Carlotta, Sissy and Angie visited all of Bridget's Lingerie stores and talked to the cashiers...Some of who remembered a white man with graying hair and a goatee purchasing panties, bras and baby dolls of a certain color, Sheer White Baby Dolls and Lime Green Panties and Matching Bra..
They found out that the man paid in cash for all of the purchases....
This time they had a glossy photo of recently removed Immigration Judge, Monroe Stevens...
Carlotta got a bad vibe from talking to him in a Fishtown bar a few nights before..He took liberties with his hands that were highly inappropriate...and the fact that a man of his standing and wealth seemed odd hanging out in that Bohemian neighborhood amongst Hipsters...
When the four girls in four different stores saw his photo they all exclaimed...
"OH MY GOD!!! THAT'S HIM!!!" they said... "He bought Lime Green Panties and a Lime Green Bra, he was specific and a little condescending." they said..
"Could you look back through your sales records and give us the actual sale dates?" asked Sirena..
''Oh Wow, this guy used to be a Judge in Common Pleas Court....I remember when he was an ADA."said Angie..
"Last I heard, he was a Judge in Immigration Court..."said Sissy...
With the information the girls got...
Hop, Jimmy and Tyriq, with the Help of Sharon and the FBI's sophisticated playthings..
were able to access the store camera footage from each Lingerie Store..
"We got him...that's him buying the White Baby Doll and the lime Green Panties.." said Hop..
"Oh and look, we got a bonus..."said Jimmy...
"This is him from a few days ago buying ,wait for it...Red ,White and Blue Panties, a matching red bra." said Tyriq..
"And giving the cashier a hard time about it.." said Duke... "You were on the money Top." said Duke..
"He just gave me a bad vibe the other night..." said Carlotta..
"I interviewed that Cashier too....."said Sirena..
''So We know he bought these girls lingerie.. but that alone doesn't say he raped and strangled them." said Angie...
''Right, two of the three girls were known prostitutes.." I said.
"But the third one wasn't and neither was our fourth.. Hell she was only 17..."said Sissy ,shaking her head...
"You guys need more, well check this out...Each purchase was the exact cup size and size of the murdered girls, Co-incidence??? And each purchase was made within days of a body being found.."said Sharon..
"That's too much of a co-incidence." I said..
'The red white and blue panties were purchased the day after I had the encounter with him in the bar." said Carlotta.
"And within two days..A body winds up in the river...with the same panties on...Red ,White and Blue."said Hop..
"Maybe they were out of Lime Green.. he seems to have bought up all the pairs..."said Jimmy.
This was met with raucous laughter...
"No wait...Junior has a point.. He did seemed perturbed and gave that cashier a hard time.." said Duke.
"Yeah, it seemed like he settled for a Red Bra..."said Tyriq..
"I do love a man who knows how to co-ordinate his woman's underwear."mused Sissy..
''Okayyyyy?" said Angie, high fiving Sissy..
"They usually don't care..." said Sharon..
''It never stays on long anyway.." laughed Sirena..
Carlotta busted out laughing...
"I know that's right." said Hazel, laughing herself.
II-
A few hours later...
Lt. Danny Ho walked in with his girlfriend, Private Investigator
Jade Lee
and one of the Attorney's she worked for, Sofia Garcia..
"Guys...You know Jade...This is Attorney Sofia Garcia...She was sexually assaulted by Judge Stevens.. Perhaps she can shed light oh his nature.." said Danny Ho...
We had told him that we had Judge Stevens on video from the stores purchasing the panties, bras and babydolls in the exact sizes of the murdered girls...We suspected he knew these girls ,had been stalking them and knew their sizes...
We told him that he purchased the lingerie within days before each girl was found floating in the river...It was enough co-incidences.. to make him our leading suspect..
Sofia spoke to us..
"We were trying an immigration case in his court..He was very condescending toward all of us..he threatened all of us with jail time for contempt..All except me..He invited me to Red Bar for some drinks..Just me.."said Sofia..
"I thought he wanted to talk about the case..but he didn't...He wanted to talk about me and him getting together...even offered me a job with him if I'd sleep with him..Said He'd even drop the charges on my client if I slept with him.."said Sofia.
"Oh My God...He was all over me, the other night in the bar in Fishtown… Until I told him I was married." said Carlotta..
"I'm from Fishtown too!!" said Sofia..
Both women laughed and hugged each other..
''We had her wired..She wore a wire in her bra...We thought him asking her out for drinks was fishy...but someone , We don't know who was filming the whole thing and sent copies of this video tape around.." said Jade..
''Que it up guys."said Sharon..
''This should be interesting."said Sissy..
The rest of us watched with rapt attention..
III-
That night, Judge Stevens was waiting when Sofia arrived at Red Bar..
"You're on time...I like that...I like Punctuality..." he said..
He couldn't take his eyes off of Sofia. Sofia noticed this and was very uncomfortable...He looked as if he was undressing her with his eyes...
"Judge Stevens...Why am I here? And Why just me? My Boyfriend, Kahlil Ahmed is actually arguing this case before you...
I'm with the team that's doing the research....That would be me, Beatrice Evans and Yvette Jones.. We are getting his visa up to snuff and finishing the work started on his citizenship...Perhaps I shouldn't even be discussing this with you."
"explained Sofia, but it was as if she were talking to herself..
''Sit down Ms. Garcia...check out the menu.." said Judge Stevens...
"So you and Mr. Ahmed are an uh item eh? How did that happen?" asked Judge Stevens..
''We were in law school together, but we've actually known each other since we were undergrads at Temple.."said Sofia.
"I understand you four ,Mr. Jones, Ms. Evans and Mr. Ahmed and yourself.
have been inseperable for close to three years....and Yvette Jones
who is on a fast track to making partner or so she thinks recruited you four and that Asian woman
who you helped get her citizenship as part of some Diversity endeaver for that firm..Hah! I hate such brazen tokenism...
But the reason I have you here Ms. Garcia is I think you're special...You stand out amongst that crowd...You my dear could one day become a Judge just like myself with the right mentoring...and I could be that mentor..." said Judge Stevens, sitting closer ,uncomfortably close to Sofia..
He attempted to put his arms around her, but she smiled and moved away...It was an awkward moment..
"I don't bite Sofia...Relax.." he said softly.. She could smell the distinct odor of liquor on him...He had apparently been drinking heavily before she arrived...
For an hour he talked about the law, his life, his up's and downs and his present state...He didn't ask Sofia anything...He didn't need to..He seemed to know all about her...
He had hired an Investigator to look into Sofia's lives and the lives of her close associates...He knew the book on all of us..
Their food came and along with it..Many drinks... The food was delicious...Sofia had one Martini, but noticed the Judge downed five more...and the more he drank, the more his hands wandered...
He had been feeling her shapely legs all night and slyly running his hands up her skirt...She had been politely removing his wandering hands all night without saying anything...
"Don't be afraid of me Sofia...I won't bite baby...."he said inching closer...
''Uh your honor, about Mr. Cabril…."said Sofia.
"What about him? Just some unlucky Arab in this country illegally... If you argue the case tomorrow and are uh nice to me...He's a free man....I don't even care...Just make sure he get's his visa's straight..." said Judge Stevens who leaned in for a kiss..
Sofia moved away...
''What are you doing?" she asked..
"I'm makin a move baby. You know how this works...You're nice to me...I in turn am nice to you, but first....Heh Heh Heh, you have to give me what I want...Heh heh heh.." said Judge Stevens..
"Judge Stevens, You've had your hands on my legs for the past hour and you've been running them up my skirt...now you're tugging on the waist band of my panties...I don't do this...I don't sleep with people for favors.. ,especially a Judge presiding over my case to decide the outcome...it makes things a little weird and inappropriate...That's a big no no..."said Sofia.
"Please tell me you aren't one of those disgusting "Me Too" people are you?" said Judge Stevens..
"I'm just saying...I'm an honest Attorney and I have integrity...."said Sofia..
"That's wonderful...They teach you that in law school? This is the real world Sofia....You've got to put your big girl panties on...panties I would love to remove..Heh Heh Heh...Now look...Tell your boyfriend, you're taking over the case...Tell him you have experience with me from before, which is true...He'll understand..."said Judge Stevens who whispered..."I'm very discreet baby..what we do here tonight is strictly between you and me..." he said..
"Are you serious?" Sofia said.
"I AM SERIOUSLY HORNY BABY!" said the Judge..
"WE are not doing anything here tonight....I think you've had a little too much to drink your honor."said Sofia..
Judge Stevens pulled Sofia to him, His hand was still up her skirt...He tugged on the waistband of her panties, she finally moved his hands from under her skirt after a struggle........Judge Stevens laughed..
"I've heard about you feisty Latina women...Ai Yi Yiiiiiiiiiiiiii baby!" he laughed.
Now Sofia felt insulted...he had stereotyped her and her people! What a condescending racist prick! She thought.
He again attempted to kiss her, but Sofia moved her head...She was repelled by his hot liquor tinged breath. He tried to move it back, but she moved away....
"Come on...You are just postponing...ughhhh the inevitable...ouuuuuuu.." he moaned..
He had her skirt hiked up now and his arms around her waist..tugging at her panties furiously...
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! GOD BLESS AMERICA!" he moaned..
''STOP IT PLEASE!" said Sofia..who looked around...but no one was near..They were in a private area.
She forcibly removed his hands and pulled her skirt back down and slid away from him...
"STOP IT PLEASE!" she asked again.
"SHHHHHHH!!! YOU'VE GOT MY MOTOR STARTED BABY...AND I CAN'T SLOW IT DOWN!" said Judge Stevens...whose trousers were standing out like a circus tent...
He attempted to kiss her once again, but Sofia moved her head...Judge Stevens tried to move it back, but she moved away....
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm, come here baby....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you've got me hotter than a cigarette at a gas station.." he moaned..
He grabbed her behind and pulled her into him, He kissed her neck and the side of her face....She eased out of his embrace once again..
''Would You Please stop?" asked Sofia, who attempted to get up......
Judge Stevens knocked over a chair...They were in a very Private section away from the general public...
He was now grinding Sofia up against the wall and breathing heavily...
"Ohhhhhh goddd you are so sexy....I haven't been able to get you off my mind.!!! I can't stop. Ummmmm what are you doing to me ?" he moaned...
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.." he moaned..His body was shaking...trembling...
He was cumming on himself....
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWDDD!" he sighed....
"OH MY GOD!!!! EWWWWW!" said Sofia, who could feel the moisture...She pushed him away...
Sofia grabbed her pocketbook and ran out of the restaurant.....
She ran to the parking lot
and got in her car...She made sure the doors were locked and the windows were up....
.She backed it up and pulled off..
The front of Judge Stevens trousers were saturated with semen....The stain was from the groin area down the side of his leg....It looked as if he had urinated on himself..
The waiter came as Sofia was running by him....He looked at Judge Stevens trousers and surmised what had happened..
Judge Stevens was embarrassed...
"Just keep your mouth closed." he said and duked him some extra cash.
He paid the waiter in cash for both meals and drinks and then slipped out of the restaurant...
The waiter shook his head and laughed....
He ran to the parking lot.. but Sofia was gone..
(CLICK)
"You guys seen enough?" asked Sharon...
"I'm not trying to be a jerk or nothing but...you were uh wearing the exact same color panties as our last victim..."said Jimmy..
"I was...and I had a Red Bra on which he saw when he hiked my skirt up.."said Sofia..
''And two nights after your encounter with him....The first body washed up in the river." said Duke.
"And after he was removed from the bench...The second body showed up that afternoon.." I said..
''And the night after his hearing in which he learned he wouldn't be disbarred, the third body showed up "said Lt Ho.
"And two nights after his encounter with Top...Another body shows up.." said Tyriq....
"This is too many co-incidences...This is our guy..."said Hop.
"Everytime he suffers a major emotional or sexual upheaval.....Someone is killed...After he has sex with them.." said Sirena.
''He could also have performance issues....He killed them to keep them from telling or maybe they might have laughed..." said Hazel....
''Sofia, you don't know how lucky you were....You might have been victim number one." said Carlotta.
''Aye Mios Dios...It gives me chills." said Sofia.
''At any rate baby girl, you did the right thing, by leaving immediately." said Angie.
"So what now counselor?" asked Jade Lee.
"I'll get a warrant.."I said..
"Prepare to pick him up.." said Sissy..
"I think I know where he is.." said Carlotta.
IV-
The tony little bar in Fishtown.....
Former Judge, Now Attorney in Private Practice, Monroe Stevens was having a drink...His hands were shaking...His trousers were drenched with semen.
Carlotta, Angie and Sirena walked in and sat around him..
''Hello Judge Stevens...Fancy meeting you here again...You must like this place..eh? I brought some friends" said Carlotta.
"This is Angie" said Carlotta.
"Detective Angie Belton -Barlow.." said Angie.
''And this is Sirena."said Carlotta.
"Detective Sirena Pile."said Sirena..
''Wow...I didn't know Detectives were so sexy now of days...In my day they were fat and balding with coffee stains on their clothes.." laughed Judge Stevens..
''Hey Man, your trousers are wet...You spill your drink?"asked Jimmy...
"Or is this something else?" asked Tyriq.
Duke said nothing.
"Hello Judge Stevens...Remember me? You once questioned my citizenship.." said Lt. Danny Ho.
"I take it, all of you guys are detectives...You're not here for uh ahhh a friendly drink." said Judge Stevens..
Hop walked in looking angry..
"No we are not...We just popped the trunk of your car...You sick bastard." he said..
He pulled the Judge up and handcuffed him.
"Monroe Stevens, you are under arrest on FIVE COUNTS of First Degree Murder, you have the right to remain silent.. Anything and I mean Anything you say can and will be held against you..You have the right to an attorney, if you can not afford one..One will be assigned to you, but you being an Attorney and all...I know you understand this..."he said.
"Did you sayFive counts of First Degree Murder?" said Carlotta..
''We popped the trunk of his car...There is a fifth body in there...
White baby doll, black panties, black bra, red ribbon tied around her neck..lots of semen..He was headed to the river with her I suppose and stopped in here for a drink to calm his nerves.." said Sissy..
"You of course did have a warrant?" asked Monroe Stevens..playing the savy attorney...knowing that without a warrant we couldn't use any of this in court.
"They had a warrant....We've been to your house too...We found your box of red ribbons!" I said. .I was angry myself..
"Carlotta is your wife? She is hot!!.....My goodness...what I'd do with her in the bed." he said..as if none of what else was said meant anything....The Man was a Racist and a Psychopath as well, Killing Latina girls, or deporting Arabs and Muslims and Latinos and questioning Asians about their citizenship obviously meant nothing to him!
"Don't let him goad you...We got him cold."said Tyriq..
"Don't worry...We are going to make sure he gets a one way ticket to his birthplace...HELL!"said Danny Ho!
I calmed down...
Carlotta rubbed my hands gently... She kissed me softly and gently...
We walked him out.
''All you could possibly have is circumstantial evidence you know"...He said with a smile..
''When the jury hears what we do have, they'll have heard enough."I said.
As he was driven off and the others left... Carlotta motioned to me to follow her...She walked me to the driveway behind the bar..
I took her in my arms and we kissed passionately...….
Sissy walked back into the bar.
'Detectives, do you mind buying your Lieutenant a beer?" she asked..
"Of Course not Siss" said Angie.
"You have to ask?" said Sirena, smiling..
We took Monroe Stevens into custody and we cleared out...We left Hazel
and her people to examine the scene..
Lt. Danny Ho hung around ,because naturally, Lt. Tragg showed up with a gaggle of press..
"I DO NOT BELIEVE IT !!!A FIFTH GIRL IS NOW DEAD AND-" before he could finish...
''A suspect has been arrested!!!...The owner of this car...I am pretty sure that the Red Ribbon Killings are over...The Red Ribbon Killer is in custody."Lt. Danny Ho announced..
The Press cheered...
"You guys did well, arrested the Trunk Killer yesterday and the Red Ribbon Killer today.."said one reporter..
"Nice work guys" said another reporter..
They clapped and cheered some more and snapped Danny Ho's photo.
"Once again I have to thank Lt. Sissy Van Buren and her elite team of detectives in the Criminal Investigation Division...I couldn't have done this without their help and the other units who helped...Special Victims Unit, Vice, The FBI and ATF...It was a team effort...Good Night everybody.." he said as they all cleared out....
Lt. Tragg was furious...in 48 hours..We had capturedthe Trunk Killer andThe Red Ribbon Killer despite his dramatics...
Reporters did not want a quote from him.. They ignored him and filed out one by one...They had their story as far as they were concerned...
Carlotta and I were still in the back driveway, away from the street ,kissing passionately..
Lt. Tragg walked into bar. He sat at the end of the bar alone... He saw Sissy and two of her detectives sitting at the other end of the bar...
They were laughing and drinking and talking...basking in their twin victories...They didn't notice him at all down the other end of the bar..
He saw Carlotta and I walking in, holding hands...We Joined Sissy, Sirena and Angie...
The Bartender asked him...
"What are ya havin mac?"
"Bourbon....On the damn rocks." said Lt. Tragg...
EPILOUGE-
Theodore "Teddy Cook was found guilty and received the Death Penalty for the murders of the Hudson Family....
Monroe Stevens pleaded guilty to all five of the Red Ribbon murders in a plea to avoid the Death Penalty.. He received Five Life Sentences..
ONE WEEK LATER-
It was a Saturday Morning...We were all off duty...Our headquarters had a skeleton crew of uniform officers,,, Everyone else was at home.. We decided to have a big breakfast party
"It's not everyday WE get invited to Police Headquarters for Breakfast. Thank You Sissy" said Attorney Olivia Bennett-Alexander.. She and her associates were the first to arrive.
"These are our friends...Not Lt. Tragg."joked her husband, Investigator Donnie Ray Alexander..
"Ouuu this place is lovely. And you guys have bedrooms upstairs too? Wow!!!" said her niece, Beverly West-East, also an Attorney.
''Wow look at all this high tech stuff.."said Attorney Nelson East, Beverly's husband..
'
''Sweet. This is almost like the Bat-Cave" said Para Legal and law student Josie Boyd...
Her boyfriend, Paris laughed.
''We wanted all of our friends to have breakfast with us."said Sissy..
She had ordered a catered breakfast of Pancakes, Bacon, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs and hashed Browns delivered..
And had invited practically every body we associated with....
"Come on in you guys." I said as Yvette Jones, Gary Lockwood, Sofia Garcia, Kahlil Ahmed, Beatrice Evans, Keith Jones, Jade Lee and Danny Ho joined us..
"This place is beautiful.."said Yvette..
"Almost makes me want to be a detective again."joked Gary Lockwood..
"I was here a few days ago...I told you this place was cool.."said Sofia Garcia.
"You didn't lie."said Kahlil..
"Ouu,I love It."said Bee Bee.
"I must say...For a police station, this is one of the better ones."said Keith Jones..
"Indeed." said Jade.
"Yes...It is."said Lt. Danny Ho...
"Come on In Kevin, Sepia....There is plenty more food. Aww and let me see my god child "said Sissy...cooing over Kevin and Sepia's little girl...Kimberly..
As another tray of food arrived..
"Oh My God, can we eat all of this?" asked Sepia, Kevin's wife...
"I don't know about you...but I can.." said Kevin Morris, a Private Investigator and one of our first allies..
"I know that's right.." said Detective Sgt, Sam Smith, who also joined us...
And Bonnie Shay and her husband, Ronnie Shay , who also joined us were our last arrivals.
A third and final tray of food arrived....
and plenty of hot coffee for everybody.
They joined us in our stylish cafeteria on the fourth floor.. Sissy's husband, Eddie C. ,Duke ,Sirena, Hop, Angie, Carlotta, Hazel, Tyriq, Jimmy and Sharon were all there..
Most of us had known each other our entire careers...Some had known each other from childhood and others were new friends..
But it was good to have a nice meal with our friends, especially after our two big cases.
