1. In the criminal
justice system...Copy !req
2. the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups:Copy !req
3. the police who
investigate crime...Copy !req
4. and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.Copy !req
5. These are their stories.Copy !req
6. Two weeks.Copy !req
7. Separate vacations
and no questions asked.Copy !req
8. My marriage would be perfect.Copy !req
9. Whatever your wife
does, you don't care?Copy !req
10. My wife would spend the whole time
with her family. I know her every move.Copy !req
11. Yeah. Like I knew
my ex's every move.Copy !req
12. Up ahead.Copy !req
13. Buying or selling?Copy !req
14. They made us.Copy !req
15. Wait, what do we got here?Copy !req
16. We got a 27-David,
signal 10-10...Copy !req
17. Christopher and Hudson.
Suspicious black Mercedes...Copy !req
18. Sam, Zebra, Union,
766. Will investigate.Copy !req
19. Hey!Copy !req
20. Don't shoot. The
money's in the back.Copy !req
21. All right, crawl out.Copy !req
22. Don't turn around.Copy !req
23. Keep your arms raised.Copy !req
24. Spread them.
What? What are you...Copy !req
25. Who are you?Copy !req
26. Please!Copy !req
27. Don't turn around, I
said. I'm not a criminal.Copy !req
28. He's clean.Copy !req
29. Hey.Copy !req
30. He's got the Lotto back here.Copy !req
31. I'm in the real estate business.Copy !req
32. I deal routinely in
very large sums.Copy !req
33. Yeah, right.Copy !req
34. At 2:00 in the morning, out
of the back seat of your car?Copy !req
35. I can prove that the money is
mine. I've done nothing illegal.Copy !req
36. This is Mr. Kattleman,
Mr. Bregman's attorney.Copy !req
37. Oh, Marvin. Thank
God you're here.Copy !req
38. They gonna let us talk?Copy !req
39. Gentlemen, may I have
a moment with my client?Copy !req
40. It tops $4 mil, and
they're still counting.Copy !req
41. Yeah, but this is Sol
Bregman, not Pablo Escobar.Copy !req
42. Hey, so what? Let's toss it
to Narcotics and go home.Copy !req
43. I've advised Mr. Bregman to fully
explain why he was carrying that money.Copy !req
44. My son, Jason,
has been kidnapped.Copy !req
45. I was trying to pay the ransom.Copy !req
46. Did you actually talk to Jason?Copy !req
47. Last time they called, they
played a tape of Jason's voice.Copy !req
48. I could tell he was terrified.Copy !req
49. I haven't heard fear in his
voice since he was a child.Copy !req
50. Where does Jason work?Copy !req
51. He has his own real estate
business. His office is in my building.Copy !req
52. We'll need the names
of all his employees.Copy !req
53. There's just a secretary.Copy !req
54. Look, I didn't ask for your
help. I can handle this myself.Copy !req
55. We can't let you do that.Copy !req
56. He's my only son. I'm
not gonna sit on my hands.Copy !req
57. We understand that, but if you want to
help him, you're gonna have to help us.Copy !req
58. We'll also need a list
of your employees...Copy !req
59. especially anybody
who quit or got fired.Copy !req
60. What about his friends,
the people he hung out with?Copy !req
61. I don't know many
of his current friends.Copy !req
62. My son has his own life.Copy !req
63. Let it ring. You got it?Copy !req
64. Don't answer that
phone, Mr. Bregman.Copy !req
65. I was there with the money.
I was going to pay you.Copy !req
66. I couldn't help it. I
did not call them in.Copy !req
67. I did exactly as you told me.Copy !req
68. Jason?Copy !req
69. Jason, are you all right?Copy !req
70. Listen to me.Copy !req
71. I'll pay you anything you want.Copy !req
72. Only, don't hurt him.Copy !req
73. Hello? Hello?Copy !req
74. It's the damn tape again.Copy !req
75. They know you're involved.Copy !req
76. They said if they don't get the money
in two days, they're going to kill Jason.Copy !req
77. And you betrayed us.Copy !req
78. I did not call them in.Copy !req
79. I did exactly as you told me.Copy !req
80. Dad, it's Jason.Copy !req
81. I'm okay.Copy !req
82. These people are serious.Copy !req
83. Please follow their
instructions, or it's over.Copy !req
84. They're going to kill me, okay?Copy !req
85. I'll pay you anything you want.Copy !req
86. So, a street-side pay phone,
42nd and Broadway, lots of traffic...Copy !req
87. prints are a long shot.Copy !req
88. They won't set up another
ransom exchange by phone.Copy !req
89. A note on Bregman's car, a
FedEx, maybe a pizza man.Copy !req
90. And don't count on
Bregman telling us about it.Copy !req
91. What about the gray
van our men spotted?Copy !req
92. Well, from the year, make, and
model, and a two-letter partial...Copy !req
93. it narrows down to
about 3,000 vehicles.Copy !req
94. Well, Jason Bregman didn't get
carried down a ladder from his nursery.Copy !req
95. Whoever did it knew when
and where to grab him.Copy !req
96. This guy wasn't a hermit.Copy !req
97. Checking out his lifestyle's
gonna be a lot of manpower.Copy !req
98. Johnson and Samuels
will cover tenant grievances.Copy !req
99. You start with the
home front. And careful.Copy !req
100. Nothing can get him killed
quicker than a headline.Copy !req
101. I never had trouble with
him. What's going on?Copy !req
102. Oh, the old man doesn't hear from his
kid for a few days, they call out the army.Copy !req
103. Yeah. We're here, and little Jason's
probably snapping towels at beach bunnies.Copy !req
104. Well, he's a lady's
man, that's for sure.Copy !req
105. Goes mostly for the bohemian
type. Bags of bones with long hair.Copy !req
106. Looks like he was a
budding David Merrick.Copy !req
107. "Jason Bregman presents
Blue." Never heard of it.Copy !req
108. Picked the wrong color,
I guess. Is this him?Copy !req
109. Oh, he's game for anything.
Bobsledding, scuba diving. Me?Copy !req
110. Give me a beer and a waterbed.
That's all the excitement I need.Copy !req
111. He sure keeps a lot
of art around here.Copy !req
112. Yeah, he deals in it.Copy !req
113. Takes after his father.Copy !req
114. You know, I hear the old man has his
name written in stone at the Guggenheim.Copy !req
115. Looks like Jason might've been
headed toward Times Square.Copy !req
116. "Planet Fantasy, produced
and directed by Jason Bregman."Copy !req
117. "Promotional reel for
the Lisa Cole Gallery."Copy !req
118. Sounds more like
Soho than 42nd Street.Copy !req
119. Lisa's one of his
girlfriends. A real piece of art.Copy !req
120. Jason and I go out, but
we're not mutually exclusive.Copy !req
121. So what's Jason done,
besides not return my calls?Copy !req
122. Well, when was the last
time you heard from him?Copy !req
123. Friday.Copy !req
124. On Saturday we were going to
his rave party, but he stood me up.Copy !req
125. His party?Copy !req
126. He was throwing it?
Jason's latest enterprise.Copy !req
127. A warehouse, a
band, 500 crazy kids...Copy !req
128. and a couple of lowlifes
to keep a lid on things.Copy !req
129. I thought he was into
the real estate business.Copy !req
130. His old man gave him an office, but it
didn't excite him like his other hobbies.Copy !req
131. These lowlifes for the parties, did
he hire them out of the want-ads?Copy !req
132. Jason had a need for sleaze, but
he let his partner handle that end.Copy !req
133. He's the one who sent you,
right? Why would he do that?Copy !req
134. They had a beef
about fire permits...Copy !req
135. so now this creep thinks
Jason owes him money.Copy !req
136. This creep got a name?Copy !req
137. I don't know. How about Guido?Copy !req
138. He had a lease on one of the warehouses.
I think Jason's father owned the place.Copy !req
139. Until now, this
kid had no worries.Copy !req
140. Show up for work, don't
show up. He had it all.Copy !req
141. Yeah, if you're willing
to overlook the fact...Copy !req
142. that his old man's
money got him kidnapped.Copy !req
143. Here you go.Copy !req
144. Oh, no, I want those over here.Copy !req
145. Give me the money.
I'll take my chances.Copy !req
146. How about what goes with it?Copy !req
147. This kid couldn't pick up
a paper without seeing...Copy !req
148. Bregman Senior getting
some kind of an award.Copy !req
149. It's a tough act to follow.Copy !req
150. Try following a drunk.Copy !req
151. Sol Bregman's got two personal accounts.
Everything's current to this morning.Copy !req
152. Would you believe a
seven-figure balance?Copy !req
153. Hey, here's a withdrawal
for $250,000 cash...Copy !req
154. the day after his
kid was grabbed.Copy !req
155. What do you think?Copy !req
156. Down payment for the kidnappers?Copy !req
157. $250,000's a lot of
walking-around money, even for you.Copy !req
158. You work for the IRS now?Copy !req
159. Where'd the money
go, Mr. Bregman?Copy !req
160. I had to do something.Copy !req
161. Tell us about it. We've
been known to empathize.Copy !req
162. After I received the
ransom demand...Copy !req
163. I thought if I could
contact the right people...Copy !req
164. Who, the Mott Street crowd?Copy !req
165. In my business, you meet
people. I thought they could help.Copy !req
166. And they hit you
up for $250,000?Copy !req
167. That's what he
said it would cost.Copy !req
168. Who said?Copy !req
169. Jimmy Ameche.Copy !req
170. He leases some of my buildings.Copy !req
171. He's in business with my
son. These dance parties.Copy !req
172. I would have given him anything.Copy !req
173. Have a seat. You have a cushion?Copy !req
174. I just had the laser
thing done on my 'rhoids.Copy !req
175. We'll get you some extra
marshmallows for your hot cocoa.Copy !req
176. Nice.Copy !req
177. I hope this doesn't take
all morning. So do we.Copy !req
178. So, you and Jason
Bregman were partners?Copy !req
179. Yeah. I had a building sitting empty,
and Jason had a way of generating income.Copy !req
180. We heard you two
had a falling out.Copy !req
181. So what?Copy !req
182. Partners don't have
disagreements?Copy !req
183. Jason's a good kid,
but he has his bad days.Copy !req
184. Yeah. Like the past four.Copy !req
185. I wouldn't know.Copy !req
186. "I wouldn't know"?Copy !req
187. Is that all Sol Bregman got for
his $250,000? "I wouldn't know"?Copy !req
188. Okay.Copy !req
189. So this is where I show you
mine, and you show me yours.Copy !req
190. We all know Jason's
been missing since Friday.Copy !req
191. We know.Copy !req
192. The question is, what do you
know that rates a six-figure fee?Copy !req
193. Sol Bregman called me.Copy !req
194. He figured I could be
helpful with this situation.Copy !req
195. And what are you, an expert?Copy !req
196. I've got connections, and
I was willing to use them.Copy !req
197. Sure, for a price.Copy !req
198. I had to put some money out on
the street. You know how this works.Copy !req
199. Sure. We're familiar with
the mechanics of extortion.Copy !req
200. I wouldn't do that to a friend.Copy !req
201. Figure, what would that get me?Copy !req
202. Fellas, can I see you a minute?Copy !req
203. Sit tight.Copy !req
204. Surveillance on
Bregman's house called.Copy !req
205. He took off in his car around 5:00 a.m.
They followed him to his lawyer's building.Copy !req
206. He went in the
underground garage.Copy !req
207. They still watching him?Copy !req
208. They thought they were.Copy !req
209. He switched cars with his
attorney, and he slipped them.Copy !req
210. Logan.Copy !req
211. Yeah.Copy !req
212. Uh-huh.Copy !req
213. All right, hold him there.Copy !req
214. They got Bregman over near
the 10th Avenue freight trestle.Copy !req
215. So we figured the car was
maybe jacked or abandoned.Copy !req
216. But this guy's just
sitting in the front seat.Copy !req
217. Not a very smart
move, Mr. Bregman.Copy !req
218. I did what I had to do.Copy !req
219. Doesn't this thing have a car
phone? You could've called us, right?Copy !req
220. They took the phone
and the keys. I was stuck.Copy !req
221. How'd they get
in touch with you?Copy !req
222. Through my lawyer. He
received a call from them.Copy !req
223. If you had told us where the pick-up
was, we could've been ready for them.Copy !req
224. I didn't know!Copy !req
225. They instructed me over the car
phone. They had me drive around...Copy !req
226. then they made me come here. Same
as before, lie down on the front seat.Copy !req
227. After a few minutes, I heard
someone take the keys.Copy !req
228. They opened the
trunk, took the money.Copy !req
229. How many were they?Copy !req
230. I didn't see. I didn't look up.Copy !req
231. I did what they told me.
Look, it's over. It's done.Copy !req
232. Over for who?Copy !req
233. I'm looking around,
I don't see Jason.Copy !req
234. It's not over for him.Copy !req
235. This guy. What, he
thinks it's a business deal?Copy !req
236. You give them the money, you
get the kid, like buying a building?Copy !req
237. Hey, if somebody grabbed my kid, I
wouldn't care what anybody told me.Copy !req
238. I'd hock everything I owned, do
whatever it took to get her back.Copy !req
239. And I know better.Copy !req
240. Well, they were feeding him
instructions over the car phone.Copy !req
241. And they had to be someplace
where they could watch him...Copy !req
242. make sure he
wasn't being followed.Copy !req
243. Now, he said it was only a couple of
minutes before they got the key, right?Copy !req
244. What do you say
we try that bodega?Copy !req
245. Before him...Copy !req
246. the last white guy I seen
around here was Clinton.Copy !req
247. And he had the Secret Service.Copy !req
248. How many calls did he make?
Not Clinton, the other guy.Copy !req
249. I wasn't counting.Copy !req
250. He'd make a call,
and go sit in his van.Copy !req
251. Then make another call.Copy !req
252. What color was the van?Copy !req
253. That was white, too.Copy !req
254. You're watching him make calls,
and you don't know what he looks like?Copy !req
255. - I was listening to Howard.
- You listen with your eyes?Copy !req
256. Come on. Tall, short, thin, fat?Copy !req
257. Average guy, about your height.Copy !req
258. Sharp dresser.Copy !req
259. Had on a yellow jacket.Copy !req
260. Hey.Copy !req
261. LUDs give us three calls from
the deli to Bregman's car phone.Copy !req
262. Unfortunately, Latents says no
usable prints off the pay phone.Copy !req
263. Can't catch a break here.
Well, maybe we just did.Copy !req
264. Take a close look at that.Copy !req
265. Two other calls,
same time frame...Copy !req
266. another number.Copy !req
267. Updating the
people holding Jason.Copy !req
268. Pay phone in the South Bronx.Copy !req
269. Bastards couldn't
live in Gramercy Park?Copy !req
270. That thing still in service?Copy !req
271. Dial tone.Copy !req
272. Lot of places around
here to hide somebody.Copy !req
273. Yeah.Copy !req
274. Or bury him.Copy !req
275. Jason outlived his usefulness
the minute they got that ransom.Copy !req
276. I'm gonna call the troops.
We'll start a canvass.Copy !req
277. Hi.Copy !req
278. A little late in the year to be
working the garden, isn't it?Copy !req
279. It ain't too late for squash.Copy !req
280. I'm Detective Mike Logan.Copy !req
281. This morning, around
6:00, were you out here?Copy !req
282. I told you that was drug business.
My wife don't trust anyone.Copy !req
283. Yeah? We're interested in
anybody who was using that phone.Copy !req
284. A white man, I think.Copy !req
285. Had a brand new car. He
was there for almost two hours.Copy !req
286. What kind of car? I
don't know about cars.Copy !req
287. It was new and big. I can only
give you the license number.Copy !req
288. You took down the license?
I'm on Neighborhood Watch.Copy !req
289. I learned all the correct procedures
in the Citizen Patrol course.Copy !req
290. Now, this last number here
is either a three or an eight.Copy !req
291. You mind if I give her a hug?Copy !req
292. Looks like a shirt my
ex-sister-in-law once sent me.Copy !req
293. Yeah, smells like
any one of your shirts.Copy !req
294. Yes? We're looking
for a Shepherd Watson.Copy !req
295. I'm Shep Watson. What is it?Copy !req
296. Mr. Watson, I'm Det. Logan
and this is Det. Briscoe.Copy !req
297. You mind if we have
a word with you inside?Copy !req
298. Sure. Come in.Copy !req
299. Excuse the mess. I'm
getting ready for a show.Copy !req
300. What is it? Is there another
robbery in this building?Copy !req
301. Do you own a '92 Chrysler
with the license plate 2PR-508?Copy !req
302. Yeah. It's in the garage.Copy !req
303. Where was it yesterday
morning around 6:00?Copy !req
304. We were in the South Bronx.Copy !req
305. Scary. We could
have used you guys.Copy !req
306. What was the attraction?Copy !req
307. I'm looking to do something big.Copy !req
308. You know, terrestrial.Copy !req
309. Like Christo.Copy !req
310. The artist who covered the
hills of California with umbrellas.Copy !req
311. Yeah, didn't one of them
fall and kill somebody?Copy !req
312. Well, I'm planning to do something
a lot less lethal in the South Bronx.Copy !req
313. So you're an artist.Copy !req
314. Do you know a Jason Bregman?Copy !req
315. I've heard of him.Copy !req
316. Of course, his father's very
important in the art world.Copy !req
317. Officers, I don't understand.Copy !req
318. Did I run a stop sign yesterday?
Were you wearing that?Copy !req
319. I hate winter colors.Copy !req
320. Dumb. Froze my butt off.Copy !req
321. Well, how about we thaw
it out down at the precinct?Copy !req
322. So I was in the South
Bronx. I used some phones.Copy !req
323. I mean, I might've used
that phone. I don't know.Copy !req
324. Is there some crime
connected with this?Copy !req
325. Let's talk about 10th Avenue.Copy !req
326. I told you, I wasn't
anywhere near there.Copy !req
327. You said yourself, I
was in the South Bronx.Copy !req
328. I mean, make some
sense or give it up.Copy !req
329. Yes, you're being ridiculous. Shep was
going to put on a show in the South Bronx.Copy !req
330. You know, I dated
an artist once.Copy !req
331. The thing I remember is, before
she did anything, she made sketches.Copy !req
332. We were working with a
concept. Nothing on paper.Copy !req
333. You mean, like,
just spitballing?Copy !req
334. That's right.Copy !req
335. Mike, why don't you take Ms.
Navarro over to the other room...Copy !req
336. and see if you can find out what
they were spitballing about yesterday.Copy !req
337. That's enough.Copy !req
338. Yeah, we want a
lawyer. No more talk.Copy !req
339. I mean, we've tried to cooperate,
but this has just gone too far.Copy !req
340. They used the "L" word.Copy !req
341. And he's gonna walk them right out
the door. They came up clean on priors.Copy !req
342. They're not in the system,
and no link to a rental van.Copy !req
343. This is crazy. We got Watson's
car in the South Bronx...Copy !req
344. and we got Watson's
jacket in Chelsea.Copy !req
345. Yeah, well, who was
driving the car? Navarro?Copy !req
346. The old lady ID'd a white male.Copy !req
347. Anything come up
with the canvass?Copy !req
348. Apparently, you found the
only cooperative witness.Copy !req
349. They're still working
their car at the impound.Copy !req
350. These people gotta be involved.Copy !req
351. Now, can you keep them
happy until we can check the loft?Copy !req
352. Get a warrant.Copy !req
353. This is art? Maybe
I missed my calling.Copy !req
354. A little much here
for a weekender.Copy !req
355. Well, well.Copy !req
356. Aruba!Copy !req
357. Guess who's gonna
miss the dinner flight.Copy !req
358. What's that, the squash garden?Copy !req
359. That building, we saw
it from the pay phone.Copy !req
360. More buildings.Copy !req
361. Same block.Copy !req
362. Maybe Jason's current address.Copy !req
363. Maybe we should
get the dogs back.Copy !req
364. Hey, Detective.Copy !req
365. I think maybe we got
something. I heard tapping.Copy !req
366. I listened. I didn't
hear nothing.Copy !req
367. What tapping?Copy !req
368. In the toilet, up there on the first
floor. It tapped and then it stopped.Copy !req
369. You want to check the plumbing?Copy !req
370. Plumbing starts in the basement.Copy !req
371. So when does the guy with
the metal fingernails jump out?Copy !req
372. Yeah, right.Copy !req
373. Hey, guys...Copy !req
374. want to work off
some doughnuts here?Copy !req
375. "Docket number 935193.Copy !req
376. "People versus Shepherd
Watson and Helena Navarro.Copy !req
377. "Charge is kidnapping
in the first degree...Copy !req
378. "grand larceny in the first degree and
attempted murder in the second degree."Copy !req
379. A hat trick. What's the plea?Copy !req
380. Your Honor, I am informed...Copy !req
381. these defendants are to be represented
by a Mr. Hastings of Dade County, Florida.Copy !req
382. I request a postponement
until Mr. Hastings arrives.Copy !req
383. He should have taken the
redeye. Now, give me a plea.Copy !req
384. We're not guilty of anything.
The accusation is ridiculous.Copy !req
385. Sí. Not guilty.Copy !req
386. Your Honor, People requests
these defendants be held without bail.Copy !req
387. I don't see the flight risk.Copy !req
388. They received a ransom
of over $4 million...Copy !req
389. and when they were arrested, they
had plane tickets out of the country.Copy !req
390. Our intention is not to leave.Copy !req
391. It's to stay and clear
up this absurd mistake.Copy !req
392. Fine. Let me give you
permanent residence.Copy !req
393. The defendants will be held
without bail at Rikers, pending trial.Copy !req
394. I admire your
pace, Miss Kincaid.Copy !req
395. Fast arraignment,
held without bail...Copy !req
396. and all before my jet
left Miami airspace.Copy !req
397. The fact that your clients kidnapped a
man, shot him, and left him for dead...Copy !req
398. it inspired a quick reaction.Copy !req
399. The fact that you're not rushing
off to the grand jury tells me...Copy !req
400. that while you may have
inspiration, you don't have proof.Copy !req
401. Their car was seen in the area Jason
was found in. They knew the building.Copy !req
402. And you have alibis for everyone who's
ever relieved themselves in that ruin?Copy !req
403. When Jason Bregman
is off the critical list,Copy !req
404. I'm confident he'll
identify your clients.Copy !req
405. Meantime, they sit in jail.
"What's the rush," is that the idea?Copy !req
406. If you're unfamiliar with our procedures,
we can supply you with a manual.Copy !req
407. Manual's the same
in Dade County.Copy !req
408. It's nearly 12:00.Copy !req
409. Why don't we dispose of this
over a plate of sweet and sour?Copy !req
410. You know, you can't get
good Chinese in Miami.Copy !req
411. We can dispose of it right now, if
your clients are willing to plead guilty.Copy !req
412. What a shame.Copy !req
413. I hate to eat alone.Copy !req
414. The police have a tape
of the ransom demand.Copy !req
415. Can't they turn some dials and come
up with a voice match on Watson?Copy !req
416. The tape's mostly Jason Bregman.Copy !req
417. The other voice was
deliberately distorted.Copy !req
418. They don't think
a match'll hold up.Copy !req
419. It wouldn't be the first time
that you give the grand jury...Copy !req
420. a dog-and-pony
show without the pony.Copy !req
421. Adam, I know Sol
Bregman is a friend of yours.Copy !req
422. It has nothing to do with friendship.
Then don't push me on this.Copy !req
423. I won't present until
I get a positive ID.Copy !req
424. The longer you wait, the better
Hastings looks at a bail hearing.Copy !req
425. Before you know it, his clients
will be peddling artwork in Panama.Copy !req
426. Hastings would be
right at home there.Copy !req
427. According to the
Dade County DA...Copy !req
428. he was the first lawyer
called in to defend Noriega.Copy !req
429. Drug lawyer with a private jet.Copy !req
430. We could all live
for a whole year...Copy !req
431. on what he must be
charging Watson and Navarro.Copy !req
432. They kidnap your son and use
your ransom to pay their lawyer.Copy !req
433. I was at Sol Bregman's wedding.Copy !req
434. Thirty years later, I was
with him when his wife died.Copy !req
435. I don't care if you have to juggle bowling
balls, I want you to get an indictment.Copy !req
436. Yes?Copy !req
437. Okay, thanks.Copy !req
438. Jason Bregman's
conscious. He's able to talk.Copy !req
439. Good.Copy !req
440. I was handcuffed and
blindfolded for six days.Copy !req
441. I didn't really get a good look.Copy !req
442. I'm not sure that I
could identify them.Copy !req
443. They grabbed you off the street?Copy !req
444. At night, outside my building.Copy !req
445. Before I knew it, I was
in the trunk of a car.Copy !req
446. Could you recognize
their voices?Copy !req
447. Maybe. I only heard one voice.
There was little conversation.Copy !req
448. I never knew if they were going to shoot
me, or leave me there to starve to death.Copy !req
449. I think my son has
had enough for one day.Copy !req
450. His doctor was opposed to this.Copy !req
451. Doctor...Copy !req
452. I'll wait with the interviews
until you think he's well enough.Copy !req
453. I want to postpone the
lineup as long as possible.Copy !req
454. Then you're not sure
you have the right people?Copy !req
455. My main concern is
with the grand jury.Copy !req
456. Without corroborating evidence,
your son's testimony may be worthless.Copy !req
457. You expect Polaroids to
be dropped into your lap?Copy !req
458. I want these people prosecuted.Copy !req
459. Or the next time we'll meet
will be in Adam Schiff's office.Copy !req
460. Where we meet, sir, won't affect
this case one way or the other.Copy !req
461. Hastings is sharp. It won't take
him long to figure out we're stalling.Copy !req
462. Yeah, well, those
clients of his...Copy !req
463. they couldn't have possibly
spent $4 million in one weekend...Copy !req
464. so if we find the money,
we'll find the evidence.Copy !req
465. Give me a half hour with a pick and
shovel, and no one would find that money.Copy !req
466. Right. Until the neighborhood
mutt digs up the yard.Copy !req
467. What would Watson want with
this? Six bolts of calico cloth?Copy !req
468. How about calico umbrellas for
crackheads in the South Bronx?Copy !req
469. This warrant cover
unopened mail? It does now.Copy !req
470. You know, for a couple
of starving artists...Copy !req
471. these two weren't
counting their calories.Copy !req
472. Watson's credit card bill:
Raoul's, Provence, Greenstreet's.Copy !req
473. Well, the drinks
were on the house.Copy !req
474. Invitations to gallery openings,
fashion shows, cocktail parties.Copy !req
475. Tough life. Even tougher
when you're careless.Copy !req
476. A past-due notice.
Sutphin Lock 'N' Store.Copy !req
477. This guy with a blow-dry comes in two
days ago, half hour before I knock off.Copy !req
478. He look anything like this?Copy !req
479. Sure. With a shave and
reconstructive surgery.Copy !req
480. My guy was young. $1,000
suit and a tan to match.Copy !req
481. Had to show him
where the locker was.Copy !req
482. And, of course, you
asked him for some ID?Copy !req
483. Of course I didn't,
long as he had a key.Copy !req
484. There you go, A-43.Copy !req
485. They say space is a
precious commodity.Copy !req
486. This guy with the Gucci
tan, did you see him leave?Copy !req
487. Yeah.Copy !req
488. Lugging three duffle bags.Copy !req
489. Thanks.Copy !req
490. Hey.Copy !req
491. Here I was, worried sick
about young Mr. Bregman.Copy !req
492. Turns out he's been playing grab-ass
with the nurses for nearly a week.Copy !req
493. We're under no obligation
to make him available to you.Copy !req
494. Well, when the prosecutor
refuses the victim the opportunity...Copy !req
495. to point a finger
at the accused...Copy !req
496. I have to ask myself why.Copy !req
497. Mr. Hastings...Copy !req
498. is your fee hourly, or do you
get a percentage of the ransom?Copy !req
499. So that's what's got your
Sunday-school nose all bent out of shape.Copy !req
500. It never occurred to me to ask my
clients where the money came from.Copy !req
501. We're more interested
in where it went.Copy !req
502. According to a LaGuardia
flight plan, your jet left for Miami...Copy !req
503. one hour after an unidentified
man removed three duffle bags...Copy !req
504. from a locker rented
by your clients.Copy !req
505. And now it's buried in my
back yard at Coral Gables?Copy !req
506. Or in some off-shore bank.Copy !req
507. You could save yourself
the price of sun block...Copy !req
508. by referring to Penal
Law Section 48.05, Sub-3.Copy !req
509. "Property attained for attorney's fee
in good faith is exempt from forfeiture."Copy !req
510. Well, with a court order, sir,
we can force open your books.Copy !req
511. The old co-conspirator threat.Copy !req
512. Well, go ahead. God
knows it's been tried.Copy !req
513. But if you're looking
for busywork...Copy !req
514. try this one on.Copy !req
515. Order to show cause.Copy !req
516. I want that lineup, Ben.Copy !req
517. According to his nurses...Copy !req
518. Jason Bregman eats in
the cafeteria with his father.Copy !req
519. If he can stand in line for a hamburger,
he can certainly show up for a lineup.Copy !req
520. Your Honor, Mr. Bregman was
unconscious for two whole days.Copy !req
521. His recollections
are still vague.Copy !req
522. Which means they're
not what you'd hoped for.Copy !req
523. Your Honor, the defense has no statutory
right to demand eyewitness identification.Copy !req
524. They have the right
of confrontation.Copy !req
525. But only at trial, and no court has ever
extended that right to include lineups.Copy !req
526. Your Honor, my clients are already
serving a sentence with no indictment...Copy !req
527. no trial, and just the faintest
shadow of evidence against them.Copy !req
528. Mr. Stone's doing an end-run
around the Fifth Amendment.Copy !req
529. Ben, I don't like
defendants sitting in a cell...Copy !req
530. while you hold back something that may
get this dismissed. Let's get on with it.Copy !req
531. Motion granted.Copy !req
532. Okay, I'm ready.Copy !req
533. I'll do my best.Copy !req
534. Bring them in.Copy !req
535. No. Sorry.Copy !req
536. I told you, I never
actually saw them.Copy !req
537. Thank you. Bring in
the other five, please.Copy !req
538. Mr. Bregman...Copy !req
539. please take your
time with this one.Copy !req
540. Number Four, step forward
and read from the card, please.Copy !req
541. "The Criminal Court of the City of
New York is hereby established...Copy !req
542. "as a single citywide court,
as provided by sections..."Copy !req
543. Thank you.Copy !req
544. Number Five, step forward
and read from the card, please.Copy !req
545. "The Criminal Court of the City of
New York is hereby established...Copy !req
546. "as a single citywide court,
as provided by sections..."Copy !req
547. I don't know.Copy !req
548. They all sound alike.Copy !req
549. Motion for a new bail hearing.Copy !req
550. Numbers One and Five.
Better luck at the track, son.Copy !req
551. God, $200,000 bail? Might
as well drive them to the airport.Copy !req
552. What do you expect?Copy !req
553. At any rate, I filed a motion
for discovering. Right.Copy !req
554. And that should keep them in town
at least a week, answering questions.Copy !req
555. Unless they decide that a
beach house in the Caribbean...Copy !req
556. would be more comfortable.Copy !req
557. What the hell was
Judge Caffey thinking?Copy !req
558. I sent the photos of Watson
and Navarro to the Miami Police.Copy !req
559. Someone in their fraud
division identified them...Copy !req
560. as Robert Martin Sennett
and Marlene Manzo.Copy !req
561. Wanted for larceny in Florida.Copy !req
562. And Sennett is wanted in Nevada
on a two-year-old drug warrant.Copy !req
563. They were never fingerprinted. That's
why they didn't show up on the system.Copy !req
564. Pick them up on the warrants.
Feed the aliases into the hopper...Copy !req
565. and we just might get
something more out of this.Copy !req
566. The gray van was rented
by Marlene Manzo...Copy !req
567. with a Florida driver's license.Copy !req
568. The white van was rented by
Robert Sennett with a Nevada license.Copy !req
569. Different names, same faces.Copy !req
570. They say everyone
has a twin somewhere.Copy !req
571. Still adds up to a molehill
of circumstantial evidence.Copy !req
572. I have buried people with
less, and I'll bury them.Copy !req
573. Suppose my clients told
you there was a third party?Copy !req
574. Someone who planned this scheme?
What kind of a deal would you make?Copy !req
575. Suppose they recited the Iliad?Copy !req
576. What are we talking about?Copy !req
577. You people never took
a real look at Jason.Copy !req
578. Was that a dictate
from Adam Schiff?Copy !req
579. Jason Bregman planned
his own kidnapping?Copy !req
580. The old man expected
him to work for a living.Copy !req
581. Jason felt it was unreasonable.Copy !req
582. He came to us.
We didn't go to him.Copy !req
583. He begged you to shoot him?Copy !req
584. The boy wanted realism.Copy !req
585. A dramatic escape with
a bullet in his shoulder.Copy !req
586. He said he was fine
when we left him.Copy !req
587. We're ready to deal, Ben.Copy !req
588. You expect me to believe this?Copy !req
589. Only if you listen to this.Copy !req
590. These people are serious.Copy !req
591. Please follow their
instructions, or it's over.Copy !req
592. They're going to kill me, okay?Copy !req
593. Wait. Let's do it once more.Copy !req
594. Dad, it's Jason.Copy !req
595. I'm okay.Copy !req
596. These people are serious.Copy !req
597. Please follow their
instructions, or it's over.Copy !req
598. They're going to kill me, okay?Copy !req
599. Whatever lies in their stories
about Jason, this can't be ignored.Copy !req
600. Jason claims he was bound
and gagged for six days.Copy !req
601. He should have bruises, but the
doctors who examined him found nothing.Copy !req
602. Yeah, bleeding to death in a
rathole was also part of his plan.Copy !req
603. That might have been
Navarro and Watson's plan.Copy !req
604. Better a two-way
split than three.Copy !req
605. It's likely Jason
was an accomplice...Copy !req
606. up to the time the
money was paid.Copy !req
607. Now, it's almost impossible
to prove attempted murder...Copy !req
608. without Jason's cooperation.Copy !req
609. So first I tell Sol Bregman
that his son is a thief...Copy !req
610. and then I ask him to
get the kid to cooperate.Copy !req
611. How would you
work that, Counselor?Copy !req
612. I've listened to that tape.Copy !req
613. If those bastards had it...Copy !req
614. it proves that they're
guilty. Am I right?Copy !req
615. Yes.Copy !req
616. But we're not sure of what.Copy !req
617. Sol, my people think
that Jason was involved.Copy !req
618. That there was no kidnapping.Copy !req
619. No. Not Jason.
I won't hear that.Copy !req
620. If I were you, I'd hire the best
criminal attorney I could find.Copy !req
621. It's outrageous.Copy !req
622. My son was half-dead
when they found him.Copy !req
623. That's true.Copy !req
624. And if Jason would cooperate...Copy !req
625. How can you do this?Copy !req
626. We've been friends
for over 30 years.Copy !req
627. You believe that
scum over my son?Copy !req
628. Believe those lies?Copy !req
629. I don't know you, Adam.Copy !req
630. I don't know you at all.Copy !req
631. Wait. Let's do it once more.Copy !req
632. Dad, it's Jason.Copy !req
633. I'm okay.Copy !req
634. If you had a gun
pointed at your head...Copy !req
635. you'd recite Hamlet backwards.Copy !req
636. They were ready to kill me.Copy !req
637. I had to make absolutely
sure my father understood that.Copy !req
638. Mr. Bregman, in all my years of
prosecution, you are possibly...Copy !req
639. the stupidest
criminal I've ever met.Copy !req
640. Let's go. I don't
have to listen to this.Copy !req
641. Jason, sit down.Copy !req
642. Ben...Copy !req
643. I understand these
lowlifes would say anything.Copy !req
644. But that you'd put any stock in
their rantings is incomprehensible.Copy !req
645. Nick, you know
as well as I do...Copy !req
646. that a jury won't find
that incomprehensible.Copy !req
647. Young man...Copy !req
648. with that tape, Watson and
Navarro have an excellent defense...Copy !req
649. for kidnapping and
attempted murder.Copy !req
650. This is absurd.Copy !req
651. I never saw them until they
shoved a gun in my face.Copy !req
652. If you want to play it
that way, go ahead.Copy !req
653. But I can prosecute the
three of you for grand larceny.Copy !req
654. Anytime you want to take this
further, Mr. Stone, just give us a call.Copy !req
655. It's been a week since
we gave you Bregman.Copy !req
656. I thought I made it clear, my
clients were ready to discuss a plea.Copy !req
657. I put nothing on the
table, Mr. Hastings.Copy !req
658. And maybe Sol Bregman did?Copy !req
659. Sir, do you really want to get
into that kind of trouble with me?Copy !req
660. My clients have gone out on
a limb to cooperate with you.Copy !req
661. By making claims
no one can verify.Copy !req
662. You have the tape.Copy !req
663. That's a tape made under duress.Copy !req
664. We need evidence of
complicity before the kidnapping.Copy !req
665. Search his apartment. You'll find
one of Mr. Watson's paintings there.Copy !req
666. He collects art. It doesn't
mean he knows the artists.Copy !req
667. His interest wasn't
as a collector.Copy !req
668. We convinced an appraiser
the piece was worth $100,000.Copy !req
669. Jason hangs it in a storefront
gallery he rented, and...Copy !req
670. Gone.Copy !req
671. You report it stolen and
split the insurance check.Copy !req
672. I hope you have the check stub.Copy !req
673. Jason backed out.Copy !req
674. He was afraid his old man would
find out. But he kept the painting.Copy !req
675. A rider was added to Mr. Bregman's policy
last June for an oil painting on canvas.Copy !req
676. 36 " by 44", depicting
a female nude...Copy !req
677. signed by Shepherd Watson.Copy !req
678. Reported stolen, August 26.Copy !req
679. A claim was filed?Copy !req
680. Yes, but it
smelled a little ripe.Copy !req
681. An instinctive reaction
for an insurance adjuster.Copy !req
682. A loss less than two months
after purchase. Bells went off.Copy !req
683. We were about to
turn it over to the police.Copy !req
684. What stopped you?Copy !req
685. We received a polite letter saying
that the painting had been recovered.Copy !req
686. Filing a false claim
still rates as a crime.Copy !req
687. We do a lot of business
with Sol Bregman.Copy !req
688. If he tells us that no fraud was
intended, we take him at his word.Copy !req
689. You talked to Sol Bregman?Copy !req
690. He wrote the letter.Copy !req
691. I assure you, Adam...Copy !req
692. until you sent me the tape, I
had no idea what he was up to.Copy !req
693. Spare me the crap. The
minute that you heard...Copy !req
694. that Watson was involved with the
kidnapping, you should have called me.Copy !req
695. And say what?Copy !req
696. That my son's a failed criminal?Copy !req
697. I know he has a contribution
to make if he would just...Copy !req
698. connect with something.Copy !req
699. Connect with what?Copy !req
700. This might be the
last favor I ask, Adam.Copy !req
701. Jason's the only
one who got hurt.Copy !req
702. I want you to drop the case.Copy !req
703. I can't do that.Copy !req
704. I'll withdraw the complaint.Copy !req
705. It's too late.Copy !req
706. Please, Adam, I've
got to protect him.Copy !req
707. You sat there. You've done
nothing, and you want me to fix it.Copy !req
708. I'm afraid I might
lose him for good.Copy !req
709. You don't get your
son to cooperate...Copy !req
710. you can say goodbye
to him for 20 years.Copy !req
711. Squeeze the rock as
hard as you want, Ben...Copy !req
712. it won't make the
blood flow any faster.Copy !req
713. My client emphatically
denies any involvement.Copy !req
714. Please, Jason, stop the lying.
They're gonna put you in prison.Copy !req
715. Young man, your own father doesn't believe
you. What do you think a jury will do?Copy !req
716. A jury doesn't have any
personal stake in this.Copy !req
717. For God's sake, Jason,
I'm not trying to hurt you.Copy !req
718. I'm sure Watson
put you up to it.Copy !req
719. Of course.Copy !req
720. Because you don't
think I'm capable.Copy !req
721. We believe in your
abilities, Jason.Copy !req
722. You nearly took your
father for $5 million.Copy !req
723. And I would have, if he
hadn't called the police.Copy !req
724. Jason...Copy !req
725. That's why Watson turned on me.Copy !req
726. Thanks to you, I ended up flat on
my face with a bullet next to my heart.Copy !req
727. I'm sorry, Mr. Stone.Copy !req
728. I can't listen to
any more of this.Copy !req
729. Jason...Copy !req
730. Mr. Teller, is your client
willing to discuss a plea?Copy !req
731. Larceny in the second degree
in exchange for your testimony?Copy !req
732. He blames his own father for
ruining this harebrained scheme of his?Copy !req
733. I bet he blames him
for all his failures.Copy !req
734. What is all this rage against a father
who loves him and dotes on him?Copy !req
735. It's a fairly common
behavioral trait...Copy !req
736. among children of
highly successful parents.Copy !req
737. They love the perks.
They hate the price.Copy !req
738. Let's hope justice is blind.Copy !req
739. Excuse me?Copy !req
740. He's the only witness I have.Copy !req
741. And God willing,
that jury won't see...Copy !req
742. what a sniveling,
conniving little weasel he is.Copy !req
743. Well, if telling the truth is a
way he can humiliate his father...Copy !req
744. I think he'll be very motivated.Copy !req
745. He should be quite persuasive.Copy !req
746. Mr. Watson insisted
on counting the money.Copy !req
747. That took almost half the night.Copy !req
748. Of course, it was all there.Copy !req
749. If there's one thing my
father is, is pathetically honest.Copy !req
750. So please tell us what
happened after that.Copy !req
751. We drove to Queens.Copy !req
752. Mr. Watson and Miss Navarro
put the duffle bags in the locker...Copy !req
753. and then we drove back to town
to execute the rest of our plan.Copy !req
754. And what was the
rest of your plan?Copy !req
755. It's a clever twist, if my
friends had just stuck to it.Copy !req
756. We decided releasing
me would raise suspicion.Copy !req
757. An escape would
be more convincing.Copy !req
758. Shooting me was
purely Mr. Watson's idea.Copy !req
759. Thank you.Copy !req
760. Your witness.Copy !req
761. Mr. Bregman...Copy !req
762. didn't you shatter your knee in a
bobsledding accident four years ago?Copy !req
763. That's right.Copy !req
764. Are you fond of showing off
that scar and bragging about it?Copy !req
765. Some people have
seen it. So what?Copy !req
766. Your father sent you to
Saint Barts to recuperate.Copy !req
767. I can see what you're getting at,
but I didn't plan to break my knee.Copy !req
768. It was an accident.
It wasn't my fault.Copy !req
769. I understand.Copy !req
770. Get you to the real
estate business.Copy !req
771. You managed the warehouse
at 631 Dwyer Street?Copy !req
772. It's one of my father's.Copy !req
773. Actually, now it belongs
to First Dominion Bank.Copy !req
774. They foreclosed on it
last year, didn't they?Copy !req
775. That's right, I remember.Copy !req
776. A balloon payment went past due.Copy !req
777. How was that payment missed?Copy !req
778. Secretary failed to
inform me of the notice.Copy !req
779. And where were you, Mr. Bregman?Copy !req
780. I was in Palm Beach.Copy !req
781. It wasn't my fault.Copy !req
782. Is anything ever
your fault, Jason?Copy !req
783. Your Honor.Copy !req
784. Withdrawn.Copy !req
785. In the first count of the indictment,
grand larceny in the first degree...Copy !req
786. for the defendant Helena
Navarro, how does the jury find?Copy !req
787. Guilty.Copy !req
788. In the second count of the indictment,
attempted murder in the second degree...Copy !req
789. for the defendant Helena
Navarro, how does the jury find?Copy !req
790. Not guilty.Copy !req
791. In the first count of the indictment,
grand larceny in the first degree...Copy !req
792. for the defendant Shepherd
Watson, how does the jury find?Copy !req
793. Guilty.Copy !req
794. In the second count of the indictment,
attempted murder in the second degree...Copy !req
795. for the defendant Shepherd
Watson, how does the jury find?Copy !req
796. Not guilty.Copy !req
797. The defendants are remanded into custody,
pending sentencing on February 9th.Copy !req
798. Mr. Bregman, I'll deal with
your sentence at that time.Copy !req
799. I still don't see your
client, Mr. Teller.Copy !req
800. I spoke to him yesterday, Your
Honor. He assured me he'd be here.Copy !req
801. Your Honor, we've
been here an hour...Copy !req
802. and I request that you revoke Mr. Bregman's
bail and issue a warrant for his arrest.Copy !req
803. I'm sure there's a
reasonable explanation.Copy !req
804. It appears that Mr. Bregman
has fled jurisdiction.Copy !req
805. So it does.Copy !req
806. Bail is forfeited.
Bench warrant ordered.Copy !req
807. I have no idea where he is.Copy !req
808. But you knew he wouldn't
be there in court today.Copy !req
809. Sol, have you lost your mind?Copy !req
810. I couldn't let him down.Copy !req
811. Well, now you're
gonna help us find him.Copy !req
812. So you can put him in
prison for three years?Copy !req
813. Please, Mr. Bregman,
don't do this.Copy !req
814. You're hindering the
prosecution of a felon.Copy !req
815. My son counts on me, Mr. Stone.Copy !req
816. I'll always be there for him.Copy !req
817. And when you're
arrested and put on trial...Copy !req
818. will he be there for you?Copy !req
819. Draw up a warrant on
Bregman, Solomon...Copy !req
820. for hindering prosecution.Copy !req