Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Quick Case Closure
The hurried footsteps and knocks on the door woke Officer Lucard from his half-sleep. He cursed a few words, then forced a smile and looked at the female police officer on duty at the door. "So the rebels have reached the presidential palace, right?"
There has been a lot of controversy recently regarding immigration issues, with some people gathering outside the Presidential Palace to protest the federal government's "inaction" on illegal immigration and smuggling. Some people jokingly used the phrase "Storm the Presidential Palace" to call on people to stand up and oppose the government's inaction.
He was woken up during his drowsy night shift and he definitely had to vent his dissatisfaction.
It can be understood as dissatisfaction with the status quo, and it can also be understood as complaints about the system.
The policewoman's expression was originally very serious, but after a brief moment of shock, she couldn't help laughing. She seemed to realize that this was actually not good, and quickly said, "A serious home invasion and robbery case has occurred. The police station needs you."
The criminal case investigation team of the LOS Police Station is established under the General Administration. After receiving a criminal case, the branch will hand it over to the General Administration for case assignment. The branch does not have the authority to handle criminal cases.
Of course, the "handling" here does not mean that the police from the criminal case branch will turn a blind eye to the case. They still have the responsibility to stop the crime and arrest the criminals on the spot. The investigation of the case will only be handed over to the criminal case team of the General Administration. They will integrate the city's resources to solve the case.
This is a type of resource optimization.
Officer Lucard is one of the three criminal police officers on duty at the headquarters tonight. The other two have already left. The night in LOS City is not safe.
He patted his legs and stood up, rubbed his face, put a cigarette in his mouth and walked out the door. The policewoman hurriedly followed him and gave him a note with general information on it.
Lucard drove quickly to the scene of the crime, Johnny's bakery. He put on gloves, crossed the cordon and entered the bakery.
There are already quite a few colleagues working here, collecting evidence and so on. The current person in charge at the scene is the night patrol officer of the branch.
"Hi..." The two knew each other. Lucard walked over to him and handed him a cigarette. They smoked together again. "What's going on?"
The patrol officer briefly explained, "Someone called the police. It was a violent robbery. The hospital just said that there were more than 20 broken bones and more than a thousand dollars were stolen."
Lucard noticed some labelled bags on a table, which were evidence.
There were a few brown paper-wrapped breads that caught his attention. "What's in this?"
"Bread and ham."
Officer Lucard opened one of them and whistled, "It seems they left their midnight snack behind." He turned to look at the patrol officer, "What do you think?"
The patrol officer briefly explained what he had found. "There were no signs of violent entry. The windows were all locked. There were no signs of climbing. The only two doors that could be entered were in good condition. They entered and exited through the main door."
"The gate is intact as well?"
"Is it possible that they tampered with the lock?"
Ordinary people may not understand this, but as a police officer he knows very well that today's locks are actually not very secure. Not only can they be easily broken open by someone with good skills, but they will also not leave any traces.
The patrol officer shook his head. "Locked inside."
Officer Lucard raised his eyebrows, "Then there should have been a second person in the bakery when the owner was victimized."
The patrol officer nodded. "An apprentice in the bakery."
The case had basically been solved. He glanced at the paper bags again. They were packed very skill fully, and it was obvious that the owner did this kind of work frequently.
If there is only bread or ham in it, it may not mean anything.
But when these two things are put together, it's obvious that there's a problem.
Because bread and ham will have different flavours when put together, the flavour of the ham will erode the bread. As commodities, neither the store owner nor the clerk would make such a mistake.
This can only mean that this was done outside of work.
Looking at the bread crumbs left on the ground, he had already roughly deduced the course of the crime, "Where are the people?"
"Went to the hospital with his boss."
"This kind of case really shouldn't be handed over to us." He couldn't help but complain. There was no need to waste police resources on a case that could be understood at a glance.
Most importantly, there is absolutely no need to disturb his rest!
The patrol officer smiled and said, "I don't want to, but that's the rule."
After the two men shook hands, Officer Lucard returned to the cordon, drove his car to call the radio station for support, and went straight back to the headquarters. There was no need for him to take action for something like arresting someone.
At this time, Johnny had just fallen asleep.
Both of his arms were broken into seven or eight sections. According to the doctor, it would take at least six months to heal. Even if they healed, there would be some deformities left, and his hands would have difficulty in carrying out heavy movements in the future.
Forget about things like kneading noodles. The apprentice who heard this was already enduring it very hard, but there was still a strange kind of happiness on his face.
"Your boss has medical insurance, which is good news, but there are some non-medical insurance expenses that need to be settled, such as ambulance fees. You'd better notify his family."
Not long after, the boss's daughter and her boyfriend came with her. The apprentice had heard that she had a boyfriend, but this was the first time he saw her. He had a slightly dark skin and looked to be in his thirties.
"How is Johnny?" She asked the apprentice as soon as she arrived here, and the apprentice told her the general situation.
Just as he was comforting his boss' daughter, two police officers came over, "...Sir (apprentice), we need you to cooperate and explain the situation at that time."
The apprentice said a few words to comfort the boss's daughter, then quickly left with the two police officers.
It's just that he has no experience, and if he is just a victim, the record should only be conducted in a quiet place.
But he was taken directly back to the headquarters and sent to the interrogation room.
At this time, he also felt that something was wrong.
It was ten minutes later when Officer Lucard came in with a clipboard. This period of "quiet" not only failed to calm him down, but made him uneasy.
The moment he saw Officer Lucard come in, he stood up subconsciously, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.
Officer Lucard sat across from him and motioned for him to sit down. "Want to smoke?"
The apprentice shook his head, "No, thank you."
Officer Lucard took one out for himself, "Mind?"
"No."
He lit it and took a deep breath. "Can you tell me why you want to hurt your boss?"
The apprentice was stunned for a moment, then denied it, "I didn't do that!" His innocent expression made Officer Lucard find it a little funny. It was too fake and his acting skills were not good enough.
He had seen all kinds of criminals here, some of whom were not good at acting.
There were also people whose acting skills were so good that he even doubted whether he had arrested the wrong person or had obtained the wrong evidence.
The young man in front of me is not a good actor and he cannot hide his emotions.
"The door lock was on the inside. In other words, someone opened the door for them and let them in. There were two people in the house, but you were not injured. Your boss was not only robbed of his money but also seriously injured. Do you think this was a coincidence?"
The apprentice was sweating all over his head, and his body was shaking slightly. He felt hungry and wanted to shit. He was still trying his best to defend himself, "Maybe... we just forgot to close the door at night."
Officer Lucard laughed out loud, "The bread you packed for those people was forgotten. There are your fingerprints on it, as well as theirs."
Looking at the completely stupefied apprentice, Officer Lucard shook his head. It was really speechless that his rest in the middle of the night was disturbed for such a simple case.
He lazily showed no interest at all. "Write down their names and also write down how you planned it. Then I will ask the judge for leniency for you. At most, I will give you a sentence of two to three years."
"If we investigate it ourselves, violent home invasion and robbery is a felony. If they say that all this was planned by you, you may face more than ten years in prison."
"There is no dispute about this case. Even if you don't tell me, I can find this group of people by investigating your social contacts and relationships."
"I said this not only because you are young, but also because I don't want to waste unnecessary police resources and time on your small case."
"You've made a mistake!"
The apprentice sat there for a long time, with only one question bothering him. Didn't the movies and storybooks say that the police were all mentally retarded?
How come... in less than an hour, he had already been caught?
After about two or three minutes, his whole body suddenly tensed up, but soon relaxed again. He lowered his head and began to confess the names of those people and his motives for committing the crime.
When Officer Lucard heard that he had hired someone to commit this crime just to learn his boss's recipes and techniques, he was a little confused.
In the end, he looked at the transcript signed by his apprentice and touched his eyebrows. Even if he cooperated with the investigation, the sentence would still be more than five years.
From the perspective of legal causation, he was the mastermind and planner of the entire case, and those people were actually just implementers.
The law hates the mastermind much more than the perpetrator!
He gave the apprentice a last look of pity and said, "I hope this incident will teach you a lesson, kid."
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