A Monday Afternoon....I was having coffee at a Coffee Shop with my wife, Sepia and her business partner, Bonita...
"My partners Clerow and Owen Todd spend more time with you guys than they do me now of days.."I joked.
"They're making money for us...Selling Houses, Renting Apartments, Lofts and Condos and Storage space.."said Bonita..
"Yes, things they were originally doing anyway before you co-opted them.."joked my wife, Sepia.."Besides...you have an agency now...you've got what 39 administrative assistants, five operatives plus Lockpick Johnson and Peeping Tom..You don't need them anymore.."said Sepia.
She was right...Clerow was married and had two small children, Owen Todd was married with a small child and a baby on the way...My line of work could get dangerous at times..Being a Private Investigator...I only called them in if I really needed them now of days...An extra gun, an extra wheel..
My main business, Morris Communications had 100 employees, managed perfectly by my good friend, Sheila Jackson, my second in command and her husband, Sean Jackson, who was my chief of staff and chief photographer and videographer...He too seemed to work less for me now of days...
My Investigative agency...Morris Investigations was housed in the sub-basement of my building..
with only my 39 employees and my 7 operatives having access... and all sworn to secrecy about it's existence...
It was where my real investigative work was done... I mostly worked for attorneys these days...Soft cases...but occasionally I danced with the rough underbelly of the city....
As we sipped our coffee, we got a very pretty and friendly visitor...
Attorney Jessica Sanchez...Now Jessica Burrows...She and
Attorney Charles "Chip" Burrows had recently gotten married..
''Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Jessica.." said Sepia..
"Heyyyy Jessie, Congratulations on the wedding...."said Bonita...
"Thank You, Thank You....We just got back from our honeymoon a few days ago.." she said, Gushing..
"You got married in Puerto Rico and Honeymooned in Ocean City right?" I said.
"Yes it was beautiful...A few of my attorney friends came down and rented 3 Air BNB's and my boss,Slim Johnson rented out a hall and through Chip and me a nice little reception...It was catered and everything.."said Jessie.
"Awwww I am sooo happy for you.."said Sepia..
''Sit down, Sit down...Have some coffee.."said Bonita.
II-
"So you're all back and relaxed....What's New?" I asked.
''Naturally, I've got a client and I need your help Mr. Kevin.."said Jessica.
"Oh and don't forget...You and Chip wanted to look at some houses...We have a few...and they're close to us.."said Sepia.
"Yes , we have two...Newly renovated and not far from the three shopping centers, a Movie Theatre, Dry cleaning,Barbershop and Beauty Parlor..."said Bonita..
"Oh Chip would love that...How about a Laundromat?" asked Jessica.
"There is a laundromat too, but these houses come with Washers and Dryers.."said Bonita..
"Hook up with us sometime this week and we can show you and Chip both houses.."said Sepia..
''What about this case?" I asked.
"Oh the case.. His name is Duncan Clark...He's a 22 year old African-American male who was convicted recently and sentenced to 12 years for having sex with an underaged girl...The girl's name is Tammie Malloy...She's White.....and she was 16 at the time and he was 19...Neither of them was legal age to be in this bar...but they were.. She used a fake ID and he wasn't carded...
They got to drinking and talking and kissing a little bit and she left with him...They got in his car and drove a ways...and parked.. They kissed...They fooled around, but they did not have sex....They were caught by a state trooper...
She said that she was kidnapped and raped.... They did a rape kit...They found no semen in her..or in her panties...they found no semen in the car or spermicide...or discarded condoms anywhere..and yet and all white jury found him guilty and sentenced him to 12 years a few weeks ago....
His Mother and both of his sisters appealed to the Innocence Project...Chip and I are repping him...He is still here in the city at CFC...He hasn't been assigned a prison yet...
I'm hoping to take this before the WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT and get this conviction tossed out before he is transferred upstate." said Jessica.
"Oh Nooooooo!" said Bonita..
"I hate to hear things like this...Kevin you've got to help her.."said my wife, Sepia..
"I do...and I will...." I said.
''Oh Thank you...The Innocence Project will pay part of your expenses and the City of Philadelphia will pay the other half.." said Jessica..
"Good, you say his accuser is a young girl named Tammie Malloy huh? I'm going to look into her.." I said.
''She works as a Documents Clerk at Cyclops Insurance...She's been employed there for about six months.."said Jessica.
"Interesting.." I said.
III-
While we sat there...our good friend, Bonnie Shay walked in and sat down with us..She was an Insurance Investigator who happened to work for Cyclops Insurance.., She was also an Attorney , who had been a Public Defender and an Assistant District Attorney in New York ,before returning to Philadelphia, getting a P.I.'s License and going to work along side her husband, Co Counsel, Ronald Shay at Cyclops Insurance..
We had worked together on several cases...
"Hi Kevin, Sepia and Bonita.." she said..
"Heyyy Bonnie..."said Bonita..
"You know Jessica sanchez..Excuse me..Jessica Burrows now..She just got married..She's an Attorney at the Innocence Project..."said Sepia..
"I do...we've met through both Olivia and Yvette..."said Bonnie..
"How are you?" said Jessica..
"My Husband knows your husband...They were in Law School together..."said Bonnie.."Congratulations on the wedding..Olivia was telling me about the nice reception you guys had in Ocean City.."laughed Bonnie.
"Thank Youuuuuu." said Jessica.
''So what is the deal Bon-Bon?" I asked.
"I could use your help Kevin..."said Bonnie..
"Look at this...I go for three weeks with no cases and today I get hit with two...What's up?" I asked.
''Well for six months.. Six of our well insured agencies have been robbed...These were high end robberies.. Over a million dollars in jewelry was stolen from each place. .Places we have insured... Highly insured..
In each case it was as if the thieves knew exactly where to go, where the alarms were to be shut off and everything...The alarms we placed in highly secretive places were shut off , the safes were blown and the merch stolen and the street and traffic cams were temporailily disabled..The theif or thieves escaped without a trace...No prints, no DNA, no nothing..." said Bonnie.
"You're not just dealing with an average Boxman or crew...These guys are good real good.."I said.
"You notify the police?" I asked.
"Robbery-Homicide and the Criminal Investigation Division are on it, but they are baffled.."said Bonnie.
"I'm glad they're on it and not that knucklehead Lt. Tragg….Haven't seen him in awhile..He get fired?" I asked.
"Haven't you heard? He's on The Marine Boat for a Month....Or he has been...
But I believe this is his last week...
He'll be back on the streets next week.."said Jessica.
''Wow! Who did he piss off?" I asked.
Sepia, Bonita, Bonnie and Jessica all busted out in raucous laughter...
IV-
" Jessica, I'll start digging into this Tammie Malloy and I'll meet you somewhere tomorrow.."I said.
"Meet me at this address, It's the Bridge...The new building near Penns Landing...Here is an Access Card so you can get up to the Conference Room...That's where ADA Karen Page and her Wrongful Conviction Unit is headquartered." said Jessica.
''Did you say Tammie Malloy?" asked Bonnie.
"Yeah, she has falsely accused Jessie's client of sexual assault and he was convicted a few weeks ago...I know she works at your place of employment..I was going to ask you about her."I said.
"That's what I was going to tell you tomorrow...I checked her out and a lot of things about her don't add up...She started working as a Document clerk for us six months ago right around the time these robberies started occurring."said Bonnie..
"What are you saying?" I asked.
"These thieves had a lot of information..security Information only we, The Insurance Company would have...They knew the entire schematic design of all of these places..They knew where the alarms were..They knew where the street and traffic cams were and they knew the safe combonations..These robberies were too flawless.."said Bonnie.
"Inside Job?" I asked..
"Most definitely and in her job, she would have access to a lot of that information...I've been watching her.."said Bonnie..
"Oh Wowwww!"said Jessica..
"Awwww suki suki now.."said Sepia.
"This sounds deep.."said Bonita..
"I think the three of us need to put our heads together."I said..
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