After sending Ruiz off, Jimmy sat back on the sofa and thought about Ruiz's words.
There is actually something wrong with what he said. King Bowery has a lot of videos. Even if the information from other gangs is not that well-informed, theoretically they should know about the complete collapse of the Viper Gang under the FBI's attack. Why would anyone want to use Jimmy as a stepping stone now?
Moreover, Jimmy has been in the public affairs office for several months and has just returned to the field. How could such news come out so suddenly? If they were really investigating Jimmy, they would have figured it out months earlier.
Recently, Jimmy thought of the guy in prison, could it be him?
No, Curtis is not a fool. He should know that leaking his information will definitely cause trouble. Is that the person who helped him go to the hotel to get the information?
No matter how you think about it, it doesn't sound right. How big of a problem do you have to have before you share the contents of your file with others?
The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, but Jimmy had no way to deal with the hidden dangers in advance.
The current news comes from Ruiz and is within the scope of the anti-gang group. As long as they don't attack Jimmy, Jimmy can't deal with them directly. At least he needs to discuss it with the anti-gang group.
Ruiz's anti-mafia group is actually very high-profile now. Many small families of the so-called Big Five Mafia in New York have been liquidated since 2000. Others are gradually collecting evidence in an attempt to further break through the firewall and put them under control. What the people below do should be linked to those above them, so that there is enough evidence to get rid of them.
According to the current situation, the so-called five major mafias should gradually destroy their foundations in the next few years until they are all dismantled. What is left are small gangs fighting each other. The threat from these people is Much lower.
Ruiz's promotion to Assistant Detective Superintendent was not just due to his time and level. His record was also very dazzling.
The gangs in New York are well-known in the United States. Ruiz can achieve so many achievements in such an environment. Ruiz is really supported by his achievements. If Peter had not been considered by the superiors as a suitable successor early on, Ruiz would at least be the one. To have the same status as Peter.
Now just wait for Peter to act for a while, then go to DC headquarters to take a job, and be promoted at the same time, Ruiz can take over smoothly.
Jimmy was thinking about these issues while drinking tea. After David came over, he tidied up and sat back at his desk.
Just one day later, David also packed up and moved, and Jimmy was the only one left in the homicide office. The new recruits haven't been arranged yet, and Jimmy hasn't applied to Peter yet. He's still just a supervisory agent and hasn't been promoted to assistant agent supervisor. He can just wait step by step.
Jimmy is not in a hurry now. When Ruiz takes over, it won't be easy for him to find a trainee agent.
In fact, it is impossible to be completely free. Another vicious case was sent to the Manhattan office.
A fire broke out in an apartment in Harlem, Manhattan. After the fire station extinguished the fire, three bodies were found in a room on the third floor where the fire started. After the fire station personnel sent the bodies to the medical examiner's office, the medical examiner's preliminary examination of the bodies found that two of them had bullet holes, while the third body had its neck broken by force.
The room had been destroyed due to the fire, and the position of the body in the room was also destroyed because people from the fire department were cleaning and inspecting the room. There were not many clues available, so the NYPD Detective Bureau directly reported the case to the FBI.
Although this seems to be just a murder case, the NYPD can also handle it, but now that Jimmy has no case in hand, he will take the next step in this case.
Murder plus arson is considered a vicious murder, so there will definitely be no problem for the FBI to take over.
The medical examiner's office still needs to queue up for a detailed autopsy. However, the clothes of the body have been burned, and the things on the body have been burned. There is no document to prove the identity, so currently Jimmy only has the most rough preliminary examination, and there are no clues. .
Jimmy drove to Harlem, which is just north of the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side. It is also part of Manhattan. The security here is not as good as that of the East Side and the Upper West Side, and there are many gang activities.
Jimmy put on disposable gloves and entered the room where the fire occurred with the assistance of an NYPD officer. He was holding a folder in his hand. Here were the photos taken by the fire station when the body was discovered. After moving the body, the scene was no longer the same as the photo. Jimmy still needed to compare the photos with the scene one by one to confirm the body. Original location.
Jimmy looked at the scene, called back to the office, and called a group of support agents to come over and check the surrounding environment. There were two bodies that had been shot, so if this was the first scene, there would probably be clues such as bullet casings hidden under the ashes, and Jimmy alone would not be able to search them thoroughly.
On-site investigation is very tedious and requires great care, and it takes a lot of time. The place has been burnt to the point where it looks like, and the furniture in the house has been destroyed. Fortunately, the building is made of masonry, and at least the main frame is still there. .
After cleaning the furniture that was burned to ashes and carbon, Jimmy and the others finally found a shell casing and two Glock pistols in the living room of the room. The forensics department took them back for inspection. Unfortunately, due to the high temperature, there were no fingerprints or other traces left on the cartridge cases. As for the Glock, the gun numbers could no longer be distinguished, so there was no way to determine who the owners of the two pistols were.
Fortunately, they have determined that the bullet type is a 9mm pistol bullet, so they have a rough range of the gun used by the gunman.
Jimmy immediately arranged for some detectives to search for available surveillance probes in the surrounding area, and at the same time, he interviewed the surrounding neighbors to determine the identity of the person in the room.
Returning to the FBI office, Jimmy investigated the real estate data of the New York City Hall, determined the landlord's information, and called him directly. Unfortunately, this place is also rented out. The landlord has determined that his family does not live there, but the specific information of the tenant needs to be checked. He only remembers one name.
The landlord searched the original rental contract and found out that the name of the tenant reported was fake. Jimmy couldn't find the corresponding person in the personnel database at all. Since the rent was paid in cash, he didn't even have bank account information.
Although paying rent with cash is a bit wrong and is suspected of tax evasion, this has nothing to do with Jimmy. Now we still have to find a way to find the identities of several of them.
The neighbor provided information that the resident of that room owned a motorcycle, and relevant fingerprints should be extracted.
Finally, Jimmy obtained the first clear identity based on the fingerprints on the motorcycle. Marco Calpe, a gang member and a soldier of the Lotariano family, the lowest official member.
Regarding the relationship between this kind of person, it is still necessary to ask Ruiz to help investigate the information. The Lotariano family is not one of the so-called five major families. Correspondingly, their information is not as complete as those families.
Ruiz still investigated carefully and made several phone calls, and finally confirmed Marco's relationship.
Luis Montero, Marco's superior, Cornerhead.
Jimmy got Montero's information, and he and David went directly to a high-rise apartment in Harlem.
David was able to get involved because this case involved formal gang members. It was probably the beginning of a gang case. Ruiz had no intention of taking action on his own, but it would still be beneficial for David to have more contact with gangs. Besides, they have Ruiz backing them up, making it easy to call on support when they need it.
As time goes by, the gangs have also kept pace with the times. The era of collecting protection money on the streets is over. Now they are more engaged in illegal trade to make money, and then use various disguises to pretend to be legal businesses. To launder money, upper-class figures basically have nominally normal careers to hide their identities.
Jimmy and David showed their IDs and entered the apartment building smoothly, all the way to the outside of Luis Montero's room. Jimmy and David stood on either side of the door. David reached out and knocked on the door, "Dong, dong, dong," "FBI."
When David knocked on the door, Jimmy had already begun to observe the situation inside. This Luis Montero is apparently the owner of a chain of laundries, and of course he has a lot of money. The room in his apartment looks quite big, it should be more than 120 square meters. At least from Jimmy's sight, there are more than 3 rooms here.
There are five people in the house, three big and two small. One of the two adults is in the living room and the other is in a bedroom inside.
The person in the living room came over and opened the apartment door. Because the anti-theft chain was hung, there was only a small gap to see outside. The woman who opened the door looked outside in confusion, "Who are you?"
David and Jimmy showed their IDs: "FBI senior agents David White, Jimmy Young. We are looking for Mr. Luis Montero."
Woman: "Sorry, my husband is not at home. You can come back in the afternoon." After saying that, she was about to close the door.
Jimmy put his foot on the door, "Ma'am, you can discuss with Louis before answering our questions. I know he is at home. Please."
After saying that, Jimmy retracted his foot and the door closed smoothly.
The lady walked into the room and said something to the people inside. Jimmy saw the person who was sitting in the bedroom getting up, and they walked over together. With a "click", the anti-theft chain opened and the door opened. A man with a beard appeared at the door, "I am Luis Montero, what can I do?"
Jimmy: "Two things. One, there was a murder and arson case with three dead people. One of them should be your subordinate Marco Calpe. I need you to contact his family and go to the medical examiner's office to confirm the body. At the same time, you need to do A DNA verification.
Second, I need your cooperation. Think about whether he or you have any enemies who would do such a thing.
After dealing with these two things, we can talk about other issues. "
Louis looked at Jimmy and suddenly asked: "Are you that Jimmy? You know what I'm talking about."
Jimmy: "I'm that Jimmy."
Louis glanced at David and then at Jimmy, "Deal. Give me some time."
Jimmy put his hand into the inner pocket of his suit, and Louis was obviously nervous. He relaxed when he saw that he took out a business card.
Jimmy handed the business card to Louis, "Call me if you have news. Please do it as soon as possible, my time is limited."
Louis: "Of course, I won't invite you two into the room. Goodbye."
After saying that, Lewis took two steps back, closed the door, hung up the anti-theft chain, then turned around in the room and stood there thinking about something.
Jimmy glanced at David and shrugged, "Let's go, let's go back and wait for the news."
It's not that Jimmy doesn't want to forcefully take the person back for questioning, but there is no evidence or suspicion, and as the FBI, he can't take the person back directly.
He was just gambling. Since Ruiz said before that his information in the gang was leaked, then as a mafia family, even a small mafia family should be able to get some information. He just wanted to see if he had any This face allows them to cooperate.
Fortunately, it seems that everyone who can be a leader is still online. Louis even confirmed his identity with Jimmy, so this matter is going to be successful.
Marco Calpe's information is not complete in the system. He is apparently an orphan, but Jimmy knows the style of the Mafia. Now that Marco has become a formal member, it is at least certain that the Mafia family has been identified. At least one of his parents is Italian, which means he knows his family situation.
They will investigate Marco's family, and then extract DNA from the three burned corpses to determine which one is Marco himself. As for the other two people, they still need to find ways to confirm.
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Tips:
There are three FBI field offices in New York State. Albany is responsible for upstate New York and all of Vermont, Buffalo is responsible for western New York, and New York City is responsible for southeastern New York.
There are field offices belonging to these three offices in several cities. Among them, the New York City Field Office has affiliated field offices, namely Brooklyn Queens, Hudson Valley, John F. Kennedy, Long Island, and Westchester. .
The field offices in Albany and Buffalo are headed by the Special Agent in Charge, or SAC, and the field agent in charge is the ASAC, which is Richius' position.
The FBI office in New York City has a higher level. The person in charge is the Assistant Director in Charge, which is Dave's position, but he belongs to the management. Strictly speaking, he is a member of the headquarters management.
He manages the entire New York City FBI field office, including the Manhattan office and five other subordinate field offices. Among them, the specific agent in charge of the Manhattan office is still the SAC, and several subordinate ASACs are each responsible for several departmental groups, forming a complete organizational framework.
There are three offices in the United States that are headed by assistant directors: Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, DC.
In addition to covering the five boroughs of New York City, eight counties in New York State, LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, the New York Field Office also has additional Responsible for extraterritorial operations, working with host nations to investigate crimes and terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and overseas interests. (End of chapter)
