We arrived at the scene of the latest Pawn Shop hold up.....
''We Got here as soon as we could Frank...Thank God...This proprieter wasn't killed.."said Sissy..
''No thanks to you guys...See this here...Frankie boy is a real cop...A cop's cop...He was out on the damn street doin old fashioned police work...What were your guys doing?" said Lt. Tragg.. "he nearly caught the guy..."said Lt. Tragg...
''Come on Artie...we are all on the same team here..."said Lt. Frank Hutton..
"That's okay Frank, let me answer his question...
"Carlotta, Tyriq and Jimmy have been turning South Philly and Frankford upside down and inside out interviewing everybody that knew Butler and Dolenz, Friends, Relatives, Associates, Cellies, going through debit and credit card receipts trying to find out who might have wanted them dead...They were also out last night with detectives
Pile and Hopkins with the K9 unit searching the streets, dumpsters and sewers for either that gun or latex gloves, anything our killer might have thrown off...They along with detectives
Baylor and Pile have a half dozen uniforms and Plain clothes guys searching from 5 to 15 mile radius's going from business to business, house to house...trying to find eye witnesses and they have a team on all of the street and traffic and business cams...They've found some eyewitnesses who have given the police a composite sketch of our suspect...a red haired white male with glasses..
And we have units on as many Pawn shops as we have man power for...So don't tell me that my guys aren't doing anything...ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TALKING AND CRITICIZING!"said Sissy...
"You got a look at him Lt. Hutton, maybe you can come with us and look at our eyewitness composite and help us ID him..."I said , trying to defuse the situation...
"That's a good Idea.."said Lt. Hutton...
"Did you have your eyewitnesses look at mug shots?" asked Lt. Tragg..
''We did, none of them could agree on a suspect.. Surprising as it may seem, this guy might not have a sheet."said Lt. Danny Ho..
''Yeah, that would be real surprising..Just like it would be surprising to me Danny if you make this case."said Lt. Tragg sarcastically...
"You know...If this didn't involve eight unsolved homicides...I'd be tempted to pull all of my guys off of this case and let you handle it..Lt. Tragg...but I want this case solved and the RIGHT guy brought in."said Sissy...
She looked at us..
"Let's go...Bring that Proprieter with us...." she said..
Lt. Tragg was livid! So what else was new? II-
We all went back to headquarters...
Carlotta, Tyriq and Jimmy showed Lt. Hutton and the latest proprieter, the only one who survived ,
and all of the eyewitnesses composite drawings...He looked at them and said...."
"I saw the guy, he didn't have any dimple in his chin and he wasn't wearing any glasses.."he said..
Sirena, Hop and Sharon watched street cam, traffic cam and business cam footage..
Hoping to see something, anything that could give them a clue as to where this guy goes..
Duke and Angie were on the phone with Atlantic City P.D. and Las Vegas P.D. inquiring about any High rollers from Philly winning or losing Big on the crap tables out there...
III-
At Curly's Bar....
Lt. Tragg is once again livid..
"I'm tellin you Curly...Frankie almost caught the guy and he didn't do none of that stuff that Sissy has her detectives doing...He was out on the streets...Like a real cop.."said Lt. Tragg..
"Artie ,they've been on the streets...They're turning this city upside down workin this case...I've seen em...Frankie got lucky...but he still didn't catch the guy and besides...What's it to you? It aint even your case?"said Curly...
Before Lt. Tragg could answer...ADA Karen Page walked in and sat down...
He walked over to her
''What are ya drinkin baby?" he asked..
"Lt. Tragg , you don't have to buy me a drink..." said Karen Page...
"But I want to.." he said...
Lt. Hutton saw Lt. Tragg and ADA Karen Page and smiled..
"That Artie...That old hound dog..."he laughed...
"He's wastin his time.."laughed Curly, the bartender and a former Homicide Detective himself..
Lt. Hutton smiled.. His phone vibrated..
"I gotta take this...Get me a bourboun Curls...Two fingers..." he said..
"Frankie what do ya know good..?" came the voice..
"I need a line from A.C. Any player from Philly makin a lot of noise, putting down heavy bread...maybe in a little trouble? These robberies all occurred in the spring and summer months, then they stopped for a little while, then they started back up..Call Vegas too...Our boy may be a High Roller and may need the bread to cover his debts..." said Hutton...
"Okay....Heard you almost caught him" came the voice..
"Yeah...he got away....That's definitely the guy who has my gun....Cops don't think he has a sheet, which is good...I'm gonna lean on my street sources..." said Hutton..
"Okay...I'll make some calls...I'll be in touch Frankie, you just be cool.." said the voice..
"Sure thing."said Frank Hutton.
Just then TV Host, B.L. Benz walked in...
He saw Karen sitting alone...
"Hi babe! I can still call you that can't I?" he said..
''Sure you can...let's not fight any more....It was my fault.." said Karen...
"No it was mine....Uh you got company here...I uh see two glasses.." said B.L.
"Oh...Arthur Tragg insisted on buying me a double...I told him he didn't have to buy me anything...he insisted and invited himself over..He's stepped away a minute...Thank God!."she said..
"Well I inisist you come with me...I know a quiet place...not too far from here..We can have some wine.."said B.L.
"That would be nice baby..."said Karen..
She and B.L. kissed passionately....
Really passionately.....
Karen tossed a few dollars down on the counter and she and B.L. quietly left....
Lt. Tragg returned shortly there after...
"Where is Karen? In the ladies room?" he asked..
"No...she left with some guy.."said Curly.....He didn't have the heart to tell Arthur it was B.L. Benz...
''Some guy? What do you mean some guy?" asked Lt. Tragg...
"Artie, do I look like the phone book? It was some guy...They just left...."said Curly...
Lt. Tragg went running outside the bar, but he was too late...both Karen and B.L. were nowhere to be found...
He stomped his foot...He was livid!!!! So what else is new?
IV-
At Headquarters...We may have gotten a break...
"Hey Guys...I may have gotten somethin....I was on the horn with the A.C. PD...The Lieutenant of the Vice squad....In May of this year...A guy from Philly was in Atlantic City....He called himself a "High roller.,He had a lot of cash to spend...
He won a pile of dough , He tossed a lot of cash around on women and drinks and shows and lost in double digits...He was into some pretty heavy dudes for a lot of dough.... Juice men were looking for him...He returned in June...Paid all of his debts off and then headed to Vegas.."said Duke..
"Jimmy and I were on the horn with the Vegas Coppers."said Sharon...
"Same thing...a guy from Philly goes by the name "Dewey" was out there in July,
racked up a load of bills , was on the hook for some serious dudes and got roughed up by some Vegas Gangsters...They even have a photo..."said Jimmy..
"If you look at this screen here he is.."said Tyriq...
We looked at the screen...
There was a Las Vegas Police Photo of "Dewey" Dewitt Brenson...
"His name is Dewitt Brenson….He has no priors here in Philadelphia, Not even a Juvie record....He's clean...He had that one mugshot and prints taken in Las Vegas...that's it...Also...there was a Pawn shop robbery and a murder of a proprieter there in June that fits the description of our eight here..same weapon...A Glock 9 millimeter..Stolen car, bleached down, No prints, No DNA.. No camera footage...Safe Blown, Cash register rifled..."said Carlotta..
"Here is where it gets cute...All of the guys this Dewey person was hiding from and that he owed money to, got paid off in full and he high tailed it out of there immediately.."said Sirena..
"He wasn't a suspect ,was never questioned about the Pawn shop robbery and murder...and was never heard from in Vegas again..."said Hop...
"That fits the time table... The next Pawn shop murder and robbery occurs here in July...He vanishes again...and winds up back in Atlantic City where he repeats the same behavior..."I said..
"Right! He digs himself in deep...Gets in more debt and does his vanishing act again..."said Angie..
"He returns to Philly...Lays low for awhile...Then two robberies occur in August, Two more murders and He's back in AC around Labor day, paying off all of his creditors...Then he goes silent for months.."said Sissy..
"I checked his financials...He was in credit card debt up to his eyeballs...Then suddenly around the end of October...All of his cards...He had five were paid in full and canceled.. His bank account has a balance of $25,000.00 in it...A lot of dough for someone who doesn't appear to be working and who is unlucky on the crap table."said Tyriq..
"Find Frank Hutton, get him up here and The Proprieter of that last shop...In fact bring all of our eyewitnesses here..
If they can Identify him...This is our guy....He got an address?" asked Sissy..
''He's got three addresses.."said Carlotta...
"Grab some guys...Get your Kevlar and Trauma plates on...we are going a hunting..."said Sissy..
Lt. Tragg walked in our office just then...
''Wellllll what has the great investigation lead you heroes to?" he asked Sarcastically...
''We have a suspect... We have three addresses...If you like...You are welcome to come with me when we take a door... ''Duke....You and Danny and Angie grab some guys...Take this address....Sirena..you and Hop grab some guys and take this address....Carlotta, You, Rico, Jimmy and Lt. Tragg are going with me." said Sissy...
Lt. Tragg didn't feel so bad... Taking a door might make him feel better...He was surprisingly to all very co-operative...
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