Jimmy is busy dealing with the explosion case, and another case related to him has also entered a critical moment. The squirrel who provided the second video has been monitored by Ruiz. Because this is not a case, there is no way To arrest him directly, we can only monitor him to see if he has contacted anyone, investigate his relationship, and find out why he provided the video.
Ruiz's matter was very troublesome to deal with, but it was not fruitless. At least it was confirmed that someone had indeed contacted Squirrel, but it was just an anonymous phone call, and there was no way to determine the identity of the person on the other side.
Different cases have different handling plans, and the resources that can be mobilized are also different.
After monitoring for a few days, Squirrel sent a big gift. A man sneaked into Squirrel's house at night. Not long after, they drove out together. The surveillance team followed behind and came to the outside of a house that seemed to have been abandoned for a while. . The environment here is extremely poor, with graffiti all over the walls and garbage strewn on the roadside. It doesn't look like a serious place.
The surveillance team secretly followed up and filmed the person Squirrel wanted to meet, and handed it over to Ruiz the next day. To his surprise, the person turned out to be an acquaintance.
Reina Franjes, the person sent by the Dixie family to expand their business in New York, and the former superintendent of the Pulaski County Police Department, Ruiz had arranged for someone to follow him six months ago. Because the people in the surveillance team When they caught him, Jimmy killed several of his younger brothers.
I didn’t expect that he didn’t run out of New York and was still here? At the beginning, Ruiz arranged for someone to investigate the escaped Reina and kidnap the FBI surveillance personnel. He would never let him go. However, he was not found after searching for a while, so he was thought to have run away. The investigation was then cancelled.
Ruiz did not inform Jimmy that he was now dealing with the bomb case and that things had priorities. Ruiz was not a young man and was not that impulsive. He arranged a second surveillance team to follow up directly with Reina. The first surveillance team continued to follow Squirrel. Although it was currently suspected that the video was given by Reina, they were not very sure. Once Reina is dealt with later, the matter can be settled in one trial after catching the squirrel.
Ruiz has temporarily put aside other matters at hand, and is now fully committed to tracking down this Reina. Since he is still in New York, it means that the Dixie family is probably still expanding their channels in New York, so who will their collaborators be? Woolen cloth?
Italians are different now from before. Back then, the family boss forcibly banned drug involvement, but now, many people are involved in it. However, as one of the five major families in the past, their style is better than that of many gangsters. Many of these notorious guys like Dixie should theoretically not cooperate with them in depth.
The main scope of the Russians' involvement is still in the general gang area. At most, it involves taxis, cleaning companies, food raw material supply, etc. It seems that they have not engaged in these recently.
Those in Latin America are supplied through traditional Mexican channels, have they expanded their channels? If you want to investigate this, you may have to contact the DEA to see if they have any clues.
Ruiz has been following up on Reina's line in recent days, but Jimmy never knew about it. If he had known about it, he would have accelerated the bomb case and cooperated with Ruiz. Although the bomb case was a big deal, Some of the clues were solved by him, but he basically didn't work overtime. In addition, the interrogation was mainly done by professionals from the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, so Jimmy was not actually tired and could definitely spare some time to deal with Reina.
Jimmy's current headache is the investigation into Noor, the mastermind behind the bomb case. The Brooklyn apartment has exploded. Although he did not go to the scene to see it, according to the bomb disposal team's on-site investigation, the apartment has been bombed beyond recognition. , debris and dust filled the house, and even apartment buildings were judged to need a thorough inspection to determine whether they needed to be rebuilt.
The apartment management committee is going crazy. They have suffered heavy losses due to this explosion, and they still need to deal with the insurance company. The general damage insurance company can pay for it, but this is the owner who planted the bomb in his own home. Basically, it can be covered. Make sure they won't care.
But fortunately it was daytime and no one in the nearby rooms was at home. Otherwise, many people would have been injured, and even death was not impossible. Of course, several residents were affected by the explosion and have been sent to the hospital for examination. At least no one has died so far.
Jimmy and Riley rushed to Newark together. Due to the advance warning, the bomb disposal team in Newark had defused the bomb in the apartment there. To ensure safety, they entered directly through the window. , they removed the entire window after determining that the window itself was safe.
This Noor is really careful. He added a fuze switch on the door. To open the door normally, you need to first pass the partition switch through the gap on the top of the door and then open the door. This set of settings should be the same as he did in Brooklyn. Yes, people from the forensics department over there unlocked the door, opened the door, and detonated the bomb.
From this point, it can be seen that he was indeed very careful, but he probably did not expect that someone would directly remove the window.
Noor's house in Newark is a single-family apartment with many rooms and a large space. He has also set up a large number of bombs. The bombs that have been defused by the bomb disposal team alone include at least 20 pounds of C4. These C4s are all inserted individually. Detonators are scattered throughout the house. Once the electronic switch at the door is triggered, it will definitely blow the entire house into rubble. Of course, his neighbors will also be unlucky, but Noor probably won't care.
The bomb was successfully cleared, and before Jimmy and the others arrived, Newark's forensic investigators had already entered the house and started collecting evidence. A lot of paper ashes were seen in the fireplace. Based on the judgment at the scene, he should have dealt with it before leaving. It is estimated that no written materials were found in the room. But after all, this is the place where he has lived for many years. There are still many things in the room, including hidden weapon racks. The safe that has been opened is empty. It is estimated that even if there are important things, he has taken them with him.
This is what Jimmy and Riley saw when they arrived on the scene. It has to be said that as the mastermind, Noor really takes his plan seriously. At the same time, his habits are also very good. All the furniture and items in the room are arranged in an orderly manner. When he decides to escape, he can escape very quickly. Eliminate all evidence and leave almost nothing behind.
Jimmy activated his inner eye to observe the room. It wasn't that he didn't believe the forensic investigators' search of the room, but it was just his own habit, because hidden rooms and spaces can basically be directly observed as long as they are not solid.
It was really discovered that it is normal for this kind of house to have a basement, and the basement has been discovered, but Jimmy found that there is another space on the side of the basement. It seems that the entrance should be under the basement stairs.
Jimmy put on his gloves, opened the basement door, and went downstairs. He looked carefully and found a brick that could be taken out under the stairs. Jimmy pulled out the brick and there was a groove on the side for the hand. It seemed that it was Here it is, just pull open the hidden basement inside and it will appear.
"Riley, tell them to come down. There is a secret room here." Jimmy did not go out, but shouted loudly in the basement, and soon Riley came down with three people.
"Here, if you open it, you should find the secret room." Jimmy waited for them to come over, then reached out and pulled the grooved handle inside, and easily opened a secret door. This secret door is made of wood, but it is coated with a layer of cement on the outside. It looks the same as the wall next to it. In addition, it is under the basement stairs. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell it at all.
"Jimmy, how did you know there was a secret door here?" Riley was surprised. The basement had been checked by their people before they came, and they didn't find it here at all.
"It's easy to judge. Even if Noor wants to escape, he can't clean the room so clean. There must be a hidden place to store some things, so that they can arrange for others to pick it up later or he can sneak back quietly and reuse it." Jimmy looked at the opened secret door and returned casually.
"I mean, how do you know the secret door is in the basement?" Riley continued to ask without letting Jimmy go.
Jimmy rolled his eyes. It's really annoying. People over there in Manhattan wouldn't ask so many questions. Hey. "Because this house, judging from the appearance and the structure inside the house, basically has no space for a secret room, so if there is a secret room, it must be underground. The only thing left is to go to the basement and carefully observe the wall to find the one that can be pulled out The bricks were the clue I found.”
After Jimmy opened the door, he made room for the people from the forensics department to enter. It would be better for them to investigate the evidence.
"Wow, great harvest." There was not much space inside, and only two people entered. They took out the items little by little and placed them on the open space in the basement.
Jimmy looked at what they took out and finally felt relieved. The first thing I took out were map markers, photos of people pinned on the map, and various routes. There were some documents beside it. Jimmy picked up one and took a look. This was the cargo transportation list. He only needed to go back and check with other evidence and confessions to know whether everything had been collected.
There are some religious items in the back. It seems that Noor is still a devout believer, otherwise he would not put these in the secret room. For America, the fact that some people have different beliefs is not inherently problematic.
Although no one has been arrested, the evidence has been collected. The case can be closed and submitted to federal prosecutors, who will initiate prosecutions against those who have been caught, and a warrant can be arranged to arrest Noor. For Laos and the United States, cross-border arrests are not a big problem, especially since Noor's escape direction is France. As Lao America's younger brother in NATO, many things can be easily handled.
The people in the Newark office are more considerate. They will organize and investigate the evidence here and transfer it to the Manhattan Evidence Warehouse, so Jimmy does not need to wait here anymore. He can just go back and wait. This is not because he is arrogant, but because he has already reported it to Hughes, and Hughes agreed to this solution.
Jimmy returned to the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, where Gordon and Scott were still waiting for Jimmy's conclusion. The case came to an end only after Jimmy reported the results of the investigation to them and Noah in the conference room.
Scott and the others began to sort out the evidence here. The Counter-Terrorism Bureau would help send the several suspects they had captured to the prison temporarily, and Jimmy and the others would return to the FBI office after sorting it out.
Hughes had already received Jimmy's notice in advance, so he called some people to listen to Jimmy's preliminary closing report. When Jimmy came back, he could just go directly to the conference room. Jimmy and Gordon came to the conference room where they were before. After settling Gordon and the others, Jimmy went to the conference room next to Hughes' office. Jimmy was shocked when he came to the conference room, Hughes, are you going to cause trouble? I thought it was just a simple preliminary report, but now it seems to be a big trend.
The conference room table is already full, and you can see many familiar people here, including Ruiz and Peter, Jimmy’s two former leaders, and several team leaders he later worked with. The highest-ranking one should be the executive deputy director. Dave Hudson, U.S. Attorney Richard Daddario, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Browning.
When Jimmy entered the conference room, Deputy Director Dave raised his hands and applauded, and others also applauded, "Thank you, thank you all." Jimmy put his hands together and bowed to everyone.
Hughes spoke: "Jimmy, let's do it."
Jimmy originally only wanted to give a preliminary report orally and had no preparation materials at all. Now he can only stand in front of the conference table and give an oral account of nearly the four weeks of investigation before and after the case.
"Gentlemen, thank you all for attending the preliminary closing meeting of this bomb terrorist attack case.
This case started from an accident a month ago. The homicide unit where I worked received a report from the NYPD about a case. The deceased was Ash Perino, an independent investigative reporter. The cause of death was that a vehicle was driven from the fourth floor of the parking lot. come down. Out of sensitivity to the professional identity of the deceased, Chris and I went to the NYPD to learn more about the case. From there we discovered some anomalies, including damage to the rear bumper of the deceased's car and the missing person next to the deceased. The most important thing for reporters is that Notepads, voice recorders and the like.
The current suspicions could not be concluded that his death was murder, so I went to investigate the situation of reporter Ash, and with the help of his girlfriend, I obtained a notepad on which some sensitive materials were recorded. Since these materials had the potential to make bombs, we subsequently investigated the case, and with the assistance of the NSA, obtained the mobile phone records of journalist Ash. We also traced the murderer of journalist Ash, Abdul, from the parking lot records. Le, and later arrested him with the help of the NYPD after investigating his car.
In Abdul's car, we found the first bomb, which was also associated with an explosive device. It was later determined that Abdul's car was the transport vehicle they planned to use to carry the bomb.
After discovering the first bomb, we contacted the headquarters. Finally, we cooperated with the Counter-Terrorism Bureau. They and the NSA assisted us in investigating the communication records of reporter Ash. Using phone records, we successfully located the person who communicated with reporter Ash. Joseph Young, who was also in charge of transporting supplies.
In response to the interrogation of Joseph and Abdul, we pieced together the death record of reporter Ash. Joseph Young accidentally met reporter Ash, and the two got along well. Later, he betrayed the information to Ash and obtained Lead fee provided by Ash. After Ash got the clue, he contacted the driver Abdul. However, Abdul informed the man behind the scenes, Noor, about the reporter Ash's contact with him. Under Noor's instruction, Abdul Created an accident and murdered Ash. He also planned to kill Joseph, but because we found him quickly, we were able to prevent his next move.
According to Joseph's testimony, we found the warehouse of El Kroger, who was responsible for assembling the bomb, but what was caught in the warehouse was only an assistant, not El himself. Based on the situation at the warehouse, I inferred that there was a second person, and based on the material retention, I inferred that the second person might have transferred some of the materials. Then an explosion occurred in Brooklyn, and the suspect in the explosion was Joe Coleman. This was later confirmed to be the false name of El Kroger. We also found a person’s fingerprints on the materials and equipment seized from the warehouse, and we identified him as Javier Vance, a former DuPont Group employee who has been arrested. He serves as a middleman and is responsible for the procurement and verification of materials and equipment.
With the assistance of the Newark office, we captured El Kroger in Rutherford and killed three people who assisted El in leaving. Unfortunately, our interrogation came a little late. The mastermind behind the incident, Noor Mohammed, had already bought a plane ticket and flown to Paris. We obtained a search warrant and searched his apartment and residence. There was a bombing in the Brooklyn apartment, seriously injuring three of our colleagues, and after a subsequent investigation of the Newark house, Noor was found in a secret room. All information on planning the bombing.
Based on all the current intelligence, Noor was responsible for coordinating all matters in the planning of this bombing. He contacted Vance as a middleman to purchase materials and equipment, and Joseph transferred them to El's warehouse for extraction and assembly of bomb materials. Driver Abdul transported the bomb to the Empire State Building and detonated it. We captured Abdul in advance and found the bomb-making warehouse based on various circumstances, completely interrupting their plan and completely aborting a terrorist bomb attack that occurred not long after.
At this point, after nearly four weeks, all investigations into this bombing are nearing completion. Except for the mastermind, Noor Mohammed, who has fled the country, all other persons involved have been captured. "
Jimmy briefly described the investigation process, mainly because he did not prepare schematic diagrams or PPT or other more intuitive display content, just a dry description. He was very dissatisfied with his description, but others may not. I would think so.
(End of chapter)
