It hadn't quite got dark yet.....Detectives Edwin"Duke" Baylor , Angela Belton-Barlow and Carlotta Rodriguez- Wallace arrived at the the first of fugitive Harry Gold's residences....
Harry Goldwas an a disgraced former police officer , who was busted for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute...It effectively ended his police career and earned him a year in the state pen.
His DNA and Fingerprints were the second set of prints found in the apartment of the murdered cop's wife, Bonnie Jourgeson...
We had three addresses for him....We had no idea how Lieutenant Tragg
had found out about this...but we desperately wanted to beat him to this collar before he screwed things up as he was want to do...For that reason...Sissy split everybody up into teams...
Armed with a search warrant...Duke callled out...
"Harry Gold....POLICE!! WE HAVE A WARRANT!!"
There was no answer....Duke ordered the police to kick the door in..
He and several officers entered from the front...
Angie and several officers entered from the back.... "CLEAR!! CLEAR!!! They yelled...
A frustrated Carlotta stood outside....unable to take part in the raid...... A Latina uniformed officer stood outside with her...They conversed in spanish....The officer was fresh out of the Academy...This was the first time she was "Taking a Door" as they said...
"He's not here Top..."said Duke, coming out on the front.....
"This place looks like it's been empty for months..." said Angie...
"I'll call boss lady.." said Carlotta...
II-
It was now starting to get dark.....On another side of town....Primary, Sirena Pile and her partner, Tony Hopkins, along with Detective Jimmy Barlow , who met them at the scene found yet another residence that Harry Gold was said to live at...
Armed with a search warrant...Sirena callled out...
"Harry Gold....POLICE!! WE HAVE A WARRANT!!"
There was no answer....Sirena ordered the police to kick the door in..
She and several officers entered from the front...
Hop and Jimmy both entered from the back with more cops..
"CLEAR!!! , CLEAR!!!, CLEAR!!!" they yelled...
"Nobody here...and this place is empty....It's been vacated said a frustrated Hop..
"Either that or Tragg got him already..."said Jimmy...
"I'm certain that that didn't happen..."said Sirena... "I'm calling Siss." she said..
III-
It was now dark....The rush hour crowd was headed home...Sissy was with Tyriq...Who technically was not taken off the case...
She got off the phone and turned to Rico....
"That was Sirena....Their residence was empty as was Duke and Angie's...So this has to be the place..."she said..
"I can't believe we beat Lt. Tragg to all three residences...."said Tyriq....
"I'm glad we did..."Somebody have a warrant?" she asked..
"I've got it right here.."I said and passed it to her...She read it and gave it to Tyriq...
"Alright...Let's do it.."said Tyriq...commanding his guys...He sent half to the back and he and his group entered the front door...
"HARRY GOLD....POLICE!! WE GOT A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!!!"he yelled...
A crowd gathered...There was no sound...
Tyriq nodded....
The police hit the door and Sissy and Tyriq entered with glocks drawn..
"CLEAR!!!" she yelled..
"CLEAR!!" yelled Tyriq...
I could tell by the look on their faces that Harry Gold was not there either...
He wasn't at any of his three known residences...
"He knows he's hot...he's on the move!" said Sissy...
"Siss, Rico,we got company..." I said..
Driving up in two totaled police cruisers was Lt. Tragg.....Two Officers were in the second car...One was bleeding profusely from a head wound...The other one was visibly shaken up.....
In Lt. Traggs car....both officers appeared to be visibly shaken up, but otherwise unhurt...
"Oh My God! What happened to these cruisers? Are you guys alright?" asked Sissy...
''We had an accident on the way here Lieutenant..A multiple car fender bender..."said one officer..
"WHAT? Where is the other car..?" she asked..
He pointed to Lt. Tragg...
"He ordered us to leave the scene..." he said..
"You gotta be kidding me...This one looks hurt....Call an ambulance....Are the rest of you guys alright?"asked Sissy...
"They're fine....Where is Gold?" asked Tragg...
Sissy sighed...
"He's long gone from here..." she said...
"I've got two other addresses..." he said..
"My guys beat you to it... Duke and Angie hit one place...and Sirena and Hop hit the other..He's not at any of those residences...I put a BOLO out on him already and I called the State Police...How did you find out about this..?"asked Sissy...
" I have my sources....Just like you do....How did you guys get up on this ? Barlow told you didn't he?" asked Lt. Tragg...
"Do you see him anywhere around here? We've had these addresses for most of the day,Detective Barlow has been off duty the past two days.......This is my case, remember...?" she said..
"Well at least you have suspects....You're not dilly dallying like you usually do.."he said snidely....
"You mean actuallyclosing cases with solid evidence unlike someone else I know...."said Sissy..
"Uhhhh Lieutenant Tragg...you have a phone call.....It's Captain Pike..."I said..Glad that someone had called....No one wanted to see another argument like the day before.
"What the hell does he want?"he asked and took the phone..
"Yes......We were rushing to capture a murder suspect...WHAT? I told the duty officer at the scene to take all of the information...Time was of the utmost...Did we capture our killer? Well no....Yes, I realize two department vehicles were damaged....Yes...No the other person who got hit is fine..Just fine...How do I know? I was there!!! The cop who got injured??...He'll be going to the hospital.... Captain...look! Hey...Now listen....Now look...There is no need to bring the Deputy of Operations in on all of this...Captain Cantrell has nothing to do with this...What do you want? Now look! I don't appreciate that kind of language sir...No my head is NOT UP MY ASS!!"he yelled..
Sissy called an ambulance for the hurt officer....
She told the other officers they were dismissed...They seemed happy and relieved to be rid of Lieutenant Tragg...
In fact she dismissed all of the officers at the scene....She called the local Precinct Captain...Leonard Pike and assured him that the officers were dismissed and otherwise taken care of...She said she had nothing to do with Lt. Tragg being at the scene of HER CASE and that she didn't know why he was here...Captain Pike said he understood...He thanked Sissy for looking after his men and said he was calling the Deputy Of Operations....
''Keith, Rico, Let's get out of here..Harry Gold will show up sooner or later...We put in a good productive day.." she said.
As we pulled off...Lt. Tragg was still on the phone..
All of the police cars were gone...I had no idea how he was getting home!!! Nobody cared either...
He was standing on the corner alone when we left him still on his phone..
"Sir...Sir...as I told Captain Pike...we were in hot pursuit of a murder suspect...I told the duty officer at the scene to take all of the
information...Time was of the utmost...Did we capture our killer? Well
no....Yes, I realize two department vehicles were damaged....Yes...No
the other person who got hit is fine..Just fine...Sir...No I don't have my head up my ass all day...No I did not impair Lt. Van Buren's investigation...In fact she's here....What? She was just here...She left the scene.....No the killer was gone! Well no we weren't chasing a suspect...I had a hot tip that a suspect was near by..." he said..I know you told me to stand down, but I had this hot tip and...What sir? No....I'm sorry about the two cruisers...yes...Yes sir sirrr...What? Suspended sir? Awwww come onnnnn! COME ONNNN!" he yelled..
IV-
A few hours later we all met up at an all night diner....No body felt like going home cooking...
It was Sharon's idea...As Deputy Special Agent in charge of the FBI, she hadn't really been involved with this case...though she had helped us out where she could...
Sissy called her husband, Eddie C.
Who met Sissy, Tyriq and me there..
Within the hour....Duke, Angie and Carlotta dragged themselves into the diner..
They looked defeated ,
as did...Sirena ,Hop and Jimmy as they came wandering in...
''Boyyyy you heroes need some cheering up! This good hot food will set you guys straight" said Eddie C.
"Yeah cheer up...I found something on one of the traffic cams that may help you guys out...I'll share it with you tomorrow.."said Sharon...
Hazel walked in....
"Heyyyyyyyyyy guys.. I found some more DNA in that apartment...DNA that doesn't belong there...It's not Harry Gold or Chico Jimenez..." said Hazel... "I'm running tests on it and sending it through decks.." she said.
Sissy had been on her phone...
"That was the Deputy of Operations...We won't have to worry about Lt. Tragg for at least three weeks.."said Sissy... "He's been suspended with pay for leaving the scene of an accident after that double fender bender tonight and totaling two police cruisers...and for being at my crime scene...disobeying a direct order..."said a jubilant Sissy... "but even better..The Deputy Of Operations said I can run my case as I see fit...So on that note..Chica!! You and Jimmy are back on the case...." she said..
"Yes!" said Carlotta, who gave me a big kiss...
"Ummmmm papi that makes me happy..." she said..
''And you're making me happy! In ways you can't imagine!" I whispered in her ears..
She blushed.....
Jimmy and Angie were already kissing...
As was Hop and Sharon...
Tyriq smiled...
"Great to have my partners back"he said...
"That's more like it...Everybody is smiling said Hazel...
"Come here , make me smile.." said Duke, pulling Hazel to him and kissing her passionately...
She giggled like a school girl...
Sirena smiled..
"I think we'd better order now.." said Sirena,laughing..
Tryiq pulled Sirena to him and put her on his lap......
''Come here and get with the program girl..." he said..
Kissing her passionately....She giggled...
"Rico stop it....stopppppppppppppppppppp.." she said softly in between kisses...
''Now you guys are feeling better." said Eddie C..
Sissy leaned into his shoulders and looked at the menu...
"I'm happy, happy for them..." she said....
And we ordered a fantastic meal...Several Steaks, Baked Potatos, salads and Shrimp dinners...and momentarily forgot about the troubles of today...
