After returning to the office to show his face in front of Ray, Jimmy left the office again and took a walk on the road in the car provided by the Dallas office. His second-hand car has been disposed of. Anyway, he used fake documents when he bought it, so it's not a big problem.
Of course, the treatment plan for cars is the same as before. Regardless of whether it is in the south or the north, it is very common for unowned cars on the roadside to disappear inexplicably, become parts, or be rebranded and re-launched.
Now Jimmy is in a bit of trouble. He was already thinking about how to investigate on the way back, but that was Washington, DC, not New York. He didn't know anyone who could help check the data, and there was another problem. He couldn't go there for a long time. .
There is really no other way. Jimmy can only use the people from Winston's side at the Intercontinental Hotel. As an organization of the killer group, although he is in New York, he should have enough intelligence sources to help Jimmy investigate some information.
It's just that Jimmy has never wanted to have too much contact with them. He had some friendship with Winston before, and he also used Winston's relationship to get a gun, but Winston has never mentioned his request. If It was him who went to find Winston, and the relationship between them would have changed a lot, and it would be difficult to repay the debt of gratitude.
Jimmy also talked to Justin. Although he owed fourteen gold coins, Justin was not in a hurry to ask him to repay the debt quickly. This was also a favor, and he didn't know when he would be able to pay it back.
Jimmy is not short of cash, but Justin won't let him use cash to buy gold coins, so Jimmy has to think about how to earn gold coins. It's not his character to always be in debt.
I came outside Jeff's home again. The surveillance team here has now been withdrawn. The FBI does not have that many manpower to waste here for a long time, but the cordon is still there and has not been destroyed. It can be seen that no one entered through the gate. Pass the house.
Lei has already contacted the police station. The police will help investigate which gang Jeff belongs to and who his superiors and subordinates are, but there is no news yet.
The police don't know everything. They may know how many gangs there are in this area, but it's impossible to know who each gangster is hanging out with. It takes time to investigate.
In the afternoon, Jimmy was drinking coffee and fishing in a cafe when he suddenly received a call from Ray, "Jimmy, leave for Fort Worth immediately. Jeff's pickup truck was stopped by the police in Fort Worth and he is now running away."
Jimmy: "Understood. Where is the specific location? I'm not familiar with this place."
Ray: "How long will it take for you to come back?"
Jimmy: "Ten minutes."
Lei: "OK, see you downstairs."
Jimmy took a sip of coffee and immediately went out, got in the car and drove to the office. When he arrived, Ray's car was already on the road, and the hidden police lights were on, but the siren did not sound. Jimmy honked the horn and Ray started to leave, with Jimmy following him heading west toward Fort Worth.
After getting on the road, Lei started the siren directly. The configuration of hidden police lights and siren saved them a lot of time on the road. In addition to slowing down at the intersection, other cars basically cooperated to make way for them to pass quickly.
Jimmy followed Ray all the way. It was definitely a speeding violation, but the car belonged to the Dallas office. They would naturally deal with it when they got the ticket.
Jimmy didn't have a walkie-talkie in his car, and this was not the time to save on phone bills. After communicating with Ray, he found out that Jeff was driving from west to east into Fort Worth and was called the police for reckless driving. When the police followed and stopped him, he not only Instead of stopping, he sped away.
At the same time, because the FBI notified Jeff's license plate number, the dispatch center in Fort Worth was also notified, so the FBI was also notified at the same time, and the call was made to Ray.
Fort Worth is just west of Dallas, only 30 kilometers away from each other, so Ray and Jimmy arrived in downtown Fort Worth not long after, but Ray was not familiar with the neighborhoods of Fort Worth, although he The car radio has been connected to the dispatch center channel, and we still need to find the specific location of the car chase.
Ray: "Jimmy, Jeff's pickup truck has left Fort Worth and is now heading south on Highway 174."
Jimmy: "Copy that, please show me the way. I don't have a map here either."
Car chasing is a very difficult matter. Experienced state police can often end the fight quickly, but for county police and city police, it is relatively difficult. Coupled with the restrictions of each state, it is often difficult to achieve For quick resolution purposes.
Jimmy participated in PIT when he was a county police officer. In fact, it was because Arkansas's regulations on PIT are very loose and do not limit vehicle speed. As long as the police assess that the current situation will cause serious safety problems to the public, they can take decisive action.
Most police officers have not received PIT training, so they usually rely on the state police to handle matters. Jimmy is a special case because Noah, who trained him at the time, had received PIT training, and his resume also came from the state police. Therefore, Noah's training for him at that time was completely under James's private care, and Jimmy was not notified.
Later, Jimmy briefly trained in PIT and successfully implemented PIT several times, and gradually understood the inside story, so he did not reject high-speed PIT, but felt a sense of excitement.
It has been almost an hour since they received the call and Jimmy and the others arrived in Fort Worth. Jimmy and the others have not seen Jeff's pickup truck yet. It can only be said that the police here are indeed not as brave as those in Arkansas to be ruthless.
Finally, near Joshua, south of Fort Worth, Ray and Jimmy caught up with the police car. Two Texas Highway Patrol police cars were following a pickup truck. Ray accessed their frequency and had communicated. After passing by, four vehicles were now following Jeff’s pickup truck, moving through traffic at a speed of about 160 kilometers.
After continuing to follow for a while, the highway patrol team in front still didn't take action. It seemed that they were also going to compare the size of the fuel tank with the pickup truck.
Jimmy dialed Lei's phone number and asked about the PIT regulations in Texas. Through Lei's communication with the patrol police in front, they believed that the target vehicle had not yet behaved in a manner that seriously endangered public safety, so they would not implement PIT for the time being. Choose a plan to continue tracking.
Jimmy couldn't bear it after following him for a while. He dialed Ray's phone again: "Ray, can we come? Jeff is our suspect. Let's arrest him."
Lei: "Why are you so anxious? If you just follow me, he will probably stop after a while."
Jimmy: "I'm just not used to following around like this. You know, I used to be a police officer in Arkansas."
Ray didn't say anything. After waiting for a while, Jimmy heard him pick up the walkie-talkie to contact the state police, and the FBI was going to take over. The state police were also very strange, but they agreed to their request after communicating with their superiors.
Ray: "Did you hear that? Jimmy, come on."
Jimmy: "No problem."
Jimmy accelerated directly up. His Crown Victoria was just an ordinary vehicle and did not have anti-collision bars installed. But he really didn't want to wait any longer. He passed Ray and the two state police cars in front of him, and Jimmy came to the front of the car. Location.
PIT needed to wait for the opportunity. Jimmy looked at the traffic situation in front and saw that there was a section of the opposite lane with no cars. He accelerated directly, crossed the right emergency lane, and reached the right rear wheel of Jeff's pickup truck.
Keeping the speed of the car in sync, Jimmy turned the steering wheel a little to the left and hit the right rear wheel of the pickup truck. The rolling wheel directly lifted the front of Jimmy's Crown Victoria.
Of course, the effect was there. Although the pickup truck was much heavier, the force acting on the rear wheels and cabin still managed to shake the pickup truck. Jeff probably didn't expect to get PIT at all. After all, he had been running with the police car for an hour and was a little more relaxed. He nervously swung the steering wheel when the vehicle shook.
After the pickup shook twice, it skidded sideways and drove diagonally into the farmland on the side of the road. Jimmy slowed down and took control of the car after the PIT. After all, he was the one who implemented the PIT and was well prepared, so he quickly took control of the car. He slowed down and watched the pickup truck in front of him swing left and right before rushing into the farmland.
Jeff quickly stopped after rushing into the farmland, and several dirt ditches slid into the ground. Behind them, the state trooper and Ray passed Jimmy, stopped on the side of the road, got out of the car and pointed their guns at Jeff's car. "Driver, put your hands up and don't move."
Jimmy parked the car and looked at his car instead of joining in the fun. Fortunately, although I haven't done anything for a long time, the damage to my car is still under good control. So far, only the front bumper is half-off, the front face is damaged, and there are no other hard damages. The inside of the engine compartment looks normal, and even the hood is intact. Not deformed.
After Jimmy checked, he walked to the front. Ray had already captured Jeff and handcuffed him.
"Good job, Jimmy." Ray said to Jimmy with a smile as he escorted Jeff to his car.
Jimmy: "It's been a long time since I've done it. I'm a little bit inexperienced. Fortunately, I didn't make any mistakes. How about we go back directly? Or go to the state police first and let them handle it."
Lei: "Just take it back and register it with the state police. Come on, let's go back."
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Jeff's pickup truck was taken away by a tow truck arranged by the state police. The pickup truck will be towed back to the state police for a preliminary inspection. If necessary, it will be sent to Dallas to cooperate with the FBI investigation. If not, it will be handled by the state police. , the charges of reckless driving and fleeing from the police cannot be run away.
Jeff himself was taken back to the Dallas office by Ray and Jimmy. The interrogation had nothing to do with Jimmy. He was now sitting in Ray's office, drinking terrible office coffee and taking a break.
His car had been handed over to the vehicle management department. Jimmy could only apologize deeply for the damage, but it was pretty good. At least there were no bullet holes in the car this time.
Jimmy had forgotten how many matching cars he had damaged. It seemed that the cars following him had bad luck. They crashed and were shot. It always felt like other people didn't seem to change cars as fast as he did.
Drinking coffee and watching TV, this case finally paid off. After more than an hour, Ray finally came back, "Jimmy, you guessed it right, Jeff is not the real owner, his girlfriend is the real dealer."
Jimmy: "Find the clue?"
Lei: "Well, with Jeff's testimony, she has already confessed. I have arranged for people to investigate, and we should have something to gain soon."
Jimmy: "That's great. By the way, when we found Jeff, we saw that his clothes were similar to those of the robbers in the video. Did we find any clothes at his home?"
Lei: "I found it. The clothes are just similar. We misidentified them because of the lighting problem at night."
Jimmy: "Well, it looks like this case is going to take some time to deal with. What a headache."
Lei: "What? Are you in trouble?"
Jimmy nodded: "When the case here is over, I need to take some time off."
Lei nodded and returned to his seat to continue checking information.
After get off work, Jimmy went out to go back, and Ray went directly upstairs to Lambert's office and synchronized Jimmy's situation in the past few days with Lambert.
Lambert thought for a moment, "Do you need him now?"
Lei: "It shouldn't be needed for the time being. Besides, he seems to be in low energy. He seems to have something on his mind."
Lambert nodded: "I'll think about it, you go back first."
Jimmy returned to the hotel after dinner. The vehicle management department did not allocate a new car to him. Fortunately, the hotel was not far away, so the lack of a car for the time being would not have much impact.
At night, Jimmy finally received a text message on his anonymous mobile phone. There was only one message. It must have been sent by Tom, a new number.
At 10 p.m., Jimmy dialed the number.
Tom: "What's the emergency?"
Jimmy: "James was under surveillance a few days ago."
Tom's voice rose a little higher: "What happened? Is he okay?"
Jimmy: "He's okay. I've taken care of it. There's no problem for now, but I won't be sure about it as time goes by. Where are you?"
Tom: "Florida."
Jimmy: "Meet? I'm in Dallas."
Tom: "Okay, tomorrow night." After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Fortunately, Tom responded promptly, otherwise Jimmy would really consider contacting Winston.
The next day, Ray took Jimmy to investigate a street dealer from whom the roll of bait bills had been received.
Ray has been working in Dallas for several years, and he is still very familiar here, but he usually partners with other people. Now that Jimmy is here temporarily, he can only take Jimmy out while his old partner works on other cases. .
For Lei, changing partners is still troublesome, but Jimmy is still the kind of person who doesn't talk much and has a lot of questions. He likes to ask for details. Because Jimmy doesn't have a new car, the two of them came in the same car, so on the way It really won't be too quiet.
Fortunately, this street vendor still has very regular customers, so after Lei made a very slight move that was not in compliance with the rules, the street vendor still had a conscience and provided his customer list, so that Lei could search according to the picture. Investigate who is buying it.
Because the amount of bait banknotes is relatively large, it is obvious that a small business like a street dealer is a big customer, so there are not many people on the suspicious list, there are only two, and what follows is a very routine "home visit" link.
For these vicious dogs, the visit of senior FBI agents like Ray and Jimmy represents a very serious situation, and just revealing their identity is enough to cause tremendous pressure.
Jimmy watched Ray give them some small psychological and physical shocks, and soon got the news that a drug dog's funds were stolen from a house. After getting Ray, he would not send him to the hospital or prison. With double commitment, they successfully obtained the address of the house.
(End of chapter)
