU’RE LYING.
SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS KNOW
EVERYTHING.
I’M NOT GOING TO TELL
YOU AGAIN.
WHY DON’T YOU TELL ME WHAT
THIS GOT TO DO WITH ME, MAN?
BECAUSE THAT’S ALL
I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT.
YOU ROBBING THAT DELI THIS
MORNING.
MNH‐MNH, MNH‐MNH.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. FORGET IT.
DARON, WE GOT WITNESSES.
WE’LL HAVE YOU STAND
IN A LINEUP.
ONCE YOU GET PICKED OUT,
NOTHING WE CAN DO
FOR YOU THEN.
THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
TAP ON ME ALL YOU WANT. I DIDN’T
ROB NO DELI.
THEN IT’S THE HARD ROAD.
I’VE BEEN DOWN IT BEFORE.
NOT THIS ONE.
ALL RIGHT, GET IN.
[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]
[ BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH ]
NO, NO.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE HIM
AGAIN.
WELL, THAT’S OVER NOW.
I WAS COME HERE BY ROJELIO
OBREGUN
TO WORK IN A RESTAURANT,
BUT HE NO HAVE MONEY TO PAY
COYOTE.
SO COYOTE SELL ME TO HECTOR
SANTOS.
THE MAN WHO RUNS
THE MASSAGE PARLOR.
HE SAY I OWE HIM $3,000,
AND I NEED TO BE WITH MEN TO
PAY IT OFF.
MANY MEN.
DID HE THREATEN
YOUR FAMILY?
HE SAID IF WE GO TO POLICE,
HE KILL OUR FAMILY.
HE KNOW WHERE WE LIVE.
YOU SAID BEFORE YOU DIDN’T
KNOW FRED PESCADO
OR FERNANDO VILLEJOS.
WAS THAT TRUE?
HE WORK WITH HECTOR.
HE RUN AROUND
AND GET THINGS FOR HIM.
HE’S A BAD MAN.
I THOUGHT I WAS KILL
MYSELF.
I THINK
I NEVER GO HOME AGAIN.
EVER, EVER.
HAVING FUN, FRED?
NO.
WELL, TOO BAD. YOU’RE FACING 30
YEARS OF IT.
WHAT 30 YEARS?
I TRIED TO HELP THAT GIRL.
SHE GAVE YOU UP, ASSHOLE,
GAVE UP THE OPERATION.
I DIDN’T FIGURE YOU GUYS
WERE DUMB ENOUGH
TO TAKE THE WORD
OF A JUNKIE.
SEX SLAVE, FRIEND.
KIDNAPPED, RAPED, BEATEN.
SHE’S LYING.
AND, UH, JUANA GONZALEZ,
ESTHER MEDINA,
MARIA SANCHEZ ‐‐ WHO WE
JUST BROUGHT IN ‐‐
THEY LYING, TOO,
BUT SOMEHOW ALL TELLING THE
SAME STORY?
MULTIPLY THE COUNT BY THE
NUMBER OF GIRLS,
THAT’S 30 YEARS. EASY.
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT
STUFF.
I DO THINGS FOR HECTOR.
I GET HIS DRY CLEANING.
AND SCAM HIS GIRLS.
HE DON’T PAY MUCH.
HECTOR SAID IT DON’T WORK
LIKE THAT, FRED.
YEAH, WELL, WHAT’S HE
SAYING?
YOU FIND THE GIRLS, YOU
SUCKER ’EM IN.
IT’S YOUR OPERATION.
HE JUST KEEPS THE BOOKS.
THEN WHY IS IT HIM WITH THE SILK
SHIRTS AND THE GOLD MOVADO,
AND ME IN AN ITCHY PRIEST SUIT,
SCAMMING A STINKIN’ GRAND?
WELL, IF HE’S THE ONLY
ONE TALKING,
WE GOT TO GO WITH HIS
SIDE.
NAH...NAH, I’M NOT DOING NO
30 YEARS.
YOU PLAY IT RIGHT, YOU
WON’T DO A DAY.
ALL RIGHT,
I GOT NAMES.
LOTS OF NAMES.
LET’S HEAR ’EM.
I’LL GET SOMEONE
FROM VICE.
I WAS THERE. THE WITNESS
POSITIVELY I. D.’d THE FIRST GUY.
YEAH, I KNOW. I WAS
THERE, TOO.
AND NOW HE’S GOING TO RECANT
THAT,
AND IN THE SAME DAY, I. D.
SOMEONE ELSE?
IT WOULDN’T HOLD UP IN
A HEARING, LET ALONE A TRIAL.
’CAUSE THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY
WOULD DESTROY
THIS GUY’S CREDIBILITY
IN 10 SECONDS.
CAN WE SALVAGE ANYTHING
FROM THE WITNESS?
HIM ALONE NOW
WON’T DO US ANY GOOD.
ANY OTHER WITNESSES?
NOT YET.
THAT HOTSHOT FROM ROBBERY HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THIS BAD I. D.?
YOU KNOW I WOULDN’T TELL YOU
IF HE DID.
HOW SURE ARE WE THAT THE NEPHEW
WASN’T INVOLVED SOMEHOW?
WE’RE NOT THAT SURE. HE
SAYS HE LIED
ABOUT THE DETAILS BECAUSE HE
RAN AWAY FROM THE SCENE,
BUT I DON’T KNOW.
SHOWING PHOTOS OF DARON HODGES’
RUNNING BUDDIES TO GARY,
SEE WHO MIGHT’VE BEEN STANDING
BY THE DOOR THIS MORNING.
HE JUST PICKED OUT DARON’S
16‐YEAR‐OLD BROTHER KELVIN.
THE KID AT THE APARTMENT.
YEAH.
HOW DID WE GET
THE BROTHER’S PHOTO?
HE HAVE A RECORD?
HE TOOK A COLLAR
FOR SMOKING A JOINT
IN THE PARK WITH HIS BUDDIES.
I GOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU,
DARON.
YOU HAD US GOING THERE.
GET UP.
FOR A MINUTE THERE,
WE WERE, LIKE,
"DAMN, DID WE GET
THE WRONG GUY?
I MEAN, DID DARON JUST GO IN
THERE TO GET SOME SMOKES?"
GOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
SO THIS IS THE BEST FRIEND
APPROACH WE TRYING NOW?
NO, I’M SERIOUS.
HAVE A SEAT.
I MEAN, FOR A MINUTE THERE,
WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE HAD
THE WRONG GUY, EVEN THOUGH A
WITNESS I. D.’d YOU
AS THE SHOOTER.
GREAT.
BUT WHEN THE WITNESS
PICKED OUT YOUR BROTHER KELVIN
AS THE GUY KEEPING AN EYE OUT
BY THE DOOR,
THAT’S WHEN WE KNEW
WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
PINNING THE CRIME
ON THE BLACK GUY.
THAT’S ALL THIS IS.
YOUR BROTHER SEEMS LIKE A
GOOD KID.
YOU LOOK OUT FOR HIM,
DON’T YOU?
OTHER THAN GETTING POPPED FOR
SMOKING A JOINT IN THE PARK,
HE’S KEPT IT CLEAN.
IT’S GOING TO WEIGH PRETTY
HEAVY ON YOUR MIND, DARON,
WHEN KELVIN GOES UP
FOR ACTING IN CONCERT ‐‐
YOUR 16‐YEAR‐OLD BROTHER
DOING ADULT TIME
IN AN ADULT PRISON.
OR MAYBE THIS ROBBERY WAS
KELVIN’S IDEA,
WHICH MEANS
HE’LL GET EVEN MORE TIME.
WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TOO,
IF YOU KEEP SITTING HERE POSING.
COP TO WHAT YOU DID, DARON.
I MEAN, THE GUY YOU SHOT,
IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S GOING
TO PULL THROUGH,
SO YOU’RE JUST LOOKING
AT AN ASSAULT CHARGE.
IF YOU DON’T, I WILL
MAKE SURE
THAT YOUR BROTHER DOES TIME
FOR ROBBERY
AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
KELVIN DIDN’T KNOW
NOTHING.
I JUST TOLD HIM I WAS GOING IN
FOR SOME SMOKES.
HE HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.
WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE DELI?
THE PLACE WAS EMPTY, I HAD
MY GUN,
I JUST DECIDED ON THE SPOT
I’M GOING TO TAKE ’EM ALL FOR
THE CASH.
EVERYTHING WAS COOL
UNTIL THE ONE GUY
RAN AROUND THE CORNER AND
TOOK OFF.
I GOT UPTIGHT AND...
KELVIN DIDN’T KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT IT.
LEAVE HIM OUT OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE OLD GUY
BEHIND THE COUNTER,
HE GOING ‐‐
HE GOING TO LIVE?
LAST WE HEARD.
WRITE IT DOWN.
SORRY. I GOT A LITTLE
WAYLAID.
YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU GOT
A PERSONAL SECURITY BUSINESS
THAT’S DOING PRETTY GOOD.
YEAH?
I HOPE THIS JOB DOESN’T
INTERFERE WITH IT.
WE HAVEN’T GOT A RAISE IN OVER
FIVE YEARS.
I’M TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING
FOR MY FAMILY.
WELL, YOU GOT YOUR PRIORITIES
A LITTLE TWISTED HERE, PAL.
SO IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE
CATES? YES OR NO?
THAT’S A BIG NO.
YOU COULDN’T HAVE TOLD ME THAT
ON THE PHONE?
YOU KNOW, IT’S GUYS
LIKE YOU
THAT GIVE VALIDITY TO EVERY
SCUMBAG DEFENSE ATTORNEY
WHO BREAKS COPS’ BALLS ON THE
WITNESS STAND.
IS THIS LESSON TIME NOW?
’CAUSE I’M NOT INTERESTED.
LOOK, YOU PUT A BAD COLLAR ON
A GUY, HUGHES.
JUST DON’T FORGET THAT.
IF THIS WOULD’VE BEEN FOR
THE HUNDRED OTHER THINGS
THAT CATES DIDN’T
GET CAUGHT FOR ‐‐
YEAH, THAT’S GREAT.
TAKE OFF.
WHAT?
TAKE OFF.
NIGHT.
HERE. WANT ONE?
IT’S A GOOD SPOT.
YEAH, IT’S A
NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE.
NICE PEOPLE.
ARE WE DUE A
CONVERSATION?
ABOUT WHAT, YOU AND ME?
WELL, I JUST KNOW WHAT
YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH,
AND YOU CAN TALK TO ME
ABOUT ANYTHING...OR NOT.
AHEM. I’M ALMOST AFRAID TO
’CAUSE I DON’T WANT
TO JINX A GOOD THING.
WELL, THERE’S NOTHING
TO SAY
THAT WE CAN’T KEEP A GOOD
THING GOING.
I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MUCH
I’D LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN,
BUT, UM, I KEEP THINKING
ANOTHER SHOE’S GOING TO DROP.
I DON’T HAVE ANY TIME BOMBS
ON ME, SO...
WHAT YOU’RE SEEING,
THAT’S WHO I AM.
I’M NOT TRYING TO GET US AHEAD
OF OURSELVES.
HOWEVER LONG THIS LASTS,
I JUST WANT TO ENJOY IT.
THAT’S GOOD FOR ME.
THIRD FLOOR, ONE QUEEN.
YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD.
HERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
DAD, YOU COULD PUT ONE IN
YOUR BAG.
I’M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ROOM
FOR MY STUFF, THEO.
LOOK, I‐I SAID ONE TOY,
BUT IT CAN’T BE THE FIRE TRUCK.
BUT WHAT IF I NEED IT?
THANKS.
I, UH, I’M ON THE FLOOR
BELOW YOU GUYS.
PERFECT.
YOU KNOW...
WHY I’D WANT YOU TO COME
WITH ME IS A NO‐BRAINER, BUT...
WHY YOU’D ACTUALLY SAY YES IS
SOMETHING
I‐I’M HAVING A HARD TIME
GETTING MY HEAD AROUND.
WHATEVER IT IS I DO FOR YOU,
HOWEVER I MAKE YOU FEEL,
YOU DO THE SAME FOR ME.
I CAN’T IMAGINE HAVING THAT KIND
OF LUCK.
WELL, YOU DON’T HAVE
TO IMAGINE ANYTHING.
IT’S RIGHT HERE.
I NEED SOMEONE BIG TO STAND
ON MY BAG
SO I CAN CLOSE IT.
ALL RIGHT, WHY DON’T WE SEE IF
WE CAN PARE IT DOWN
A LITTLE BIT FIRST,
OKAY, KIDDO?
FINE.
CONNIE, I’M GLAD YOU’RE COMING.
ME TOO.
COME ON.
ALL RIGHT,
LET ME SEE THIS BAG.
THIS IS TOO MUCH, SWEETIE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS OFF
FIRST.
OH! WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA.
THEO...