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In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Hurry it up,
I don't have all night.
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Great. That's it, just
everybody get out of their car.
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I think I left my compact
in the restaurant.
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What is that in your hand?
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My pantyhose.
My legs were itchy.
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When did
you take those off?
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In the ladies' room,
before we left?
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Really?
Did you take anything else off?
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You tell me.
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Hey, you! You there!
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Did you hear that?
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Bobby, don't leave me here.
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Hey, what the hell
is going on up there?
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A girl just went over the side.
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Oh, my God.
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What did he say?
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Somebody jumped off the bridge.
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No ID on her. Did a Brodie from
up there, landed on her face.
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We sure she came from up there?
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My men found a VW
abandoned on the ramp.
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Fourteen years on the job, I still can't
understand what makes them do it.
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Hopelessness, for one.
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Yeah, listen to him.
He went to college.
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What happened to you?
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Hey, sorry I'm late.
I grabbed a ride.
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First unit here
found the car like this,
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traffic zipping by,
nobody around.
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So who called 911?
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We're working on
tracing the call.
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Car is registered to a Karen
Whatney of Borough Park.
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Handbag in the car had
her driver's license.
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28 years old.
Nice-looking girl.
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Not anymore.
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Detectives, we got a
woman's blouse over here.
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So, she's stoned on something, she
runs her car into the guardrail,
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peels off her shirt, and jumps.
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You sign off on that,
we can all go back in.
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The left sleeve is ripped.
There's three buttons missing.
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She didn't take this off,
somebody took it off for her.
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911 call said she jumped.
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Maybe this somebody also
helped her off the bridge.
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Break out your thermals, Wheeler.
We're not going anyplace.
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Are you
absolutely sure it's Karen?
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Not 100%. Did Karen have any
distinguishing marks or scars?
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A little angel tattooed on her right thigh.
Her boyfriend's idea.
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Was she with him last night?
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They broke up three months ago.
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Maybe she went out with her friend Shawna Gates.
She lives in the city.
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I don't understand how my
daughter fell off a bridge!
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We're not exactly sure either.
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Um, when was the last
time you spoke with her?
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Yesterday morning.
She went for an interview.
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She lost her job at WalkRite
Company about six months ago.
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Mrs. Whatney, did Karen
ever say or do anything
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that would make you think she
might try to hurt herself?
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No. No, never.
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Hey, no job, no boyfriend.
I'd be singing duets with Billie Holliday.
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Yeah, I don't buy it.
I want to talk to her friends.
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Sure. So, last night,
where was everybody?
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One of your kids have
a medical emergency?
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No, Deborah took the kids to
her parents' for a few days.
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Just like that?
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Yeah, just like that.
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So, the girlfriend
works on the West side.
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We shot some pool,
then she dropped me off
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at my place downtown
on Henry Street.
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Then she went home.
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What time was that?
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Around 2:00.
I can't believe this.
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Was she...
Was she drinking?
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Maybe three beers.
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Any drugs?
No.
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Her blouse was torn.
Do you know how that happened?
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No. It looked fine
when she left.
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What was her mood?
Karen ever talk about suicide?
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No. I mean, she was down about
not being with somebody
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and about her money situation,
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but she said she was going
to get help with that.
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Oh? From who?
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Her old boss.
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She used to work for some guy at
some shoe factory in the Bronx.
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But he's in real estate
now. Some guy Dorning.
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She was expecting
a call from him.
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She was desperate.
She'd been looking for work for so long.
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She had her mother to support.
She asked me for money.
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I'd given her a couple of
hundred dollars in the past.
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Her girlfriend said she was
expecting a call back from you.
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Well, I don't know why.
I told Karen there wasn't anything I could do.
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Believe me, I wanted to, but...
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The Walerstein mortgage.
I need the title report now.
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Sorry, Dad.
When you get a chance.
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Robbie, these are detectives.
Karen Whatney committed suicide last night.
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What?
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She jumped off
the Brooklyn Bridge.
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God. I'm sorry to hear about that.
Is there anything we can do?
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Your father is
taking care of it.
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All right.
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Mr. Dorning, is it normal for your
ex-employees to hit you up for money?
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Karen started working for
me when she was just a kid.
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For eight years she did our files,
practically ran the office.
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And then what? She quit?
Or you fired her?
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No, no.
The factory burned down.
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What are you guys
trying to insinuate here?
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Maybe she left over some
bad feelings, an affair.
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That would explain
her behavior.
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Mrs. Dorning
wouldn't have to know.
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My wife passed
away two years ago.
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And no, there wasn't anything
romantic between Karen and me.
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Tox report found
a blood alcohol level
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consistent with what
the friend told us.
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No drugs,
unless you count Midol.
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Midol. That tells
you something.
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She jumped because it was
her time of the month?
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I really hope you come up
with a better reason
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before you go home
to your cave tonight.
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M.E. Found bruises on her left
arm inconsistent with the fall.
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Same arm
the blouse was ripped.
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Now that tells me
something. Van Buren.
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Okay. Yeah, thanks.
They traced the 911 call.
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I was
with my wife.
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I mean, we didn't feel like hanging
around the bridge, in the cold,
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just to say we
didn't see anything.
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But I called 911.
I did my part.
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And we appreciate that. But how do you
know a girl jumped if you didn't see it?
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There were cars
stopped in front of me.
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Some black guy said he saw a girl go over the side.
I just made an assumption.
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So, you didn't
actually see anything?
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I saw some people get out of their cars.
I heard some shouts.
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And this guy, what kind
of car was he driving?
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A maroon Volvo. I didn't look at the
license plate or anything like that.
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And the other cars?
You notice any of them?
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Yeah. A newspaper truck.
I think it was the Daily News.
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I was going to Brooklyn
to deliver the Sports final.
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Same as the night before,
and same as tonight.
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I lead a very eventful life.
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Yeah, well, that night some girl
took a header off the bridge ramp.
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Yeah, I saw something
about that on TV.
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Yeah, somebody said your truck was
right there when it happened.
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Come on, look what
I got to move in a night.
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You think I got
time to rubberneck.
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So, your story is,
you didn't see anything.
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Right. All these morons
were stopping their cars.
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I'm trying to get around them.
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Well, you must have looked to
see why they were stopping.
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Because this loony chick
was running around in a bra.
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There's a lot of that
at 2:00 in the morning.
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Was anyone with her?
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Maybe a dozen people.
I couldn't make out what was going on.
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Maybe they were trying
to talk her out of jumping.
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It never occurred to
you to report this?
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Well, there were other people
there knew more about it than me.
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Well, if you know any of their
names, by all means tell us.
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There was this green 4x4
from the Parks department.
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It stopped dead in front of me.
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Guy and a girl
in the front seat
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looked like they
were enjoying the show.
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Tuesday night?
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No, nothing special jumps out.
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The guy who runs
your motor pool says
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you brought the truck
back three hours late,
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and you told him you were stuck
in the mud on Randall's Island.
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Oh, yeah, that's right.
That was a bitch.
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You married, Mr. Marsh?
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Yeah.
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And you were at Randall's
Island all by yourself?
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No. It was me
and an owl.
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That's funny, because somebody said
they saw you on the Brooklyn Bridge
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with a female human passenger
right around the same time.
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I wasn't on the bridge.
I was by myself.
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You mean you
weren't with your wife.
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Hey, we don't need to pry into
your private business, Mr. Marsh.
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What we do need to know is
what you saw on the bridge.
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I was on Randall's Island.
I don't have anything more to say about it.
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Whoever was with him,
it wasn't his grandmother.
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Marsh was on
the bridge all right,
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but proving it could cost him
his job and his marriage.
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What's with Rey?
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I don't know.
He's your partner.
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Maybe you ought to remind him of that.
He doesn't say squat to me.
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Everything okay?
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Yeah. Deborah says hi.
So, what do you want to do?
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Put an ad in the newspaper,
"Witnesses wanted, flexible hours"?
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The newspaper truck driver, he's on
the bridge same time every night?
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Give or take.
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How many more are
regulars like him?
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We could throw up
a roadblock and find out.
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And let's get the truck driver and Mr.
Marsh in here.
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We got an anesthesiologist
from St. Vincent's.
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She was on the bridge
Tuesday night.
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She says she drove right past
the whole commotion. Mmm-hmm.
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And the other one?
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Maitre d' from Nora's.
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Put them in Interrogation One.
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Lieutenant, this
is Mr. Styles.
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He's a computer programmer,
and he drives a maroon Volvo.
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Welcome to our
party, Mr. Styles.
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Please.
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I really didn't
get a good look.
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A girl was screaming, but I
couldn't see what was going on.
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You told someone
she went over the side.
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I don't know about that.
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What is it, Mr. Styles?
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Are you scared or ashamed
you didn't do anything?
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As you can see,
you're not the only one.
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What about you?
What did you see?
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Well, by the time I got there, it was over.
Everyone was gone.
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Look, I have a busy
schedule tomorrow.
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If you don't let me leave, the Deputy
Mayor is going to hear about it.
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What about you, Romeo?
You had ringside seats.
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I was not there.
I told you that.
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He was there. In the green truck.
I recognize him.
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I'm sorry, but you're wrong.
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He had a Spanish girl
in the seat next to him.
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A Spanish girl?
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Back off. He doesn't know
what he's talking about.
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Your wife's home cooking
not good enough these days?
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You know, maybe we ought
to break the news to her.
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In fact, I think I've got
your home number right here.
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What are you doing?
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718 area, right?
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Hey!
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I bet your girlfriend can teach
your wife some hot, new dishes.
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He can't do this.
Rey.
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It's ringing.
Give me that.
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You better start
talking, or I swear
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I'm going to put your
name out to the papers.
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Everyone will know
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what kind of lowlife coward you are.
Rey.
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How you don't have the decency or the
guts to be a witness for that girl.
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Rey, let him go.
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Come on, come on, come on.
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What the hell is
the matter with you?
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You think I'm just going to stand
by, let these people lie to us.
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That's not what this is about.
240
00:12:30,130 --> 00:12:33,224
Oh, it's not?
What's it about, then?
241
00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:34,700
You tell me.
242
00:12:41,141 --> 00:12:43,405
She left me, Lennie.
243
00:12:43,476 --> 00:12:46,001
She took the kids and split.
She wants me out of the house.
244
00:12:51,283 --> 00:12:53,012
Why? What happened?
245
00:12:56,455 --> 00:13:01,552
I broke my vows with this girl in the park.
Just a one-time thing.
246
00:13:03,662 --> 00:13:05,254
How did Deborah find out?
247
00:13:06,799 --> 00:13:08,027
I told her.
248
00:13:09,235 --> 00:13:10,998
Your second mistake.
249
00:13:14,340 --> 00:13:16,466
You know, my old man used to
chase women all the time.
250
00:13:16,541 --> 00:13:19,169
I swore I'd never
be like him, but...
251
00:13:19,677 --> 00:13:21,542
Listen, why don't you bag
it for tonight, huh?
252
00:13:21,613 --> 00:13:24,946
No. No, just give me
a couple of minutes.
253
00:13:28,820 --> 00:13:31,219
Hey, when you
come back in there,
254
00:13:31,288 --> 00:13:33,154
you put that temper of
yours in your pocket.
255
00:13:33,224 --> 00:13:34,691
You got that?
256
00:13:38,663 --> 00:13:40,654
Dr. Shamsky wants to
know if we're serious
257
00:13:40,732 --> 00:13:43,132
about releasing their
names to the media.
258
00:13:43,201 --> 00:13:44,963
Well, the story is
going to come out.
259
00:13:45,035 --> 00:13:46,730
Just depends on how
they want it to read.
260
00:13:46,803 --> 00:13:49,499
Never mind your friends
or what the D.A. Thinks,
261
00:13:49,573 --> 00:13:52,872
do you want this hanging over your
head for the rest of your life?
262
00:13:54,444 --> 00:13:59,039
She was being chased
by this very big man.
263
00:14:00,149 --> 00:14:01,946
A white man with dark hair.
264
00:14:02,018 --> 00:14:05,785
He ripped her shirt off.
She was screaming.
265
00:14:05,856 --> 00:14:07,721
It looked like
they were fighting.
266
00:14:11,193 --> 00:14:12,490
Did she know this man?
267
00:14:12,561 --> 00:14:17,225
I don't know. She climbed
over the side to get away.
268
00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:18,562
She was terrified.
269
00:14:19,068 --> 00:14:23,767
It all happened so fast.
I couldn't believe it. She just jumped.
270
00:14:24,239 --> 00:14:25,501
He didn't push her?
271
00:14:25,573 --> 00:14:29,942
No, sir. I think she jumped to get
away from him. He was a lunatic.
272
00:14:30,011 --> 00:14:32,947
He looked right at
us after she jumped.
273
00:14:33,015 --> 00:14:34,846
I thought he was
going to come after me.
274
00:14:36,085 --> 00:14:37,347
Who saw him leave?
275
00:14:37,420 --> 00:14:42,015
I did. He drove off in a green LTD.
I don't know what year.
276
00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,388
Did anyone see how it started?
277
00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:52,327
You don't need my
friend's name, right?
278
00:14:52,967 --> 00:14:54,161
No, we don't.
279
00:14:56,403 --> 00:14:59,600
They were in front of me.
The VW and the LTD.
280
00:15:00,841 --> 00:15:04,835
She might have cut him off, I'm not
sure, but they banged fenders.
281
00:15:04,913 --> 00:15:07,107
The guy got out,
real ticked off.
282
00:15:07,181 --> 00:15:09,206
This was a traffic accident?
283
00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:13,276
Yeah. The guy was screaming
at her to get out of her car.
284
00:15:13,354 --> 00:15:16,721
He got her door open and
dragged her out by her hair.
285
00:15:17,591 --> 00:15:20,957
She ran away from him,
past my truck.
286
00:15:21,961 --> 00:15:25,055
Used to be, you cut somebody off,
they flipped you the bird.
287
00:15:25,131 --> 00:15:27,122
Now they chase you,
beat you up.
288
00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,634
Why not?
Who's going to stop them? You?
289
00:15:36,976 --> 00:15:40,207
From the looks of it, they
consider driving a contact sport.
290
00:15:40,279 --> 00:15:43,112
That's the damage from the
guard rail, and over here,
291
00:15:43,182 --> 00:15:46,548
fresh green paint from the LTD.
'86, '87 model.
292
00:15:46,618 --> 00:15:49,485
Yeah, I suppose there's more
than one of those in the city.
293
00:15:49,554 --> 00:15:52,421
2,068. That's in
the five boroughs.
294
00:15:52,491 --> 00:15:54,584
What about this green paint here?
Same vintage?
295
00:15:54,659 --> 00:15:56,820
Yeah. She must have
hit the LTD twice.
296
00:15:56,895 --> 00:15:59,988
Our witnesses all said there was
only one accident, on this side.
297
00:16:00,064 --> 00:16:01,794
Maybe Whatney and
the LTD traded paint
298
00:16:01,867 --> 00:16:03,835
before they got to the bridge.
299
00:16:03,902 --> 00:16:06,496
Thanks. Yeah, she dropped her
friend off at Henry Street,
300
00:16:06,571 --> 00:16:08,163
10 blocks from the bridge.
301
00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,434
That's a lot of doorbells.
302
00:16:09,508 --> 00:16:11,999
What, you'd rather
make 2,068 phone calls?
303
00:16:12,411 --> 00:16:14,275
I would have called
it in myself, you see,
304
00:16:14,345 --> 00:16:15,778
but it was 2:00
in the morning.
305
00:16:15,846 --> 00:16:17,143
I thought the best
thing to do would be
306
00:16:17,214 --> 00:16:19,011
to leave a note
on Mr. Krutsky's car.
307
00:16:19,083 --> 00:16:21,176
Well, you're a rare
citizen, Mr. Cromwell.
308
00:16:21,252 --> 00:16:23,015
Why don't you tell
us what happened.
309
00:16:23,087 --> 00:16:25,317
I work security,
4:00 to midnight.
310
00:16:25,389 --> 00:16:27,049
I was walking home
when I heard the crash.
311
00:16:27,123 --> 00:16:28,317
The LTD and the Volkswagen?
312
00:16:28,391 --> 00:16:30,656
That's it. The little
car rear-ended the Ford
313
00:16:30,728 --> 00:16:32,923
and slid off into Mr.
Krutsky's parked car.
314
00:16:32,997 --> 00:16:34,862
Did the drivers get out?
315
00:16:34,932 --> 00:16:37,526
Just the one in the Ford.
Big white guy.
316
00:16:37,601 --> 00:16:39,398
Scared the white girl
in the little car a lot.
317
00:16:39,470 --> 00:16:40,527
What did she do?
318
00:16:40,603 --> 00:16:43,197
Well, she cut around him and
took a left at Madison Street.
319
00:16:43,273 --> 00:16:44,831
He took off after her.
320
00:16:44,908 --> 00:16:48,105
I tried to get their numbers, but I only
could get the first three of the Ford.
321
00:16:48,178 --> 00:16:52,581
T-P-6. I could have got the whole
thing, but it all happened so fast.
322
00:16:53,149 --> 00:16:54,376
Thanks.
323
00:16:57,386 --> 00:17:01,687
Hey, I know a guy in the 83,
lost an eye doing that.
324
00:17:01,758 --> 00:17:03,555
You live in this building?
Yeah.
325
00:17:03,626 --> 00:17:05,389
You know a Mike McDugan?
326
00:17:05,462 --> 00:17:06,793
Who? Crazy Mike?
327
00:17:06,863 --> 00:17:08,625
Yeah, he drives a green LTD.
328
00:17:08,697 --> 00:17:12,599
No, that's his old man's car.
Mike Senior. He's a cripple.
329
00:17:13,335 --> 00:17:15,030
He gets around seeing
as nobody's home.
330
00:17:15,104 --> 00:17:19,666
It's Thursday. Crazy Mike usually takes
him over to Manny's on Eastchester.
331
00:17:20,476 --> 00:17:22,204
You guys going to
put Crazy Mike away?
332
00:17:22,276 --> 00:17:23,470
Does he need putting away?
333
00:17:23,544 --> 00:17:25,409
Nobody around
here would stop you.
334
00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,779
You know, he chased my 14-year-old
grandson up a flight of stairs,
335
00:17:28,850 --> 00:17:34,221
knocked him around.
A grown man. He's a menace.
336
00:17:40,928 --> 00:17:42,589
You Mike McDugan?
337
00:17:43,064 --> 00:17:45,362
If you're looking for
Mike McDugan, that's me.
338
00:17:45,433 --> 00:17:48,095
Yeah, thanks, Pop, but we want
to talk to Sonny Boy here.
339
00:17:48,169 --> 00:17:49,692
You guys got nothing better to do?
340
00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:52,203
Hey, shut up.
Is that your LTD out front?
341
00:17:52,272 --> 00:17:53,933
No,
that's my car.
342
00:17:54,007 --> 00:17:55,634
Yeah, sure it
is, Mr. McDugan.
343
00:17:55,709 --> 00:17:57,700
Mike, we want you
to come with us.
344
00:17:57,777 --> 00:17:59,746
You don't got to
do nothing, Mike.
345
00:17:59,814 --> 00:18:01,679
Now, you're coming
one way or another.
346
00:18:01,749 --> 00:18:03,079
They say I don't have to.
347
00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:06,813
And don't talk to them, Mike.
If they want to talk, you let them arrest you.
348
00:18:06,887 --> 00:18:08,479
Fine, now you're under arrest.
349
00:18:08,555 --> 00:18:09,613
I didn't do nothing.
350
00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:11,213
You assaulted Karen Whatney.
351
00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:12,519
Now what do I do?
352
00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,856
Now you want to
keep your mouth shut.
353
00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:21,165
"Docket number 454320.
People v. Michael L. McDugan.
354
00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:22,860
"Charged with Murder
in the Second Degree
355
00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:24,527
"and Assault in
the First Degree."
356
00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:26,002
What, they're saying
it's murder?
357
00:18:26,071 --> 00:18:28,597
Let's get your plea
first, Mr. McDugan.
358
00:18:28,675 --> 00:18:30,039
I'm not guilty.
359
00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,202
The People ask bail of
half a million, Your Honor.
360
00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:33,973
That's way out
of line, Your Honor.
361
00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:35,513
This is at best
an assault case.
362
00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:38,778
The defendant terrorized a 28-year-old
woman in the dead of night
363
00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,580
on a bridge ramp and with
depraved indifference
364
00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:41,847
caused her death.
365
00:18:41,921 --> 00:18:45,447
The deceased jumped off a
bridge on her own. Period.
366
00:18:45,523 --> 00:18:48,651
She jumped to get away from Mr.
McDugan. He didn't have to push her.
367
00:18:48,726 --> 00:18:50,853
She chose to die, Your Honor.
368
00:18:50,929 --> 00:18:55,263
My client isn't accountable for the
actions of a disturbed individual.
369
00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:58,825
Ms. Ross, it sounds like you're conceding Mr.
McDugan didn't push her.
370
00:18:58,903 --> 00:19:01,098
He may not have physically
pushed her, Your Honor, but...
371
00:19:01,172 --> 00:19:03,367
But what?
He levitated her?
372
00:19:04,842 --> 00:19:09,245
Thank your lucky stars I'm not the trial judge.
Bail is $100,000.
373
00:19:11,114 --> 00:19:14,550
Some choice, a 40-foot fall
or a beating by a thug.
374
00:19:14,618 --> 00:19:17,883
You certainly had the arraignment
judge eating out of your hand.
375
00:19:17,955 --> 00:19:19,820
Good luck with the Grand Jury.
376
00:19:19,890 --> 00:19:23,348
Give them the chance to indict a public
menace like Mike McDugan for murder,
377
00:19:23,427 --> 00:19:24,791
they'll jump at it.
378
00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:26,157
Public menace?
379
00:19:26,229 --> 00:19:28,255
Five arrests for assault,
two convictions.
380
00:19:28,332 --> 00:19:30,994
He's a bully.
His neighbors have a book on him.
381
00:19:31,068 --> 00:19:32,899
We picked him up in a
known policy hangout.
382
00:19:32,970 --> 00:19:34,528
I'm sure it's where he
gets most of his work.
383
00:19:34,605 --> 00:19:37,368
You know you can't
mention prior bad acts
384
00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,499
or associates to
the Grand Jury.
385
00:19:40,009 --> 00:19:42,944
Fine. I'll amend the charges
to reckless driving.
386
00:19:43,012 --> 00:19:45,810
Then I'll sign us up for a 12-step
program for underachievers.
387
00:19:47,016 --> 00:19:48,881
Ms. Ross, this just
came by messenger.
388
00:19:48,951 --> 00:19:50,316
Thank you.
389
00:19:51,219 --> 00:19:54,052
It's from McDugan's
lawyer. Cross notice.
390
00:19:54,122 --> 00:19:56,648
He's putting his client
in front of the Grand Jury.
391
00:19:56,726 --> 00:19:59,889
Gutsy move.
It shows them he has nothing to hide.
392
00:20:01,264 --> 00:20:04,028
Fine. I want them to see what
Karen Whatney was running from.
393
00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:06,363
Throw the book at him.
394
00:20:06,434 --> 00:20:09,597
The Grand Jury throws it back,
don't get hit in the head.
395
00:20:14,542 --> 00:20:18,341
It was my father's car.
He was a longshoreman before he got crippled.
396
00:20:18,412 --> 00:20:21,870
I was driving it downtown
when this woman rear-ends me.
397
00:20:22,816 --> 00:20:26,275
I go to get her insurance information.
She won't get out.
398
00:20:26,354 --> 00:20:28,322
She won't even open a window.
399
00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:32,849
So, I'm thinking, what the hell is my old
man going to say when he sees his car?
400
00:20:32,926 --> 00:20:36,885
And then she drove off, she
left the scene of the accident.
401
00:20:36,964 --> 00:20:38,829
That really pissed me off,
402
00:20:38,899 --> 00:20:42,300
so I chased her to the
bridge and I made her stop.
403
00:20:42,736 --> 00:20:46,535
Now, I made her get out of the car.
She still wouldn't cooperate.
404
00:20:46,606 --> 00:20:48,938
I thought she was drunk.
That's why she drove off,
405
00:20:49,008 --> 00:20:51,135
she didn't want to get in trouble
for driving under the influence.
406
00:20:51,210 --> 00:20:53,838
Mr. McDugan, please don't
speculate as to her motives.
407
00:20:53,913 --> 00:20:55,278
I'm sorry.
408
00:20:56,750 --> 00:21:00,014
Now, I got to admit, I was mad.
409
00:21:00,086 --> 00:21:01,951
I was yelling
and cursing at her.
410
00:21:02,755 --> 00:21:07,658
Who wouldn't? And then, when
she ran off, I grabbed at her,
411
00:21:08,461 --> 00:21:10,895
but the shirt
tore off in my hand.
412
00:21:11,764 --> 00:21:15,392
She got up and climbed over the wall.
I tried to stop her.
413
00:21:16,535 --> 00:21:18,196
Mr. McDugan, after you
caught up to Miss Whatney,
414
00:21:18,270 --> 00:21:20,101
why didn't you just
wait for the police?
415
00:21:20,172 --> 00:21:21,662
She was trying to
run away from the scene
416
00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:23,401
of an accident.
I had to stop her.
417
00:21:23,475 --> 00:21:24,874
Weren't you mad at her?
418
00:21:24,943 --> 00:21:27,639
Didn't you want to punish her
for damaging your father's car?
419
00:21:27,713 --> 00:21:30,204
A bunch of people watching?
What, do you think I'm nuts?
420
00:21:30,282 --> 00:21:32,375
I don't know you,
Mr. McDugan.
421
00:21:32,451 --> 00:21:35,147
But don't your neighbors
have a nickname for you?
422
00:21:35,821 --> 00:21:38,722
They call you Crazy Mike,
isn't that right?
423
00:21:40,825 --> 00:21:41,849
Yeah, I've heard that.
424
00:21:41,926 --> 00:21:44,417
Why do they call
you Crazy Mike?
425
00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:59,205
I don't know why, Ms. Ross.
You'd have to ask them.
426
00:22:00,411 --> 00:22:02,470
It's because you like to
beat people up, isn't it?
427
00:22:02,546 --> 00:22:03,638
No.
428
00:22:03,714 --> 00:22:05,807
In fact, that's why you pursued
Miss Whatney onto the bridge,
429
00:22:05,883 --> 00:22:07,372
to beat her up,
isn't that right?
430
00:22:07,450 --> 00:22:08,883
I would never do
anything like that.
431
00:22:08,952 --> 00:22:12,285
You wouldn't? In 1994, weren't
you convicted of assault?
432
00:22:12,355 --> 00:22:14,482
You can't mention that.
You're out of line, Mr. DiMarco.
433
00:22:14,557 --> 00:22:16,047
I instruct you to keep quiet.
434
00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:17,593
You asked an improper question.
435
00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:20,254
You open your mouth again,
I'll have you removed.
436
00:22:20,330 --> 00:22:21,694
You keep asking
questions like that one
437
00:22:21,764 --> 00:22:24,700
and I'll have...
Take Mr. DiMarco outside.
438
00:22:31,341 --> 00:22:32,774
Make this quick.
439
00:22:32,842 --> 00:22:35,139
She has no right to
bring up his prior acts.
440
00:22:35,210 --> 00:22:37,110
My question went to
credibility, Your Honor.
441
00:22:37,179 --> 00:22:39,647
Mr. DiMarco's client claimed
he never assaulted anyone.
442
00:22:39,715 --> 00:22:43,776
He said he never assaulted a complete
stranger over a traffic accident.
443
00:22:43,852 --> 00:22:46,286
There's nothing in his record
that contradicts that.
444
00:22:46,355 --> 00:22:48,982
Other than the fact he's a
violent predicate felon.
445
00:22:49,056 --> 00:22:52,082
And you want the Grand Jury to
indict him for that reason?
446
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,597
No, I want him indicted because he
committed the crime he's charged with.
447
00:22:55,664 --> 00:22:59,327
Well, then stick to the facts of that
crime, and leave his priors out.
448
00:22:59,401 --> 00:23:03,029
You'll instruct the Grand Jury
to disregard your question.
449
00:23:07,074 --> 00:23:10,532
Mr. McDugan was yelling at her to get out.
All of a sudden,
450
00:23:10,611 --> 00:23:12,841
the girl shoved the door
open, right into him.
451
00:23:12,914 --> 00:23:15,438
She got out and tried to hit him.
452
00:23:15,982 --> 00:23:18,041
Mr. Marsh, you told
the police Mr. McDugan
453
00:23:18,118 --> 00:23:19,847
pulled her out of
the car by her hair.
454
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,582
Actually, she fell out
of the car right into him.
455
00:23:22,656 --> 00:23:25,592
He must have grabbed her hair
to keep her from falling down.
456
00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:27,218
Really?
Yes.
457
00:23:27,295 --> 00:23:30,923
Then she wriggled away from
him, ran right past my truck.
458
00:23:32,365 --> 00:23:36,768
She looked to me like she was drunk.
I definitely smelled beer.
459
00:23:38,305 --> 00:23:40,671
You told the police you never
got out of your truck.
460
00:23:40,740 --> 00:23:42,604
How could you smell anything?
461
00:23:42,675 --> 00:23:46,577
I had my window open.
She wasn't more than six inches away from me.
462
00:23:46,645 --> 00:23:50,706
Mr. Marsh, I'm confused.
You never told any of this to the police.
463
00:23:51,684 --> 00:23:55,711
Look, it was 2:00 in the morning
when they interrogated me.
464
00:23:55,788 --> 00:23:59,417
I told them what they wanted
to hear so I could go home.
465
00:23:59,492 --> 00:24:02,188
Do you know what
perjury is, Mr. Marsh?
466
00:24:03,496 --> 00:24:07,956
I'm not lying, Ms. Ross.
That girl was drunk.
467
00:24:12,670 --> 00:24:14,365
Marsh changed his story.
All of a sudden,
468
00:24:14,439 --> 00:24:16,930
Karen Whatney is a drunk running
from the scene of an accident.
469
00:24:17,008 --> 00:24:18,669
McDugan got to him?
470
00:24:18,743 --> 00:24:22,042
They don't call him Crazy Mike
because he sells discount stereos.
471
00:24:22,114 --> 00:24:23,876
You can't keep
a Grand Jury waiting
472
00:24:23,948 --> 00:24:25,973
while you investigate perjury.
473
00:24:26,050 --> 00:24:28,541
I'm thinking about withdrawing
it from their consideration.
474
00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:29,882
We can always go back later.
475
00:24:29,954 --> 00:24:33,014
You're aware that a judge can keep
us from resubmitting the case?
476
00:24:33,091 --> 00:24:34,581
I know, but as it is,
the Grand Jury
477
00:24:34,659 --> 00:24:36,058
could indict McDugan
for simple assault.
478
00:24:36,127 --> 00:24:37,889
Or not indict him at all.
479
00:24:37,961 --> 00:24:39,656
I don't know
what to do, Jack.
480
00:24:41,465 --> 00:24:42,693
What?
481
00:24:42,766 --> 00:24:45,064
I'm enjoying the moment.
Fleeting as it is.
482
00:24:45,135 --> 00:24:46,363
I'm serious.
483
00:24:47,538 --> 00:24:52,305
Let them vote or withdraw the case.
Go with your gut.
484
00:25:11,627 --> 00:25:14,152
Third Degree Assault.
A misdemeanor.
485
00:25:19,301 --> 00:25:23,363
Mrs. Marsh, did your husband
discuss his testimony with anybody
486
00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:25,703
before he talked
to the Grand Jury?
487
00:25:25,775 --> 00:25:31,110
Ms. Ross at the District Attorney's office.
Is he in trouble?
488
00:25:31,179 --> 00:25:36,139
Not with us. Did he get any
unusual phone calls or visits?
489
00:25:37,652 --> 00:25:40,485
There were some hang-ups.
And he got a couple of calls at night.
490
00:25:40,555 --> 00:25:42,284
Do you know
what they were about?
491
00:25:42,357 --> 00:25:44,517
No. He took the calls
in the other room,
492
00:25:44,592 --> 00:25:46,423
and then he went
out for a half hour.
493
00:25:46,493 --> 00:25:47,619
For a walk, he said.
494
00:25:47,695 --> 00:25:49,663
And what did you think?
495
00:25:49,730 --> 00:25:52,495
I thought it might be
a woman, but it wasn't.
496
00:25:52,567 --> 00:25:54,125
How could you be so sure?
497
00:25:54,202 --> 00:25:57,103
Because when he went out, I went
to the phone and dialed star 69,
498
00:25:57,172 --> 00:26:00,663
to call the party back, and
both times a man answered.
499
00:26:00,741 --> 00:26:03,437
Do you remember when
these calls occurred?
500
00:26:03,510 --> 00:26:05,375
During the 11:00 news.
501
00:26:10,184 --> 00:26:12,811
George, they're
from the police.
502
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,081
Yeah, I know who they are.
You can leave now.
503
00:26:18,157 --> 00:26:20,752
Mr. Marsh, if someone is threatening
you to change your testimony,
504
00:26:20,828 --> 00:26:22,125
we can protect you.
505
00:26:22,196 --> 00:26:23,823
I've got nothing to say.
506
00:26:28,201 --> 00:26:31,034
Phone company faxed the
LUDs from Marsh's place.
507
00:26:31,104 --> 00:26:33,538
Two calls to a number in Riverdale.
508
00:26:33,606 --> 00:26:37,098
One at 11:17, the other one
the next night at 11:06.
509
00:26:38,378 --> 00:26:39,503
Nancy Leary?
510
00:26:39,578 --> 00:26:41,239
Maybe she's got
a real deep voice.
511
00:26:41,313 --> 00:26:42,473
This I got to see.
512
00:26:42,547 --> 00:26:43,571
Whenever you're ready.
513
00:26:43,649 --> 00:26:47,244
Hey, Lennie, I almost forgot.
It's my sister's number.
514
00:26:47,319 --> 00:26:50,653
I'm going to staying there
till I get my own place.
515
00:26:50,723 --> 00:26:51,849
Rey, I'm sorry.
516
00:26:51,924 --> 00:26:54,892
Yeah. Nothing is carved in stone.
It's wait-and-see.
517
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,825
Right. It'll work out.
518
00:27:02,334 --> 00:27:05,303
Miss Leary is at work.
She works the front desk at the Meridien.
519
00:27:05,370 --> 00:27:07,234
Does she live with
a man? A boyfriend?
520
00:27:07,304 --> 00:27:11,434
No. I tried to set her up with my nephew.
She told me she was celibate.
521
00:27:11,509 --> 00:27:12,840
You'd never know
from looking at her.
522
00:27:12,910 --> 00:27:15,037
She lives in 304?
That's right.
523
00:27:15,112 --> 00:27:17,774
This is addressed to a Thomas
Randall in 304. Who's he?
524
00:27:17,848 --> 00:27:19,748
Tommy. That's
her 10-year-old.
525
00:27:19,817 --> 00:27:21,011
Oh, Randall is
the father's name?
526
00:27:21,085 --> 00:27:22,450
That's right.
Dave Randall.
527
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,957
He comes over, you know, just to look
after the boy when she works nights.
528
00:27:27,024 --> 00:27:29,618
Dave Randall,
AKA Randall the Candle.
529
00:27:29,694 --> 00:27:31,753
Gee, I wonder what
he does for a living.
530
00:27:31,829 --> 00:27:33,296
Hardly a success story.
531
00:27:33,363 --> 00:27:36,924
Two convictions for arson and one for
possession of an incendiary device.
532
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,993
In 1993, he used junk mail as
kindling to set a Cadillac on fire.
533
00:27:41,071 --> 00:27:43,972
I know the punchline.
They found his address in the ashes.
534
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:48,100
He served 18 months in Altona in a
dorm with "Crazy" Mike McDugan.
535
00:27:49,212 --> 00:27:52,045
An arsonist and an enforcer.
Quite a team.
536
00:27:52,549 --> 00:27:55,484
Karen Whatney picked
the wrong car to hit.
537
00:27:55,552 --> 00:27:57,520
Didn't she used to
work in a shoe factory?
538
00:27:57,587 --> 00:28:01,249
WalkRite, in the Bronx.
I think they closed down six months ago.
539
00:28:01,323 --> 00:28:02,847
Do we know why?
540
00:28:04,660 --> 00:28:07,151
WalkRite stunk
of arson for profit.
541
00:28:07,229 --> 00:28:09,060
We went through their
books with a tweezer.
542
00:28:09,131 --> 00:28:11,429
They hadn't turned
a profit in five years.
543
00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:13,593
WalkRite was on the
verge of bankruptcy?
544
00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:17,160
Past the verge.
The owner, Harold Dorning, had a choice,
545
00:28:17,238 --> 00:28:18,706
hand the keys over to the bank
546
00:28:18,774 --> 00:28:21,242
or sell his factory to
the insurance company.
547
00:28:21,310 --> 00:28:23,278
Did the name Dave
Randall ever come up?
548
00:28:23,345 --> 00:28:25,336
Who?
Randall the Candle?
549
00:28:25,414 --> 00:28:27,575
No, I never heard of him.
550
00:28:27,649 --> 00:28:30,515
Hey, look, we had five fires on
the same block this past year.
551
00:28:31,486 --> 00:28:33,386
Kids and homeless
trying to stay warm.
552
00:28:33,454 --> 00:28:35,479
So you wrote it up
as arson by vandalism.
553
00:28:35,556 --> 00:28:38,116
Yeah, pending further evidence.
554
00:28:38,392 --> 00:28:40,860
Is it true the man who killed her,
555
00:28:40,928 --> 00:28:43,157
that he might only
spend a year in jail?
556
00:28:43,230 --> 00:28:45,858
Not if we have anything
to do with it.
557
00:28:45,932 --> 00:28:47,661
Mrs. Whatney, did Karen
ever say anything to you
558
00:28:47,735 --> 00:28:50,602
about the fire at the factory?
559
00:28:50,671 --> 00:28:55,733
Just that she was sorry that Mr.
Dorning lost his business. Why?
560
00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:58,573
The police think it was arson.
561
00:28:59,813 --> 00:29:01,678
I thought it was kids.
562
00:29:02,482 --> 00:29:04,177
The police suspect
Mr. Dorning may have
563
00:29:04,251 --> 00:29:06,913
been mixed up with
insurance fraud.
564
00:29:06,987 --> 00:29:10,149
If Karen knew something
and Mr. Dorning found out...
565
00:29:12,458 --> 00:29:14,858
Did she ever say
anything to you?
566
00:29:17,096 --> 00:29:21,261
No. No, but she
may have known.
567
00:29:21,868 --> 00:29:23,630
Why do you say that?
568
00:29:24,603 --> 00:29:27,697
I thought it was lucky
that she brought it home.
569
00:29:28,307 --> 00:29:29,433
Brought what home?
570
00:29:29,508 --> 00:29:32,671
The keepsake album.
For her grandmother.
571
00:29:32,745 --> 00:29:37,579
She was working on it at work
every day during her lunch hour.
572
00:29:39,184 --> 00:29:40,981
I'm not sure I follow.
573
00:29:44,222 --> 00:29:48,216
She brought it home the night
before the factory burned down.
574
00:29:51,529 --> 00:29:53,292
Karen Whatney had
lunch with Dorning.
575
00:29:53,364 --> 00:29:56,094
I think she threatened to go to the
police unless he gave her money.
576
00:29:56,167 --> 00:29:58,067
A few days later, she's dead.
577
00:29:58,136 --> 00:30:01,162
Harold Dorning to Randall
the Candle to Crazy Mike.
578
00:30:02,173 --> 00:30:04,834
And who has evidence of this conspiracy?
Mack the Knife?
579
00:30:04,908 --> 00:30:07,172
We have the phone calls from
Randall's girlfriend's house
580
00:30:07,244 --> 00:30:09,109
to the witness who
perjured himself.
581
00:30:09,179 --> 00:30:11,977
We have the arson squad's informed
opinion that the fire wasn't set...
582
00:30:12,049 --> 00:30:13,744
In other words, nothing.
583
00:30:13,817 --> 00:30:16,343
Better find a crack in the wall
or nobody is going to jail.
584
00:30:16,421 --> 00:30:19,048
This was Dorning's show.
He's the one we want.
585
00:30:19,122 --> 00:30:22,148
Then start with the other two.
Offer them a deal.
586
00:30:22,226 --> 00:30:24,319
The broad hit me.
It was an accident.
587
00:30:24,394 --> 00:30:26,123
I don't know from arson,
this guy Randall,
588
00:30:26,196 --> 00:30:27,891
or anything else.
It's all just a fluke.
589
00:30:27,965 --> 00:30:29,489
Michael, sit down.
590
00:30:29,566 --> 00:30:31,897
You're just a hat in the wind,
is that it, Mr. McDugan?
591
00:30:31,968 --> 00:30:33,833
You blow from one
coincidence to another.
592
00:30:33,903 --> 00:30:37,703
Mr. McCoy, I could throw
a rock out that window
593
00:30:37,773 --> 00:30:39,104
and hit somebody
who knows somebody
594
00:30:39,175 --> 00:30:41,143
who knows a friend
of my client.
595
00:30:41,210 --> 00:30:42,905
Doesn't add up to a conspiracy.
596
00:30:42,979 --> 00:30:44,343
It'll add up to murder one
597
00:30:44,412 --> 00:30:47,246
once we represent the
case to the Grand Jury.
598
00:30:47,316 --> 00:30:49,341
I thought we were all done with that.
We are.
599
00:30:49,418 --> 00:30:53,787
Not by a long shot.
I'm offering you and Randall the same deal.
600
00:30:54,957 --> 00:30:57,447
You testify against
Mr. Dorning,
601
00:30:57,525 --> 00:31:00,289
you plead murder two,
you get 15-to-life.
602
00:31:02,364 --> 00:31:05,231
I knew coming here was a waste of time.
Come, Michael.
603
00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:07,325
My offer is good
for one customer only.
604
00:31:07,402 --> 00:31:09,870
You or Randall.
I don't care which.
605
00:31:11,572 --> 00:31:13,699
We'll talk about it outside.
606
00:31:14,808 --> 00:31:18,370
My kid is 10.
So he makes crank calls? So what?
607
00:31:20,248 --> 00:31:23,513
Your kid made a 12-minute crank
call to a City Parks worker?
608
00:31:23,585 --> 00:31:25,882
I can't watch him every second.
609
00:31:26,954 --> 00:31:29,946
I'll tell you what, starting tonight,
no video games for a week.
610
00:31:30,024 --> 00:31:31,719
And no Daddy.
611
00:31:31,792 --> 00:31:35,990
You and Mike McDugan killed a
witness to an arson, Dave.
612
00:31:36,664 --> 00:31:39,257
That puts you on a table
with a needle in your arm.
613
00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:41,527
Oh, really?
614
00:31:41,601 --> 00:31:44,126
I must have been out of the room
when you charged me with murder.
615
00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:46,536
That will happen as
soon as your friend
616
00:31:46,607 --> 00:31:48,575
Crazy Mike rolls
on you and Dorning.
617
00:31:48,642 --> 00:31:51,236
First of all, I don't
know this McDugan.
618
00:31:51,312 --> 00:31:53,040
You were bunk-mates
in Altona.
619
00:31:53,112 --> 00:31:57,105
Him and 100 other tube steaks I
don't invite to Christmas dinner.
620
00:31:58,818 --> 00:32:03,687
Anyway, all you got on him is assault three.
A lousy misdemeanor.
621
00:32:04,657 --> 00:32:08,683
Tomorrow I'm asking the Grand
Jury to re-indict for murder one.
622
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,320
You ever hear of
the domino theory, Dave?
623
00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:13,660
I'll tell you what
I told him this morning.
624
00:32:13,732 --> 00:32:15,360
First one to raise
his hand gets to plead
625
00:32:15,435 --> 00:32:18,427
to murder two and
serve 15-to-life.
626
00:32:18,504 --> 00:32:21,836
Hey, plead this.
627
00:32:24,876 --> 00:32:26,104
Get up.
628
00:32:31,016 --> 00:32:33,677
He's fooling himself
if he thinks we're bluffing.
629
00:32:33,751 --> 00:32:35,150
The joke may be on us.
630
00:32:35,219 --> 00:32:37,710
McDugan's lawyer just sent
this over to the office.
631
00:32:37,788 --> 00:32:41,349
He's moving to keep us from
going back to the Grand Jury.
632
00:32:42,927 --> 00:32:45,829
The Grand Jury already heard the
evidence against my client.
633
00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:48,456
They've already
voted on a charge.
634
00:32:48,532 --> 00:32:50,227
Mr. McCoy has nothing
new to tell them.
635
00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:53,668
Unless you count a new
motive, new accomplices.
636
00:32:53,738 --> 00:32:57,504
You peel back the theories, the
conjectures, and the assumptions,
637
00:32:57,575 --> 00:32:59,872
and what you're left
with is a sore loser.
638
00:32:59,943 --> 00:33:02,741
Hey, put a lid on it,
Mr. DiMarco.
639
00:33:02,812 --> 00:33:06,407
Mr. McCoy, your...
Your affidavit is light on evidence.
640
00:33:07,150 --> 00:33:09,277
I mean, the Grand Jury
voted that Mr. McDugan
641
00:33:09,352 --> 00:33:12,412
is not directly responsible
for Miss Whatney's death.
642
00:33:12,489 --> 00:33:13,979
We believe their
decision was the result
643
00:33:14,057 --> 00:33:16,890
of collusion between the
defendant and a witness.
644
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,656
Under People v. Potter, that's
grounds to resubmit the charges.
645
00:33:19,729 --> 00:33:22,630
So you have evidence that
we tampered with a witness?
646
00:33:22,699 --> 00:33:24,667
I must have a page missing.
647
00:33:24,734 --> 00:33:26,531
I'm sorry, Mr. McCoy.
648
00:33:26,903 --> 00:33:28,597
I don't see how
I can grant you leave
649
00:33:28,670 --> 00:33:30,729
to resubmit to the Grand Jury.
650
00:33:30,806 --> 00:33:32,774
Your Honor, this
conspiracy is shut tight.
651
00:33:32,841 --> 00:33:35,435
The only way to pry anything
loose is with an indictment.
652
00:33:35,511 --> 00:33:38,036
I'm not here to help you
make cases, Mr. McCoy.
653
00:33:38,113 --> 00:33:39,375
You're tying my hands.
654
00:33:39,448 --> 00:33:43,407
I'm within my discretion.
The defense motion is granted.
655
00:33:49,291 --> 00:33:51,691
We'll never make any headway
with either McDugan or Randall
656
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,250
without a murder indictment.
657
00:33:53,328 --> 00:33:55,693
Maybe it's time you
knocked on Dorning's door.
658
00:33:55,763 --> 00:33:58,129
And ask him if he would
please like to confess?
659
00:33:58,199 --> 00:34:01,930
I'm sure that Mr. Randall the Candle
doesn't work pro bono.
660
00:34:02,870 --> 00:34:06,033
Dorning must have paid him
something for his services.
661
00:34:06,107 --> 00:34:08,506
The Arson Squad already looked
into Dorning's finances.
662
00:34:08,575 --> 00:34:09,701
They didn't find anything.
663
00:34:09,776 --> 00:34:14,043
Six months ago. Maybe these
crooks work on a layaway plan.
664
00:34:16,150 --> 00:34:17,344
You'll need more than
this piece of paper to
665
00:34:17,418 --> 00:34:19,045
explain to me what the
hell is going on here.
666
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,644
Does your father
have signing authority
667
00:34:20,721 --> 00:34:22,984
over any of your
company's accounts?
668
00:34:23,056 --> 00:34:25,320
There's the petty cash account.
669
00:34:25,392 --> 00:34:27,451
We'll need
your records, too.
670
00:34:27,527 --> 00:34:29,552
I can't
believe this bull.
671
00:34:29,629 --> 00:34:33,827
I mean, why...
Robbie, what are they doing?
672
00:34:34,701 --> 00:34:37,828
I don't know, Dad.
You tell me, huh?
673
00:34:39,004 --> 00:34:41,632
Can someone answer the
damn phones, please?
674
00:34:41,707 --> 00:34:44,199
What's this about?
It's all in the warrant.
675
00:34:44,277 --> 00:34:47,178
Now, would you please
stay outside the room?
676
00:34:49,014 --> 00:34:50,777
Seems after Dorning
paid off his creditors,
677
00:34:50,850 --> 00:34:52,681
he used every cent
from the fire insurance
678
00:34:52,751 --> 00:34:54,719
to help his son buy
the mortgage company.
679
00:34:54,787 --> 00:34:57,620
Smart move.
Hey, here's something.
680
00:34:59,291 --> 00:35:01,885
For the last four months,
Dorning has been drawing
681
00:35:01,961 --> 00:35:04,360
a commission check
every two weeks.
682
00:35:04,429 --> 00:35:06,761
Then in the last month,
he drew two checks
683
00:35:06,831 --> 00:35:08,856
within a few days
of each other.
684
00:35:08,933 --> 00:35:12,802
He could have had a good month.
685
00:35:12,872 --> 00:35:13,998
Look at the dates
on the checks.
686
00:35:18,576 --> 00:35:20,510
Dad works hard.
He earned those commissions.
687
00:35:20,578 --> 00:35:24,070
Any special reason he didn't
wait for his regular pay date?
688
00:35:24,149 --> 00:35:25,343
He needed an advance.
689
00:35:25,416 --> 00:35:26,474
What for?
690
00:35:28,453 --> 00:35:31,785
He's my father. He had his ass handed
to him a couple of months ago.
691
00:35:31,855 --> 00:35:33,948
He says he needs money,
I give it to him.
692
00:35:34,024 --> 00:35:36,083
The first check,
in the amount of $5,000,
693
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,152
is dated the day before Karen
Whatney went off the bridge.
694
00:35:39,229 --> 00:35:42,927
The second check, in the same
amount, is dated the day after.
695
00:35:49,206 --> 00:35:51,333
I'll tell you, okay?
696
00:35:51,408 --> 00:35:55,105
Before the fire, Dad borrowed from a shylock.
The guy was leaning on him.
697
00:35:55,179 --> 00:35:57,237
Mr. Dorning,
stop lying for him.
698
00:35:57,313 --> 00:35:59,747
He didn't have anything
to do with Karen's death.
699
00:35:59,815 --> 00:36:01,806
She knew about the arson.
700
00:36:03,619 --> 00:36:07,146
There was nothing to know.
It was vandals. Ask the fire marshal.
701
00:36:07,223 --> 00:36:09,691
They've reopened the case.
They know who the arsonist was,
702
00:36:09,759 --> 00:36:11,317
and they'll prove your
father was behind it.
703
00:36:11,394 --> 00:36:12,452
You know
what happens next?
704
00:36:12,528 --> 00:36:14,826
The insurance company
comes looking for its money.
705
00:36:14,897 --> 00:36:16,159
They'll seize this business.
706
00:36:16,232 --> 00:36:19,224
This is my business.
They just can't take it away.
707
00:36:19,302 --> 00:36:22,328
What they don't take, we will,
as proceeds of a crime.
708
00:36:23,839 --> 00:36:26,238
I have 35 employees here.
709
00:36:27,242 --> 00:36:29,506
You cooperate, you just
might save their jobs.
710
00:36:29,578 --> 00:36:31,876
Here's my card.
Give us a call.
711
00:36:39,053 --> 00:36:41,147
The underwriters
agreed to a schedule
712
00:36:41,223 --> 00:36:44,522
allowing my client to pay
back the insurance money.
713
00:36:44,593 --> 00:36:47,357
The caveat being he testifies
against his father.
714
00:36:47,429 --> 00:36:51,262
I appreciate this wasn't an easy
decision for you, Mr. Dorning.
715
00:36:51,999 --> 00:36:53,796
We have conditions of our own.
716
00:36:53,867 --> 00:36:55,562
You waive prosecution
of my client
717
00:36:55,636 --> 00:36:58,196
for any accessorial
conduct after the fact,
718
00:36:58,272 --> 00:37:01,002
and you waive seizure
of his mortgage company.
719
00:37:01,075 --> 00:37:02,940
We can live with that.
720
00:37:05,345 --> 00:37:09,179
That's not all. I would like some
consideration for my father.
721
00:37:10,818 --> 00:37:12,843
I can't make any promises.
722
00:37:13,887 --> 00:37:15,684
He was in deep trouble
with his factory.
723
00:37:15,756 --> 00:37:18,815
I'm sure he didn't mean
for anyone to get hurt.
724
00:37:20,059 --> 00:37:23,859
If he accepts a plea, I'll make
a sentence recommendation.
725
00:37:30,169 --> 00:37:34,901
Well, after Dad
had lunch with Karen,
726
00:37:34,973 --> 00:37:36,941
he told me that she was
trying to extort him.
727
00:37:38,143 --> 00:37:42,046
She wanted $10,000 or she would
tell the police about the fire.
728
00:37:43,416 --> 00:37:45,111
I told him he was
worried over nothing,
729
00:37:45,184 --> 00:37:47,879
that she was just
shooting her mouth off.
730
00:37:47,953 --> 00:37:49,545
Your father
thought differently?
731
00:37:49,621 --> 00:37:51,748
He said she could hurt us.
732
00:37:54,159 --> 00:37:59,994
He told me that he had hired
someone to burn down the factory.
733
00:38:01,866 --> 00:38:03,993
I was stunned, I...
734
00:38:04,068 --> 00:38:05,433
You never suspected him?
735
00:38:08,439 --> 00:38:10,465
It crossed my mind, sure.
736
00:38:10,542 --> 00:38:13,908
The business was
circling the drain.
737
00:38:13,978 --> 00:38:15,468
I warned Dad years ago to get out,
738
00:38:15,546 --> 00:38:18,379
but he's stubborn.
739
00:38:19,250 --> 00:38:21,013
What did he decide
to do about Karen?
740
00:38:21,085 --> 00:38:25,681
I told him he should pay her.
I didn't want to lose my mortgage business.
741
00:38:26,723 --> 00:38:28,020
I cut him two checks.
742
00:38:28,091 --> 00:38:30,150
He use the money
to pay her off?
743
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,086
I don't know.
744
00:38:33,897 --> 00:38:36,024
He was afraid to go to jail.
745
00:38:40,804 --> 00:38:44,001
When he told me she
committed suicide, I...
746
00:38:46,743 --> 00:38:48,904
I didn't know what to think.
747
00:39:01,123 --> 00:39:02,920
Mr. Dorning?
What do you want?
748
00:39:02,991 --> 00:39:04,481
You mind coming with us?
What for?
749
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,323
Harold Dorning, you're
under arrest for arson
750
00:39:06,395 --> 00:39:07,862
and for the murder
of Karen Whatney.
751
00:39:07,930 --> 00:39:10,228
That's crazy. Let go of me.
Stop moving.
752
00:39:10,299 --> 00:39:11,323
What? You're
hurting me.
753
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,664
Hey, we wouldn't want
to do that, now would we?
754
00:39:14,536 --> 00:39:16,026
The police picked up
Dorning and McDugan,
755
00:39:16,105 --> 00:39:18,335
but Randall is
nowhere to be found.
756
00:39:18,407 --> 00:39:19,499
They check his girlfriend's?
757
00:39:19,575 --> 00:39:20,599
She says she hasn't seen him.
758
00:39:20,676 --> 00:39:23,906
They posted a car outside her
house and put a tap on her phone.
759
00:39:23,978 --> 00:39:25,639
Without Randall it'll
be hard to connect
760
00:39:25,713 --> 00:39:27,681
Dorning to Karen
Whatney's death.
761
00:39:27,749 --> 00:39:29,444
Depends how much
Mike McDugan knows.
762
00:39:29,517 --> 00:39:31,576
So far, he hasn't been chatty.
763
00:39:31,652 --> 00:39:32,880
We'll throw him a bone.
764
00:39:32,954 --> 00:39:35,945
Good. Another heart-to-heart
with my favorite maniac.
765
00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:41,392
Another day,
another plea offer.
766
00:39:41,829 --> 00:39:44,354
If it weren't for Ms.
Ross' charming presence,
767
00:39:44,432 --> 00:39:45,831
we wouldn't bother showing up.
768
00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:48,026
This time it's
a three-way race
769
00:39:48,101 --> 00:39:51,070
between your client, Dave
Randall, and Harold Dorning.
770
00:39:51,138 --> 00:39:54,403
Murder two, 15-to-life.
First come, first served.
771
00:39:54,808 --> 00:39:56,605
You have them under arrest?
772
00:39:56,676 --> 00:39:59,804
I'm surprised you didn't run
into them in the breakfast line.
773
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,609
Dorning confessed
the arson to a witness.
774
00:40:06,820 --> 00:40:10,221
Mike's not flipping on anyone for 15 years.
Eight and out.
775
00:40:10,290 --> 00:40:12,986
He's the one who forced
the girl off the bridge.
776
00:40:13,059 --> 00:40:16,186
The other two can claim they
just wanted him to scare her.
777
00:40:16,262 --> 00:40:18,992
And I might be inclined
to believe them.
778
00:40:24,670 --> 00:40:25,796
Deal.
779
00:40:29,274 --> 00:40:30,969
Talk, Mr. McDugan.
780
00:40:34,979 --> 00:40:36,709
Randall said he
needed some help
781
00:40:36,782 --> 00:40:39,216
to get a message to this
broad, to shut her up.
782
00:40:39,285 --> 00:40:41,549
You staged the accident
on Rutgers Street?
783
00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:45,555
Yeah.
It was pretty good, actually.
784
00:40:45,623 --> 00:40:47,284
After she dropped
her friend off,
785
00:40:48,193 --> 00:40:50,718
I pulled ahead of her
and stopped short.
786
00:40:50,795 --> 00:40:53,958
But then she drove off,
and things got out of hand.
787
00:40:54,032 --> 00:40:56,397
But like I said, I never
meant for her to jump.
788
00:40:57,367 --> 00:40:59,358
Of course not.
789
00:40:59,436 --> 00:41:02,166
Did Randall tell you why he
wanted you to talk to her?
790
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:04,535
He said she was making
trouble for somebody
791
00:41:04,608 --> 00:41:06,270
Randall did some work for.
792
00:41:06,344 --> 00:41:07,436
Did he say who?
793
00:41:07,512 --> 00:41:09,309
No, he didn't give me
any of the particulars,
794
00:41:09,380 --> 00:41:11,108
except the girl's
name and address.
795
00:41:11,181 --> 00:41:13,081
He never mentioned
Dorning or WalkRite?
796
00:41:13,150 --> 00:41:16,017
No. I mean,
I'm no dope.
797
00:41:16,753 --> 00:41:18,914
They call Randall
"The Candle."
798
00:41:18,989 --> 00:41:21,082
I figured it had to
do with some torch job.
799
00:41:21,959 --> 00:41:24,756
Unless he gives us Dorning, I'm
taking the offer off the table.
800
00:41:24,827 --> 00:41:28,319
He doesn't have Dorning to give you.
He gave you Randall.
801
00:41:28,397 --> 00:41:30,092
Let him serve up Dorning.
802
00:41:30,166 --> 00:41:32,430
That would be fine, if we
had Randall in custody.
803
00:41:32,502 --> 00:41:33,628
You just said that he was...
804
00:41:33,703 --> 00:41:37,366
I just said I'm surprised you
didn't see him at breakfast.
805
00:41:38,774 --> 00:41:42,335
You tell us where we can find
him, then we'll have a deal.
806
00:41:43,746 --> 00:41:45,611
I don't know where he is.
807
00:41:45,681 --> 00:41:48,275
Last time I saw him was a couple
of nights ago, in Queens.
808
00:41:48,351 --> 00:41:49,375
Why?
809
00:41:49,452 --> 00:41:53,114
He gave me 1,000 bucks.
He said I should split.
810
00:41:54,189 --> 00:41:58,250
He said we had maybe a day before
the bridge thing hit the fan.
811
00:41:58,326 --> 00:42:02,194
He was right. I got clicked the next
afternoon going to the comer store.
812
00:42:02,264 --> 00:42:04,390
What night did
Randall tip you off?
813
00:42:04,465 --> 00:42:07,526
Tuesday. I should
have listened to him,
814
00:42:08,670 --> 00:42:11,764
but I couldn't leave my old man.
He's a cripple.
815
00:42:13,041 --> 00:42:14,474
Where are you going?
816
00:42:14,543 --> 00:42:16,101
To verify his story.
817
00:42:16,177 --> 00:42:18,576
I told you
the God's honest truth.
818
00:42:18,646 --> 00:42:20,011
That's what I'm afraid of.
819
00:42:27,054 --> 00:42:29,284
I thought I was here
to sign a statement.
820
00:42:29,356 --> 00:42:31,482
Mr. McCoy.
Have a seat.
821
00:42:32,892 --> 00:42:35,361
Mr. McCoy, if you
think you can use him
822
00:42:35,429 --> 00:42:37,397
to extract a plea
bargain out of us...
823
00:42:37,464 --> 00:42:39,659
I'm not looking for bargains.
824
00:42:44,572 --> 00:42:46,163
I'm sorry, Dad.
825
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:50,539
You're sorry? That's it?
You're sorry?
826
00:42:50,610 --> 00:42:53,010
Harold, it's better
you don't talk.
827
00:42:53,079 --> 00:42:54,137
He's right,
Mr. Dorning.
828
00:42:54,213 --> 00:42:57,478
You're better off listening very
carefully to what I have to say.
829
00:42:59,518 --> 00:43:02,009
At the time your
factory burned down,
830
00:43:02,087 --> 00:43:06,149
your son's option to buy his mortgage
company was about to expire.
831
00:43:06,526 --> 00:43:08,323
He'd been turned
down for a loan,
832
00:43:08,394 --> 00:43:11,761
and he was in danger of losing
his $50,000 down-payment.
833
00:43:11,831 --> 00:43:13,229
What's your point?
834
00:43:13,298 --> 00:43:16,165
His father's insurance money
came just in the nick of time.
835
00:43:17,436 --> 00:43:20,098
It's called luck.
Some people in our family have it.
836
00:43:20,172 --> 00:43:21,730
Some people make
their own luck.
837
00:43:21,807 --> 00:43:24,935
Yes, unlucky at cards, unlucky in love.
Is any of this relevant?
838
00:43:25,010 --> 00:43:27,842
The day before your
client came to see me,
839
00:43:28,412 --> 00:43:31,904
Dave Randall skipped town and advised
Mike McDugan to do the same.
840
00:43:31,983 --> 00:43:33,952
Was that also luck?
841
00:43:34,019 --> 00:43:37,318
There's only one person in this room
who could have tipped them off.
842
00:43:38,423 --> 00:43:42,153
Robbie, what are they saying?
Who is Dave Randall?
843
00:43:42,226 --> 00:43:44,888
The man who set
the fire at WalkRite.
844
00:43:44,962 --> 00:43:48,796
The man to whom your son paid
$10,000 to silence Karen Whatney.
845
00:43:51,068 --> 00:43:53,297
We had a handwriting expert
examine the two checks
846
00:43:53,370 --> 00:43:55,361
that were made out
to you by your son.
847
00:43:55,438 --> 00:43:57,872
Your endorsements
had been forged.
848
00:44:02,379 --> 00:44:04,473
You burned down my factory.
849
00:44:06,183 --> 00:44:08,309
Dad...
You killed Karen.
850
00:44:11,021 --> 00:44:12,613
That's not true.
851
00:44:12,689 --> 00:44:16,921
Mr. Dorning, if you have anything to say
to me about your son, now is the time.
852
00:44:16,993 --> 00:44:19,359
Dad, please,
don't say anything.
853
00:44:22,765 --> 00:44:25,859
Dad, please, look at me.
854
00:44:34,043 --> 00:44:38,446
Karen told me that she saw him at the
factory the night before the fire,
855
00:44:39,481 --> 00:44:42,939
loading personal things out
of his office, into his car.
856
00:44:45,688 --> 00:44:48,952
She hadn't gone to the
police out of loyalty to me.
857
00:44:49,490 --> 00:44:52,618
But now she needed money, and
she expected me to help her.
858
00:44:52,694 --> 00:44:53,752
What did you tell her?
859
00:44:53,828 --> 00:44:55,955
I told her I wouldn't do it.
860
00:44:56,831 --> 00:45:00,892
I thought she was making the whole
thing up, just to blackmail me.
861
00:45:01,601 --> 00:45:05,834
I told him.
I said I felt sorry for her.
862
00:45:06,874 --> 00:45:10,207
I thought maybe we could give her a job.
He said no.
863
00:45:11,412 --> 00:45:13,175
He didn't want her
around, telling lies.
864
00:45:13,247 --> 00:45:15,339
Please. Stop.
865
00:45:15,415 --> 00:45:18,213
He said, "Don't worry,
I'll handle it."
866
00:45:19,352 --> 00:45:24,881
When I heard how Karen died, I never
put it together. I never thought...
867
00:45:29,562 --> 00:45:36,059
You said, "Trust me.
" You said, " I'll always take care of you."
868
00:45:42,208 --> 00:45:44,005
You're such a loser.
869
00:45:46,979 --> 00:45:48,708
Such a damn loser.
870
00:45:58,556 --> 00:46:01,185
Here's the pre-sentence
report on Robert Dorning.
871
00:46:01,260 --> 00:46:03,125
I'll read it tomorrow.
872
00:46:04,730 --> 00:46:08,222
There's a letter from his father.
A plea for leniency.
873
00:46:09,567 --> 00:46:11,660
I remember how
I felt when I realized
874
00:46:11,736 --> 00:46:13,795
my father was a son of a bitch.
875
00:46:15,540 --> 00:46:19,442
I can't imagine what it must be
like to realize you raised one.