THE POLICE INTERROGATION ROOM also known as "The Fishbowl"
Lt. Tragg had had the room thoroughly mopped with Pine Sol, Had the trash can's emptied and replaced with new ones and had fans air the room out . He had the room sprayed with Febreeze..It did smell a whole lot better.
Then things got serious. Ms. Yvette turned to Lt. Tragg.
"Oh and that guy you popped who supposedly sold him the joint said he'd never heard of Judge Jetty Dukes and he denied selling him anything. He told us this after he was released from custody an hour ago." said Jade.
"Okay, let's reassess..She hurt us a little bit..Skeet Watkins testimony hurt us a little bit..but we knew that it would..You guys recovered nicely...Good Job." said Yvette.
"Jennifer Tyler didn't do us any favors either...but we caught her in a lie and we proved it..I think that was cool." I said.
"The question is does she have anymore to hurt us... Our client isn't exactly an angel and he has the best motive of all...Revenge.. His wife was cheating on him."said Bee Bee.
''We can also use that to gain sympathy for him with the jury." said Sofia..
''We've got to get the right type of juror and damn if I know what kind of juror we need."said Kahlil.
"A jury of jealous men!" said Jade.
"Noooooo you guys are missing the whole thing....Forget about the cheating, forget about the motive...
"So we go nuclear?" I asked.
"We go nuclear...I know I've taught you, never play your entire hand in the prelims...but we got five aces.in our hands and one up our sleeves... Gilda has shown us all of her cards.Let's win this and put Lt. Tragg on that Marine Boat by this weekend."said Yvette.
"Well you know I'm all for that." said Bee Bee.
"So am I." said Sofia.
"Ms. Yvette, I'll bet you play a mean game of Poker." said Kahlil.
"I know she does. I've played against her.," laughed Ms. Jade.
Ms. Yvette smiled that devilishly sexy smile of hers.
"Are you certain that there is no more? Yvette and her team looked pretty damn smug yesterday...and I have to admit..I don't have much of anything else.. Isn't there anything else you can find out about the particulars of this case?" asked Gilda almost pleadingly.
"You seriously need to get laid... You've wasted a lot of time investigating Victoria Shaw and Judge Jetty Dukes...all to no avail...Could you PLEASE concentrate on this case ??" asked Gilda Grady..
It was Jetty!
Virginia answered the door..
''Stoppppppppp!" she laughed...She knew that Ms. Yvette and us had gotten him out hours ago..
She kissed him slowly, softly....and slowly unbuckled his trousers.
She rode him cowgirl style....
They continued making sweet, sweaty passionate love on this late winter night..for the next
Assistant District Attorney closed her case after three days and asked that Toby Tyler be held over for trial for first degree murder...
"Mrs. Jones-Lockwood , would you like to present a defense at this time?" asked Judge Reynolds.
Toby Tyler... He looked over at Lt. Tragg and smirked..
Ms. Jade, our investigator testified under oath that she drove that route from the gas station to the golf course..
Kahlil and Sofia pulled out monitors showing the streets and the area....and the stop lights with lights that held for 29 seconds and some longer.
"At top speed, I would have had to run through at least three stop lights and it still would have taken me about 40 minutes which puts me outside of the time line of the murder..." said Jade.
"YOU DIDN'T AT LEAST CHECK HIS ALIBI?? Nothing magical about that, That's Defense Attorney 101....That's what they are supposed to do! and so are you!" asked Gail Grady ,who was now flabberghasted....
"YOU DON'T KNOW?" asked a more than annoyed ADA Gild Grady, who put her head down in her lap.. She had a bad feeling that this case was unraveling around her before it would get called to trial.
"You knew Brad Richter didn't you Mr. Kenneth?" asked Ms. Yvette.
"Yeah I knew him...We worked together , the three of us, Me, him and Brad at the same investment firm, we often played a few rounds of golf and racquet ball ." Said Terry Kenneth.
"You knew that he fancied himself as somewhat of a ladies man...and in particular, other peoples wives..
He fidgeted again and then answered quietly... "YES!"
"And you didn't tell him...Wowwwwwwww!" I said.. 'so I guess it was okay that he was sleeping with your friends wife , until you found out, HE WAS SLEEPING WITH YOUR WIFE TOO, HUH?" I said.
"MY WIFE??? You're crazy...He He wasn't sleeping with my wife." said Terry Kenneth, now sweating and fidgety...
"That's not true.... We have photos taken by a private investigator you hired and then fired of Mrs. Rhonda Kenneth and Brad Richter entering several hotels and motels as well as credit card and debit card receipts from both of them on these nights when you were at board meetings.. A neighbor even confided in us and is here to testify that they had a meeting in your house a week before the murder and that the two of you were heard having a loud argument."said Bee Bee.
"We have a police report here of a domestic disturbance and a photo of your wife's face....You blacked her eye didn't you?" asked Sofia..
"My client isn't on the sign in ledger at all on Sunday Mr. Kenneth...BUT YOU ARE, UNTIL ABOUT 2:00 pm."said Ms. Yvette.
Kahlil showed the sign in register...
His wife, the same woman who had slapped Lt. Tragg in Curleys the other night.. ran over to him..
The detectives were back!!!...They hadn't come in here since Lt. Tragg's last "vacation... This made Ms. Jade Happy...It meant she could eat with her husband, Lt. Danny Ho of Robbery Homicide..
As did our other neighbors and colleagues...
"This is sooo nice, all of here again..."said Sofia.
"Yeah, I sure wish Lt. Tragg would find someplace else to eat...It's so cool in here when he's not around.." said Kahlil..
"Let's enjoy these thirty days, while we can." I said
"YESSSSSSSS!" said Bee Bee.
''Hey where is Virginia? She should be enjoying this reprieve from his taunts and insults." said Gary.
''She's out somewhere with Jetty today....I doubt she is worried about Lt. Tragg.
Virginia planted a soft , but wet kiss on Jetty's lips..
"I like Jetty...it's different,,, So Jetty it will be ," she said.
She placed another slow, soft kiss on his lips...
He moaned softly and held her in his arms..
For the first time ,since he'd been arrested a few hours ago, Judge Jetty Dukes managed a smile.
He had been arrested for possession of a controlled substance...He had one half smoked joint on him when arrested..Vice detectives and Narcotics Detectives said that this arrest wasn't worth their time..They practically laughed at Lt. Tragg, but he insisted on holding him.
"You found one marijuana joint in his pocket.... Just One and it was half smoked...That's not even enough to warrant a possesssion charge and you know that...The most he'll get if HE GET'S ANYTHING will be a fine....IF HE GETS THAT!"said Yvette.
Lt. Tragg stood stoic. He said nothing...
"Oh yeah and you and your storm troopers raided my office manager's apartment earlier today..
and you found nothing....not one bit of drug paraphernalia...or any drugs. You'll be getting a call from your Deputy of Operations soon instructing you and them that they are to go back and clean up their mess and help her straighten up her apartment completely...
I'm getting a little sick of you harrassing my employee...How would you like to get a harrassment law suit filed against you? I don't want to hear of any more unmarked police cars or plain clothes cars outside her apartment complex and not another raid, you hear?" said Yvette in the most stern tone we'd heard from her in a long time.
You could see the hair on the back of his neck raise up. He was livid...His hands were shaking, he was so mad.
Bee Bee and me, Sofia and Kahlil and Ms. Jade all cracked up laughing as we left police headquarters with Judge Jetty Dukes.
Lt. Tragg stood still stoic with a blank stare...
"Come on Jetty, we are out of here." said Ms. Yvette.
Jetty stood up and stared at Lt. Tragg..
"Nice Try....I hear the Catfish are biting on the river this time of year." he said.
All charges were thrown out...
and police did come back and help Virginia straighten out her apartment.
We were thankful this was a simple matter..We still had a preliminary hearing to deal with and possibly a murder trial following.
We'd be so glad when Lt. Tragg was back on that Marine Boat..So would a lot of people.
II-
Back at our conference room....We met briefly...
We all broke out into gales of laughter.
Forget that...Go right to the meat of the thing...The Murder.. He has an alibi...an alibi we can prove and while we are at it , we have a viable suspect we can shine a light on...Gilda has nothing else to hurt us with..Nothing...Think about who investigated this case..You think about it...This is about as far as he will go....We got an alibi we can prove and we got a suspect we can possibly bring out..We don't need to look any further.We can win this in the pre-lims..I know it! " said Yvette.
And in the office of Assistant District Attorney ,Gilda Grady..
"I told you I've given you everything...You got motive, opportunity...What more do you need?" asked Lt. Tragg.
''A murder weapon would be nice...Your guys thoroughly searched his residence and his locker and you found nothing...Not even a gun registration.. I mean I'd expect him to discard the weapon..but for instance...Does this guy, Richter have any gambling debts? Anybody else who could possibly have a motive to kill him? I need to know this.."said Gilda.
"I'm tellin ya, you got a full house baby...Five Aces in the hole..Yvette and her snot nosed kids have got nothing...They've shot their wad..heh heh heh!" laughed Lt. Tragg.
"I've been all over it."said Lt. Tragg.
III-
Night time came..
The doorbell rang in Virginia's apartment..
''Jetty, I didn't think you'd be over tonight..I was getting ready to turn in..." she said.
"Well I'd like to turn in too...I just got sprung from the big house." he joked..
and the charges of possession of a controlled substance were dropped.. The police had come back and helped her put her apartment in order after they took it apart looking for drug paraphernalia..
"Yes, you did and you have been taking care of me...I'm very grateful to you.." whispered Virginia.
And Attorney Dabnis Coley appeared with her at Police Headquarters and slapped Lt. Tragg with yet another Cease and Desist Order...
''For you, this is bed time reading!"said Dabnis, who was only too glad to slap the order in Lt. Tragg's hands.. "Stay away from her...I mean it! " he said as they walked out.
Lt. Tragg was so furious...He punched and smashed the glass window of the "Fishbowl" door.. He was furious!
"Jetty we've got to cool it..We are being watched.."said Virginia.
"I assure you, we are not! That thick headed Keystone Copper better not come near you now or he'll spend some nights in the cooler.. I told you I'd take care of you." said Jetty..
"Show Big Daddy how grateful..." he said and pulled her toward him...
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu you are sooo nasty..." she giggled.
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOUR HONOR......OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
look at you!! OH MY GOODNESS...WOUUUUUUU! " she said softly stroking and carressing his engorged penis..
He lifted her nightgown up.....
"You got this night gown in prison didn't you?" he asked.. Talking about her nightgown which came to her knees.. Just a little above them! It was plain and white..
"Yeah, it's a leftover from prison.." she said as he rubbed her legs..."I would have worn something sexier if I knew you were coming over." she said..
"That's quite alright...Quite alright" he said, rubbing her body and continuing to kiss her.
He slipped her panties down...
His eyes bulged out of their sockets...
"These panties aint from prison. LAWD HAVE MERCY!" he said.
"No...I bought these Saturday afternoon, from PANTY'S GALORE! You like these?" she giggled..
"MYYYYYYYYYYY WORRRRD!" he said..
"Guess that's a yes!" she giggled.
They fell onto the bed and began to make love...
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
GURRRRRRRRL." He moaned.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... JETTTTTTYYYY...WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed..
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU FEEL SO DAMN GOOD! OUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned...
"SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOO YOUUUU! OUUUUUU WOUUUUU!" she cooed.
The bed was literally shaking..
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
LAWWWWWWWWWWWWWDDDDDD!!!" he cried out...
"JETTTTTTY THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT FOR ME....I WAS SO WORRIED WHEN I HEARD YOU GOT ARRESTED !!!!"she cooed..
"I WASN'T...I KNEW IT WAS A TRUMPED UP CHARGE!" he said.
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
GURRRRRRRRL." He moaned.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... JETTTTTTYYYY...WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed..
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU FEEL SO DAMN GOOD! OUUUUUUUUU! I'M LOSIN MY DAMN MIND IN THIS BED!!" he moaned...
"SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOO YOUUUU! OUUUUUU WOUUUUU! JETTY , OH MY GODDDDDD!" she cooed.
They kissed passionately...Slobbering over each other....
"OUUUUUU!" he moaned.
"JETTTTTY! " she cried out in between the hot smouldering kisses...
EIGHT TO NINE HOURS... both cumming together.....
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD VIRGINIA!!" he cried out...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WILLIAM JEFFERSON TYRONE DUKES, OUUUUUUU!" she cooed loudly!
"AWWWWWWW LAWWWD YOU CALLED ME BY MY FULL GOVERNMENT NAME , IT MUST BE GOOD TO YOU BABY!" he moaned..cumming like a gusher....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUU IT IS...IT IS... OH MY GOD, JETTY , IT IS! OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!"she cried out ! Her body trembling, sweat and tears running down the side of her face....her legs shaking....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OH MY GODDD! OUUUU JETTTY! " she said, trying to get herself together.
"AWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD!" Jetty yelled out, His body trembling...
and ending the night the way they usually ended the night..with Virginia sleeping on his chest and the Judge with a very satisfied smile on his face.
IV-
The Preliminary hearings continued..
"Yes your honor, we would like to clear this matter up once and for all." said Ms. Yvette.
Both ADA Gilda Grady and Lt. Tragg perked up upon hearing that...
They looked at the five of us..
Sitting calmly at the defense table with our client
Lt. Tragg looked puzzled...He wondered what Yvette had up her sleeve..
Ms. Yvette began with Toby's Alibi...
Ms. Yvette showed the coroner's report that showed the murder or time of death was in between
Bee Bee showed a credit card receipt showing that Toby was at a Speedway Gas Station...
He said he'd been swimming most of that morning....
She called in Regina Marino, the Owner and Manager of the Pool where he had been swimming.
she testified under oath, along with several employees and other people who were swimming that day who Jade had located that Toby Tyler came to the pool at 8:00 am and was there all morning, without leaving until 12:00 "or a little after " she said.
Kahlil showed the sign in and sign out sheets......
11:00 and 1:00.
"He didn't leave the pool until a little after 12:00 noon..."said Ms. Yvette.
getting gas at 12:25 and there was even video footage, taken at the gas station of hm gassing up and leaving at 12:30 pm.
"That means my client had to drive that distance in less than 30 minutes , kill Mr. Richter and then dash
out all without being seen..It's uh possible, but highly unlikely." said Ms. Yvette.
"They're magicians, they use every trick, every gotdamn legal maneuver to win a case.." balked Lt. Tragg.
Lt. Tragg removed his hands from her legs and once again looked like he'd swallowed a canary.
She called Dr. Hazel Baylor and Dr. Marcy Martin , the two coroners at the scene to try to get them to admit that the timeline they gave of the murder is not an exact science.. They said that this was true, but going by body temperature and lividity it was about 90 percent accurate...
"We found the body at 1:45..." they said...
Yvette called our next and final witness... Terry Kenneth!
He took his seat after he was sworn in...
He looked surprised to be here.
"WHO THE HELL IS HE?" asked Lt. Tragg.
It was astounding that Lt. Tragg did not know that he was the third man with Toby and Brad golfing on that next to last day and had never questioned him..
How LONG DID YOU KNOW HE WAS SLEEPING WITH YOUR CO-WORKER'S WIFE?" asked Yvette.
"Long before that night in the coat room at the Christmas party and a little while after , is that not a true statement?" asked Ms. Yvette..
He fidgeted for a minute and then said.. "ABOUT SIX MONTHS..."
He put his head down in his lap....
"You killed him didn't you?" said Kahlil quietly.
"YA DAMN RIGHT I DID!! HE COULD HAVE ANY WOMAN IN THE WORLD...WHY DID HE HAVE TO SLEEP WITH MY WIFE...SHE WAS ALL I HAD!! DAMN IT!!! DAMN IT!!! DAMN IT TO HELL!!....I shot him and I dropped the gun in the pond..." he said.
crying profusely...
"OHHHHHHH BABY...I AM SOOOOO SORRY....SOOO SORRY!" she cried out...
"ORDER!! ORDER IN THIS COURT...BAILLIFS, TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY!!"said Judge Reynolds.
"It never occurred to you to have your men drag that pond for the murder weapon did it?" said Gilda Grady to Lt. Tragg. She shook her head in disgust and walked away!
He sat there looking like he'd swallowed a canary!
Toby Tyler, now exonerated and completely free grabbed Ms. Yvette and kissed her on the cheek..
"THANK YOU!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH! THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS!" he said.
"Oh My....Well, you're quite welcome." said Ms. Yvette.
"Yvette, Yvette...I AM DEEPLY IN YOUR DEBT!!! ALL OF YOU....SUPERB JOB!!" said Cal McCafferty...
"Ms. Yvette said this wasn't going to trial, that we could win this in the preliminary phase." said Bee Bee.
''WOW! She called it , right from the beginning..I was prepared to pick a jury..." I said.
''We did it! We did it.. and just in time for a nice weekend.." said Sofia..
"Rest and relaxation and hanging out at home..." said Kahlil..
"I guess Lt. Tragg will be getting his slicker and his boots ready...I hear the catfish are biting on the river." said Ms. Jade..
We all burst into raucous laughter-
EPILOUGE-
Sam Mother's Diner was festive the next 30 days.
Our good friend, Kevin and his wife, our good friend and realtor, Sepia also came through...
Olivia ,Beverly and their staff and their spouses all came through on a regular basis now...
It was so nice to see us all in here , hanging out the way we all used to.. relaxing and eating and not having to argue and scream at the unhinged Lt. Tragg...
His absence did make a huge difference..
Even our white friends, Brenda Jordan, Karen Page and B.L. Benz stopped in to get a meal.. Free from groping and arguing with Lt. Tragg...
At Penns Landing...Virginia and Jetty were walking along the marina..
"Jetty, how come no one calls you Billy? Your first name is William..Where did Jetty come from?" she asked. seductively..
"My name is William Jefferson Tyrone Dukes.. on my door is Judge William J.T. Dukes, Years ago, some creative and very drunk attorney took the Jefferson and Tyrone... J and T. and started calling me "Jetty" and thus, Jetty stuck!" he explained. ''Why? Do you wanna call me Billy? You can you know..You can call me anything you want." he said.
Lt. Tragg noticed them from a distance as he finished drinking his bottle of Jameson's Irish Whiskey and tossed the bottle in the trash.. He was disgusted and angry that this whole affair had earned him another month on the Marine Boat..
He got on the police marine boat and headed out on the river... He wondered if what Jetty had told him was true.. Were the catfish really biting on the river?
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