North American Gunslinger Detective

Jimmy had no idea that he could cause so many messes during the case closing process. He is not the kind of person who likes to be in the limelight. The so-called typical cases at the headquarters must be announced, and the content announced will be higher than other cases. If there is more, it can be understood as the department's publicity task, solving the annual major case, and doing some publicity for the FBI in the media.

Now they can only hope that there are other cases to distract their attention. Jimmy has no way to influence the arrangements at the headquarters.

Jimmy and his gang actually rescued not many people from this kidnapping case, and they traveled to many places and arrested several gangs. In terms of harvest, it is completely typical, and this case is not like a spy case. The class also involves politics and the like, so it is understandable that it will be used as promotional material, but in order to publicize it, the main personnel or person in charge of handling the case must be announced, which is not a good thing for Jimmy.

It is not difficult for Jimmy to memorize the entire report, and it was originally done by him. It is not a big problem to adjust it to match the description in the report. He had lunch with Peter and Hope at noon, and soon returned to the office to wait. Afternoon hearing.

Peter walked in from outside the office: "I don't know whether it is good news or bad news. The hearing in the afternoon will be postponed for two hours, but a senior manager will participate in the hearing, Deputy Director Michael Roberts."

Jimmy and Hope are a little confused. What's going on? Why the sudden change in meeting level?

During lunch, Peter said that this hearing was just an inquiry and discussion of the case by various departments at the headquarters. Related departments such as the human trafficking investigation team, legal counsel, crime analysts, and victim support departments will all be involved in the subsequent handling of the case. , so we need to communicate. Why did a deputy director suddenly appear?

Jimmy: "Why?"

Peter: "I don't know. I was just informed of the postponement. Deputy Director Roberts went to the Department of Justice and will be late when he comes back."

Jimmy: "About this Deputy Chief Roberts..."

Peter: "I'm not very familiar with him, but he is not a career bureaucrat. He was also a senior field agent before. He has more than 25 years of law enforcement experience and has extensive expertise in the fields of counter-terrorism, cybercrime and human trafficking."

Jimmy: "In other words, this case happened to come across an area that the deputy director was good at?"

Peter nodded, and the three of them were speechless. This is troublesome. These are professionals. Even if they have been promoted to deputy director and no longer responsible for field work, they are still experienced. If they want to do some tricks on the report, it will probably be difficult. , we can only use it as a warning.

One person poured a cup of unsweetened coffee to cheer up and continued to prepare meeting materials. After receiving the notice, the three of them came to a large conference room together.

The participants are already in place, but because this meeting is not for external publicity, there is no name tag placed in front of everyone.

Peter sat opposite, Jimmy and Hope sat on one side, and then a meeting host introduced everyone present. Among them, the highest-ranking one was Deputy Director Michael Roberts, and the other departments were the relevant departments mentioned before. The level of the conference is indeed much higher.

Roberts spoke first after the host introduced Jimmy and Hope: "Bolk (Peter), I have a question, why are there only two senior agents in this investigation team?"

Peter: "Deputy Director Roberts, this human kidnapping and trafficking case was triggered by another missing agent case. Two agents from the Washington office disappeared while investigating the case. After two days of investigation by the Washington office, there was still no news. Headquarters intervened, and Agent Jimmy Young was temporarily seconded from the New York office for support.

Detective Jimmy Young was in charge of the homicide team in the New York office and was once my subordinate. His homicide detection rate once reached about 90%. He is a very professional homicide investigation expert. "

After speaking, Peter handed a copy of Jimmy's file to Deputy Director Roberts and continued: "The mastermind of the disappearance case has been caught, and the bodies of the two detectives have been found, and during the investigation of the case It was discovered that the ringleader’s cousin had imprisoned a young girl at his home, and then the investigation into the girl’s kidnapping and imprisonment continued.”

The conference room became much quieter. Roberts looked through Jimmy's file. The expression on his face remained unchanged, but his eyelids jumped a few times. He must have seen the kill records of some cases in Jimmy's file. He put the file on On the table, he nodded: "Then let's get started."

First, Hope, as one of the main investigators, stated the investigation process of the case. The relevant report had been sent to other people present. Everyone listened and read the report, and the statement was quickly concluded.

Hope's report is a modified report. Most of it is normal, but some content is hidden in some links, such as he lost his gun...

Human trafficking is a federal felony. After Jimmy and his team arrested the team that kidnapped the girl with the assistance of the Salt Lake City, Utah office, everyone present had no doubts about the girl they kidnapped and trafficked. After all, it was a related case and one could be rescued. It is already very rare, but you still have to ask about the details. The person who is most concerned about these details is Anthony Wells, the head of the human trafficking investigation team at the headquarters.

Strictly speaking, Peter should have transferred this case to the human trafficking investigation team, just because of the reasons just mentioned. This is a related case, and it makes sense for the previous investigators to continue the investigation, so the person in charge, Anthony, did not The problem needs to be investigated to the end, but after all, it is my own special project, so I still need to ask clearly about the details of the entire investigation and the reasoning process.

What he was most concerned about was how Jimmy and the others located Alan Hammer's identity. The initial clues they got were only a rough neighborhood and a Hammer who didn't know his first name, surname or nickname. They only relied on this little information. Just to find out Hammer's true identity and the place where they kidnapped the girl and imprisoned her, the cabin in the forest, no matter how you look at it, it seems a bit strange. This part of the report lacks details.

Hope looked at Jimmy, who had no choice but to come forward on his own: "This was just an accident. We contacted the local police station. When the police station was investigating the case and making inquiries, a patrol officer gave a clue. According to Based on our description, he speculated that the person we were looking for was probably Alan Hammer, nicknamed Crow.

With his help, we found a gang member who had contact with Hammer and obtained a photo and a phone number from him.

We confirmed with Mark, who was captured here in Washington, that the person in the photo was the person who sold him the girl, and then we identified the mastermind of the case. "

Anthony: "This is the key thing I need to know. How did the patrolman help you?" Jimmy: "He is very familiar with the local people. We don't know how he found them, but we did successfully get them." Got the photo and phone number.”

Anthony: "I noticed that Hope once reimbursed an informant fee..."

Jimmy interrupted him directly, "Yes, it is not easy for us to obtain this information. I think if there is a choice between using the help of some personnel to speed up the investigation and an informant fee, everyone will definitely choose the former."

The so-called informant fee is to use money to buy information, and the informant fee is not much, only a few hundred dollars. This can be dealt with privately. There is no need to raise it at such a meeting. Jimmy can't let him If you continue to turn the topic to this aspect, it will easily lead to other problems.

Anthony was interrupted by Jimmy and was stunned for a moment. He frowned slightly and nodded, "So, why did you launch a joint operation with the DEA in Albuquerque, New Mexico? And that joint operation resulted in a shootout. There were many casualties.”

Jimmy: "I have acquaintances in the DEA. They helped find their informants in their spare time and gave a clear clue. There is an underground club in Albuquerque with some prostitutes in it, and the DEA and others are behind this club. The leader of the Ciudad Juárez gang that has been being tracked is Carlos Escobar, who is also a drug dealer.

Carlos Escobar's tentacles went deep into Albuquerque, but there was no such clue in the DEA's information, so after they checked the intelligence, we launched a joint investigation and sneaked into the club to try to obtain evidence, but we just showed up. An accident.

DEA agent Steven Gomez and I put on makeup and entered the club. During the subsequent investigation, we were discovered by their security personnel and a shootout broke out. Both of us had hidden cameras on our bodies to record the entire process. You guys during the shootout. Which videos can be viewed? This operation has been investigated jointly by the Albuquerque office and the DEA office, and relevant reports have been submitted to headquarters. "

The most important evidence for Jimmy and the others is the body-worn surveillance video. His acting ability is still very strong. The Albuquerque office did not find any evidence that they violated the rules and caused casualties in the shootout. In the end, the investigation could only be ended by accident. After all, In order to protect themselves, Jimmy and Gomez couldn't help but fight back when facing more than a dozen armed security guards.

Anthony nodded: "I have no problem."

He had already seen the previous investigation report of Jimmy and Hope in the reserve. Although that part was a bit unexpected, it was normal operation to use local prostitutes to find the gangs who were behind the scenes. The report did not mention that Hope had lost his gun. Of course he didn't know There is also this surprise here.

Next is the chief legal counsel David Parker's estimate of the crimes and penalties that may be involved in this huge criminal group. The reason why they were asked to intervene is purely because of the suspects arrested by Jimmy and Hope in the past two months. There are too many people. In addition to Alan Hammer, who is normally wanted to be arrested, there are also multiple gang members.

Except for the reservation gangs, who will be punished by the reservation itself, everyone else will be prosecuted by the federal prosecutor's office and sentenced by the federal court.

In addition, many of their local criminal cases were found during their interrogations at the Salt Lake City and Albuquerque offices. These will also enter the stage of prosecution by local prosecutors after being sentenced by the federal court, and will be sentenced again by the local court in accordance with state law. , it is conceivable that their life will not be easy after that.

The victim support service department is involved mainly for the girls who have been kidnapped. They have done a lot of support work for the girls rescued by Jimmy and the others, including psychological treatment, medical service support, etc. Professionals do professional things. Jimmy and the others definitely can't do it that well.

They also reported on what their department had done during this period, and this was the phased end of the case presentation phase.

Deputy Director Roberts said nothing at this stage, just listened to their respective statements and inquiries, and whispered to the people around him from time to time. The distance was a bit far and the voice was low, so Jimmy couldn't hear what they were talking about.

Deputy Director Roberts: "OK, Luna, do you have any questions?"

Senior crime analyst Luna Clark is a middle-aged woman who looks to be at least 50 years old. She nodded to Roberts: "The analysis and data collection of this case has begun. We will work with Quantico. Our analysis team will work together to produce an analysis report on this case, but it will take some time."

Deputy Director Roberts nodded. The FBI has used massive data on criminal behavior to analyze and predict crime patterns for decades. They don't need to care about this. They only need to look at the results: "The report will be completed as soon as possible. We may use it later." , and also informed Quanti Science Academy to jointly compile a case analysis study to try whether it can be used as a teaching case."

Roberts looked again at the last silent department, the public affairs office at the headquarters: "What do you think? Does this case meet your requirements?"

The person from the Public Affairs Office nodded: "At present, there should be no problem. The investigation of this case took a long time, and the reports and exhibits are complete. However, there is a lack of on-site video and video information of relevant personnel during the investigation. If we want to compile For case studies and launch promotions, we may need to add a lot of content, which is not easy because there are so many people and places involved.

There is another point that needs to be carefully considered. The number of casualties in this case is quite high..."

Roberts was silent for a few seconds and nodded: "Then, as a backup, you should get ready first."

Jimmy knew there was trouble when he heard this conversation, and they really planned to list this case as a typical case.

As a textbook case for Quantico Academy, it's not a big problem. After all, it's not his first time. However, the people in the Public Affairs Office seem to want to make a video of the case. I don't know if it is for a press conference or a documentary, or simply for a TV station. No matter what special report is broadcast, it will not be that simple. (End of chapter)