VENTURES

JUDGES CHAMBERS- 7:30 AM

"MMMMMMMMMMMMM...OUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHHHHH ARTHUR..."cooed Judge Kelly Ann Mercer..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHH KELLY ANN, I'VE GOT A BONER FOR YOU THAT WON'T QUIT!" moaned Lt. Tragg..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I'm so glad you're off that boat and back on regular duty....We can see each other at night on a regular basis...I've been so missing you." said Kelly Ann..

"OHHHH AND I'VE BEEN MISSING YOU!" said Lt. Tragg as they began kissing some more.

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..."moaned Kelly Ann..kissing him one last time..

"Let's do it on the couch.. Let's play Cops and Judges..." said Lt. Tragg..

"OUUUUUUUUUU...You're such a naughty boy Arthur..As much as I'd like to..I can't..I've got trial this morning..." said Kelly Ann...

She broke from his embrace and applied lipstick..

Lt. Tragg stood to the side... a huge bulge in his trousers..

and Kelly Ann's lipstick smudge on his face and lapel.

And in the courtroom waiting area.. Natalie and I went to get coffee...

"Coffees everyone." I said smiling..

"Come Get it."said Natalie.

"Ouuuuu thank you, nice and hot.." said Brooke.

"Just what the doctor ordered." said Sean...

"Ouuu Thank You..."said Karen.

"You guys have taken good care of me....I'm grateful to you.." said Albert Thompson..

"Yes...I love yall." said his fiance, Della Butler.

Lt. Clarke walked up just then..

"YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE...YOU ARE LETTING A RAPIST BACK ON THE STREET!" he bellowed.

"You don't really believe that." I said.

"I think you're trying to cover up your reputation. All the underhanded shenanigans you pulled...You don't want it getting out do you?" said Natalie.

"You know there was a time when both of you would've been drawn and quartered for talking to me like that."said an angry Lt. Clarke.

"You really are old school... You should've been put out to Pasteur a longgggg time ago."said Brooke.

"WHYYYYYYY YOU LITTLE!!!!!" he snarled.

"You better back off man..." said an angry Sean...

"Leave her alone!!!!We are not going to try this case in the hallway...We'll do any and all talking about it in court."said Karen.

He pulled out his subpoena and ripped it to shreds..

"You've got some nerve subpoenaing me...A Lieutenant on the Philadelphia Police force.. You'll be sorry for this. THIS IS WHAT I THINK OF YOUR SUBPOENA!" he snarled.

"Is that a threat? I work for the federal government..."said Sean.

"I don't give a merry damn who you work for.. That's a promise!" he snarled and stormed off..

"Hmmmmmph...He's a litterbug amongst other things."I said, looking at the shreds of paper on the floor in front of us.

Brooke giggled...."In Addition to being a Racist, Sexist Bully." she said.

"You're so silly David."laughed Natalie as we all headed to the courtroom.

II-

COURTROOM B- 9:00 am-

"All Rise for Judge Kelly Ann Mercer." said the Bailiff-

"Be Seated...Be Seated.....Good Morning! Good Morning...I am Judge Kelly Ann Mercer... As usual, we will start with attorney introductions...

"Deputy District Attorney Katie Beck" said Katie Beck...

We hadn't seen her in a year.. She remembered us and didn't look forward to facing us again..she had been quite successful since dealing with us...Having not lost a case since then.

"Lead Attorney, Karen Page-Benz, your honor." said Karen.

"Attorney Natalie Charles, for the defense your honor."said Natalie.

"Attorney David Charles for the defense, your honor..." I said.

''Attorney Brooke Marks for the defense your honor." said Brooke.

"Attorney Sean Marks." said Sean...

our client, Albert Thompson sat next to us.....

In the visitor's section sat..

His fiance, Della Butler... Also with her were the attorneys who had been helping us prepare for this day, Olivia Bennett-Alexander, her husband, Donnie Ray Alexander, her niece, Beverly West-East and her husband, Nelson East, Josie Boyd and Bresha Billips.

Sitting beside them was Yvette Jones-Lockwood, Keith Jones, his wife, Beatrice "Bee Bee" Evans-Jones, Sofia Garcia-Ahmed , her husband, Kahlil Ahmed and Jade Lee-Ho as well as Legal Consultant and office manager,Virginia Shaw-Dukes...

They had come to see this trial...a trial they had taken part in helping us prepare for...

"Okay, we will now have juror selection.."said Judge Kelly Ann.

Like Last year..Katie Beck was good...You didn't get to be Deputy District Attorney without being good. She knew a thing or two about Jury selection..

but my wife Natalie and her bestie , Brooke were good too and fearless...Not intimidated in the least bit by Katie Beck...They had done research on the jury pool as well and had good questions.. They had been trained by Nelson, Keith Jones and Kahlil Ahmed..

They understood their assignment. Once again, They eked out a 7-5 split in our favor, only the second time anybody had gotten such a win over Katie Beck in court.

This was again more than an omen to her that things weren't going to move in her favor this time around.

"EXCELLENT! We have a jury....Trial will begin promptly tomorrow morning at 10:00 am...Jurors ,Attorneys, be on time and ready for trial...You are dismissed."said Judge Kelly Ann Mercer...

Lt. Clarke stared daggers at us and the attorneys in the visitor section he knew had come to cheer us on .He was familiar with all of us and he despised all of us equally.

The trial began the next day...

For Three Days, Deputy D.A.Katie Beck followed the script from the previous trial, depicting Albert Johnson as a "Sex Crazed rapist " who sexually assaulted a woman in Bayside and then two nights later
assaulted a woman in Philadelphia.

Natalie and Brooke took the Bayside witnesses apart like surgeons...None of them could get their stories or their memories straight ,none of them said what they had originally testified to...And the Bayside Sex Crimes Detectives were worse... All of them said the victim described a light skinned Black male , who was about a foot shorter than Albert Johnson....

The Woman who was raped in Bayside said that it definitely was a shorter , stockier African -American male and he was light skinned..She said she kept trying to tell Lt. Arthur Clarke that but he insisted that Albert Johnson was the man...He told her that he had been "out in the sun and that may have had something to do with why he now appeared darker." This brought guffaws of laughter from the jurors and visitors...

I presented the rape kit from the Bayside case and fresh DNA from Albert Johnson...IT WAS NOT A MATCH, NOT A MATCH AT All..

Karen argued that he was obviously innocent of the Bayside rape and more than likely innocent of the Philadelphia rape too!

Deputy D.A.Katie Beck didn't see it that way.

Sean interviewed Della Butler, Albert's fiance who testified that they had been in a hotel the night of the Bayside attack... She had a credit card receipt and three witnesses who testified that the two of them were there. She argued that she was never allowed to testify...

Lt. Clarke was as red as a beet.

Kelly Ann cleared the courtroom....She formally dropped the charges against him for the Bayside Rape, but not the Philadelphia rape.

"YOUR HONOR, DON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING HASTY?" said Lt. Clarke.

"NO I DO NOT!!! THE EVIDENCE OR LACK OF IT BARES ME OUT!!" said Judge Kelly Ann angrilly.

When the jury returned...She explained to them that the charges against Albert Thompson for the Bayside Rape had been dropped.

I called Thomas Harris to the stand...He was the reason this case had been reopened in the first place..

"Albert Thompson and I were in jail together...lHe did talk about his case a little...He told me he was being railroaded by Clarke, who was angry that the insurance company ordered him to pay damages for his car..which he had crashed into... but here's where it gets dicey...

ADA Lucas Fuentes was the prosecutor in the Thompson case and in my case...he didn't personally approach me but his second chair.

The late Assistant District Attorney Rollie Fingers said to me to say that Thompson confessed to me in lock up that he in fact did rape the two women. I told him that he didn't... He told me this was my third fall and that if convicted I could get an automatic life sentence...If I played ball..they'd reduce my charges and I'd get 6 months... I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in prison so I cracked.. I said what they asked me to say and they reduced my charges...and that poor man got 40 years....I can't live with myself....I've got to right this wrong.He's got kids..." said Thomas Harris.

On Cross Examination Deputy District Attorney Katie Beck said... "Mr. Harris, you're a three time loser aren't you? You've got two months left on your third conviction right? Now you're saying you lied during the first trial to save your skin....Why should we believe you now?" she asked.

"Because I'm telling the truth....Lt. Clarke threatened me in prison just days before this trial...He really had a hard on for this guy because of that car accident..and the thing with the insurance company a few months before..He saw this as a chance to get even..He was obsessed with this guy."said Thomas Harris.

"You're blaming a dead man who can't defend himself and a celebrated Lieutenant on our police force of maleficence?" laughed DDA Katie Beck..

Sean played a tape made at the prison just days before the trial.

"Lt. Clarke, to what do I owe the honor of this visit? Oh wow...I was hoping it was my last visitors....They brought food." joked Thomas Harris.

"If you mean Karen Page, Natalie and David Charles and Brooke and Sean Marks forget it...You are going to shut your mouth and change your story ,do you hear me? This is all your fault, saying that you lied... Well if you want to get out of here in two months, you'll recant what you told them..."said Lt. Clark.

"And if I don't?" asked Thomas Harris defiantly...

"I'll make sure you don't see the light of day for the next SIX YEARS okay? Now don't screw with me....Dummy up, you hear me?" said Lt. Clark..

"Whatever you say man?" said Thomas Harris..

"ALRIGHT MANNN!"said Lt. Clark.

(CLICK!)

This tape recording brought a hush to the jury...

Judge Kelly Ann and Deputy D.A. Katie Beck stared daggers at Lt. Clarke..They were both upset with him.

Brooke called her old boss. Lucas Fuentes to the stand.. She was getting a little revenge here..

She grilled him mercilessly about the trial...He swore up and down he knew nothing about his second chair strong arming Thomas Harris or Lt. Clarke strong arming and brow beating the two victims and not allowing Thompson's fiancé to testify..and intimidating the other witnesses.

"Had I have known I would've put a stop to it...To BOTH OF THEM...I SWEAR! I AM OUTRAGED THAT LT. CLARKE AND MY FORMER ASSISTANT TOOK PART IN THIS." he said...He was sweating bullets and visibly shaken..

Natalie called the Philadelphia woman who had been raped.. She testified that she was sure now after getting a good look at Albert Thompson that he was NOT the man who assaulted her..She too said the man was shorter, stockier and "light skinned. but that Lt. Clarke and ADA Rollie Fingers insisted that Thompson was the man, despite her protests."

Karen presented the Rape Kit, which had been "Lost" for a year and not used in the case...and fresh DNA from Albert Thompson... She had reports from the FBI Laboratory, Dr. Goggins Independent

DNA Laboratory and our own M.E.'s Unit and they all said the same thing.. IT WAS NOT A MATCH for the DNA extracted from the semen in her panties and saliva on her bra...This was definitely someone else.

This woman testified that Lt. Clarke repeatedly told her that he had the right suspect and that all she had to do was identify him and "It would be all over." Even though she told him several times that this was not the guy.

This was bombshell testimony...

Finally I called Lt. Arthur Clarke to the stand.. He was being called as a hostile witness.

And he was hostile... He denied every charge made against him and he took the 5th against self incrimination 27 times.. He didn't realize that this made him look all the more guilty.

"Due to the lateness of the hour I am going to adjourn court for the day...I expect to hear final arguments and for it to go to the jury tomorrow...Good Night everybody."said Judge Kelly Ann.

It had been a hectic week....

"It's so nice to be at home..We've been out all day...Some day in court huh?." I said.

"Some week in court....but I think we've laid our case out as well as possible..Much better than Jerguson did in the first case. "laughed Natalie.

"Oh Yeah, I agree." I laughed.

"I'm looking at your trousers.....You are very aroused at the moment.!!!OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" said Natalie.

"Ummmm Lawd Natalie...I am..." I said.

"LYou are something else....Myyyy goodness." said Natalie, smiling....

"You ever get any other guys like this?" I asked.

"Aroused? Of course..." she said.

"I'll bet you've been driving boys wild all your life." I said.

"Well since puberty anyway." she said and smiled..

I began kissing her...

"Damn Natalie, you look gooood!" I said.

"That's what you always tell me....Thank you!" she said , giggling

"Ummmmmmmm yeahhhh! I know sooooo...Ouuuuuuuuuu" I said.

"Well thank you.....You've been staring at me all day....when you weren't squeezing my butt and trying to feel me up...You're so nasty....Even in the courtroom....I never imagined." she said.

"I find you irresistable." I said.

"I think I just give you a big boner that's all." she said.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu you do....and I'd like to put it inside you.." I said.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm!" she moaned..

"Permission to enter.." I said,laughing..

"I'm not stopping you." she whispered.

I unsnapped her bra...

and slipped her panties down....

and placed her on the dresser, spreading her legs wide open and began thrusting wide into her wet and warm center....

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DAVID!" she screamed...her head turning from both sides, sweat and tears running down the side of her face...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" I cried out...

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DAVID! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUU! "she wailed... her head turning from side to side.....and she holding on to me for dear life...She was having a surprisingly quick intense orgasm......

"NATALIE....EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU TURNS ME ON!" I cried out.. as I lifted her up, long stroking her.

"I'M GLAD OF IT!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! YESSSSS! YESSSSSSS! UMMMMMMMMMM HUSBAND! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DAVID!" she screamed...her head turning from both sides, sweat and tears running down the side of her face...

" she screamed. her body continuing to tremble......

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm I've got a boner for you that won't quit baby."I said.

"What else is new? You always do......Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" cooed Natalie

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out as I spread her legs apart and entered her.....

She was as wet as she'd ever been....and warm.....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I cried out.....

Natalie was having an intense orgasm!..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDD!" she moaned. She was having another intense orgasm! Her body trembling.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NATALIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOIN TO MEE?" I cried out..

"WHAT ARE YOU DOIN TO MEEEEEE?" she screamed.. "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she yelled out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW NATALIE, NATALIE BABY!! THIS IS SOOOOO DAMN GOOOOOD!" I cried out..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DAVID!!!!!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" she cried out..

We had made sweet love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS!

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW NATALIE!! THIS WAS SOOOOO DAMN GOOOOOD!" I cried out..sweating profusely and trembling....as she lay across my chest and snuggled up under my arms...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DAVID!!!!!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMM! YOU'VE BEEN OUTDOING YOURSELF THESE LAST FEW DAYS....OUUUUUUU" she cried out..her legs still shaking as she cuddled up under me....

I had a big wide smile on my face.

Next Door-

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDD!" she moaned. She was having another intense orgasm! Her body trembling.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NATALIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOIN TO MEE?" I cried out..

"WHAT ARE YOU DOIN TO MEEEEEE?" she screamed.. "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she yelled out..

"Natalie is really getting it over there." said Brooke,laughing .She could hear us through the wall.

"I envy them, getting started so soon after their door closes.." said Sean,laughing.

"Well, get your clothes off and let's get started...SO I CAN SCREAM LIKE THAT!"said Brooke.

"You don't have to ask me twice."said Sean,laughing..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuu you get me excited when you talk like that.."said Brooke laughing...

"You get me excited just breathing..." said Sean...

"I know that ,and I see..."laughed Brooke.. "Ouuuuuuu look at youuu!" she laughed.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm Chocolate daddy." she cooed.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Vanilla!" he moaned, calling each other by their nicknames.

He unsnapped her bra...

"Oh My God Brooke. This is beautiful....This bra." he said. His hands shaking..

She softly rubbed his hands...

"Thank you!" she whispered..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AWWWWWWWWWW!" he moaned.

"Ouuu you really like it don't you?." she whispered softly..

and he slipped her panties down...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD! OH MY GODDDDD!" he moaned..

He parted her legs and entered her...She was so soft, so wet ,so warm....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! LAWDDDDDDDDDDD! BROOKE!" he moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDD!!OUUUUUUUUUUU
WOUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!

Her body trembled and she had a quick almost embarrassing orgasm....

He seemed as if he couldn't get enough of her...She couldn't get enough of him.....

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.LAWWWWWWWWWWD BROOKE, MY SWEET VANILLA!!!" he moaned.

The bed squeaked loudly and the headboard rattled....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! CHOCOLATE DADDY!!!" she moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I'M LOSING MY MIND!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! LAWDDDDDDDDDDD! BROOKE! SO AM I" he moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDD!!OUUUUUUUUUUU
WOUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!

Her body trembled and she had another quick orgasm....

They made sweet, sweet love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS~!

Brooke crawled on top of Sean....He put his arms around her waist...

"Mmmmmmmmm Chocolate Dadddddddyyy, your Vanilla Milkshake loves you.." she cooed.

"And I love my Vanilla Milkshake to death." he said.

She giggled as she cuddled up under him.

III-

COURTROOM B- 9:00 am

It was the final day of trial...

We told the jury to look at the DNA evidence in both cases...There was not a match, Representatives from THE FBI, an Independent DNA Lab and our own Medical Examiners Office all said the same thing... And we noted that an Assistant District Attorney now deceased and an over zealous Police Lieutenant brow beat witnesses and the victims alike as well as sojourning perjury from an inmate in the city jail... We laid the case out there...

In a surprising move ,Deputy District Attorney Katie Beck said-

"Your Honor, in lieu of the preponderance of compelling evidence....The people move that all charges against the defendant, Albert Thompson be dropped in the interest of justice." she said.

"I concur." said Judge Kelly Ann. "Mr. Thompson....I am sorry for this grave miscarriage of justice that has been heaped upon you....You are free to go...and I will see that you are paid some renumeration for this grave injustice.. You lost one year and a half of your life...I am so sorry."said Judge Kelly Ann.

"CRIMMINY....I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! HE'S FREE" snarled Lt. Clarke, storming out of the courtroom..

"Get yourself a lawyer Lieutenant....I have a feeling you're going to need one."said DDA Katie Beck, who saved herself from losing a case, just barely...by moving to dismiss charges.

Olivia, Donnie Ray, Beverly, Nelson, Josie and Bresha as well as Yvette, Keith, Bee Bee, Sofia ,Kahlil ,Jade and Virginia were all there , cheering.

"YAYYYYYYYY! YOU GUYS DID IT!" said Olivia.

"CONGRATULATIONS, JOB WELL DONE!"said Donnie Ray.

"GOOD JOB GUYS!"said Beverly.

"GOOD JOB GUYS!"said Nelson.

"I KNEW YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO PULL THIS OUT!" said Josie.

"I KNEW IT TOO!" said Bresha.

"YAYYYYYYYY! YOU GUYS DID IT!" said Yvette.

" You lawyered the hell out of this case guys." said Keith Jones.

"You sure did!" laughed Bee Bee.

"GREAT JOB GUYS!" said Sofia.

"CONGRATULATIONS!"said Kahlil.

"Great Job Guys...You won this case on DNA."said Jade.

"Great job folks." said Virginia.

"Thank you all for helping us.."said Karen..

"Thank you guys, all of you..Now we can get married," said Della.

"Yes..."said a very happy Albert Thompson..

"You two have children don't you?" asked Brooke.

"We have a boy...He's two and a girl...She's 11 months..She was born right after I went to jail...Her mother is watching both for us."said Albert.

"Awwwwwwwwwwwww!" said Natalie.

"Well good luck to you all." I said.

"Yes, good luck to you both." said Sean.

"After you guys get married, come back and visit us..."said Karen.

''We will" said Della.

"OH MOST DEFINITELY!" said Albert Thompson.

Lt. Clarke stood across the street from the courthouse, watching us all leave the courthouse with Albert Thompson and his fiance....He stomped his foot in disgust.

IV-

FRIDAY NIGHT- THE NO I.D. BAR...

Tonight Drinks were flowing....

And Burgers and Onion Rings

Fried Chicken and Cole Slaw

And a Shrimp Basket was also served..

Newly freed Albert Thompson and his fiance, Della Burke partied with us tonight...

"This is a great place...You guys hang out here huh? I like it."said Albert Thompson.

"They all work right across the street in the Bridge Building." said Della.

" I worked in that Building for two years and wasn't even aware it was here. " said Jazzy.

"There's A lot of food tonight huh?" said Jazzy..

"Yeah they got burgers...that's a first." said Dabnis.

"I'm here for it." said Kayla.

"Me too! "laughed Ray.

"This was a really good week, An Innocent man was freed." said Jessica.

"Yeah, even though it wasn't our case..It was nice to see how well it was handled." said Chip.

"Hey we 've got a little bit of legal skills, just a little bit."laughed Karen.

Her husband, B.L. put his arms around her waist and hugged her...

"Yeah, just a little bit." he jokingly added.

"I'm just glad it's over and ended well."said Natalie.

"Yeah , me too!" I said.

"I'm glad they came out and partied with us tonight."said Brooke.

"Hey what else were they going to do?"laughed Sean.

"I heard you guys lawyered the hell out of that case...Good Job!"said Zoey.

"Yeah...Next case, I'm working with you." laughed Lem.

Renee Cantrell shook her head and just laughed... "The Best Thing? Old Lt. Clarke got exposed for his high handed antics."said Renee.

"Yessss...He was soo unhinged...Such a Bully...And Made no bones about it"said Natalie.

"He needs to retire." said Brooke.

"You guys are going to go with us to Bayside tomorrow aren't you? The girls go shopping, We guys have a restaurant and bar we hang out in and then after dinner, we all go roller skating...They have several D.J.'s at the rink..."said Tyrell

''Sure Am..and then Sunday, our last day at Olivia and Beverly's house...We are going to use your laundromat to do our laundry and then we are going to pack up and go home."said Albert Thompson.

"I miss my babies." said Della.

"Awwwwwwww how sweet. And they miss their Daddy."said Lee.

"I'm getting to know our kids all over again."said Albert Thompson.

"I'm so glad things worked out for you guys." said Matthew.

"You know, Lt. Clarke shouldn't get off scott free with what he did." said Nina.

"Witness Tampering, Obstruction of Justice to name a few." said Carlos.

"You're right and I hope they don't slap him on the wrist and put him on the Marine Boat like they do Lt. Tragg." said Olivia.

"Lt. Tragg may louse up cases...but he's never been guilty of anything like this guy." said Donnie Ray.

"No he hasn't...This guy is a criminal."said Beverly.

"Criminal with a Capital C."said Nelson.

"He believed he could intimidate everybody just because he's a cop." said Josie.

"He makes the good cops look bad."said Paris.

''Well I hope he'll be dealt with appropriately." said Bresha.

"I do too!" said Tony.

"He cost the city some money...They don't like being embarrassed and losing money too!"said Alfreda.

"No they don't...and from what I hear on the grapevine...D.A. Garcetti is considering bringing charges against Clarke..Serious charges." said Rockland.

"Oh Happy Day...I despise that guy...Like I said. I like Lt. Tragg better than him." said Yvette.

"And that's saying a lot."laughed Gary.

"Yeah it is.."laughed Keith Jones.

"He was a holy terror during that case we had."said Bee Bee.

"And so hostile."said Sofia.

"Yeah I'd love to see him get his." said Kahlil.

"Yeah me too." said Jade.

"He's very gruff...A lot of cops don't like him...We mostly keep our distance."said Danny Ho.

"WOWWWWWWW! he does need to be dealt with!" said Virginia.

"He will."said Jetty...

Deputy District Attorney Katie Beck was also in the house tonight...She came over to our table.

"Hey No Hard Feelings...You guys did an excellent job...Excellent Job...." she said...She was wasted..

"She's White Girl Wasted.." whispered Natalie to Brooke.

"I'd say so.."laughed Brooke.

Sean simply shook his head and smiled.

She was with Attorney Tony Jerguson...Married Attorney Tony Jerguson, who was obviously inebriated and horny, His Trousers sticking out like a circus tent...

"Karen...Good Job...Great job guys ,You got him off...Congratulations Albert." he said.

"Thank you." said Karen, who watched them as they both stumbled out of the bar.

"I sure hope they aren't driving." I said, watching them leave.

A Nice Night and an even nicer ending to a great case.

EPILOUGE-

The City Awarded Albert Thompson 2.5 million dollars for wrongful imprisonment after his conviction..

Something nice for him and Della to start their married life off with-

Thomas Harris was released from prison , two months earlier than he originally was supposed to. As far as we know, he's keeping himself out of trouble.

Lt. Arthur Clarke was fired!!! The Monday after the Albert Thompson case was finished

He was called into the Deputy Of Operations Office and relieved of his badge and his gun.

The Press and everyone else was calling for his head after it was revealed how he performed during that case..

Shortly after he was fired , He was indicted, tried and convicted of Witness Tampering and Obstruction of Justice.. He was sentenced to 5-10 years in state prison..

He angrilly attacked his F.O.P. Lawyer after the verdict, punching him and kicking him and had to be restrained...

Two Days before he was supposed to report to prison.-

He was found hanging in his apartment...an apparent suicide!

"Oh wowww, that's Lieutenant Clarke" said a Crime Scene Investigator...

"Cut him down." said Lt. Tragg.

Only Dr. Marcy Martin, Coroner was here this morning.... She felt his pulse.. She winced.

"He's been dead for about eight hours, I put his death at a little after midnight..." she said...

"Rigor has set in she said..

She covered her nose, the smell was overwhelming...

"He was a good cop...A Tough cop...My dad and my uncle often talked about him." said Lt. Tragg...,. "He couldn't take 5-10 years in prison....but I told him...He probably would've been out in two years..."said Lt. Tragg.

''A guy like him couldn't take one year in jail. let alone two..The embarrassment, the humiliation."said Sgt. Brice...

"A cop....in prison? Where could they send him where he'd be safe? He weighed all that in,plus the embarrassment of being convicted and all and I guess he decided this was the only way out.."said a detective on the scene.

"He lost his pension by being fired...and he was up in age...what would he do?" asked another detective.

"Bag him and tag him...let's get him out of here."said Lt. Tragg, who felt sad...Lt. Clarke had been a friend of his late father and late uncle and had mentored him when he was coming up...He felt like he'd lost a member of the family.