1 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:06,970 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups- 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,040 the police who investigate crime, 3 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:11,380 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,440 These are their stories. 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:19,080 Cold, cold, cold. Gonna be slower than yesterday, if that's possible. 6 00:00:19,150 --> 00:00:23,820 Might be a good idea to toss a extra wrap on old Henry. His age, he shouldn't be out. 7 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:26,730 Our age, neither should we. Heh! [Laughs] 8 00:00:26,790 --> 00:00:29,500 Oh, my God. What-- Phil! What? 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,970 Phil! It's Jer! What? What's the matter? 10 00:00:32,030 --> 00:00:34,030 Jerry Tortino. 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,480 Oh, Lord. What a mess. 12 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:41,540 Call 911. 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,820 Two in the back of the head, small cal, no exit. 14 00:00:45,870 --> 00:00:49,320 Point blank. Set his stocking cap on fire. 15 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:52,760 Rigor's two over five. I figure he's been dead three maybe four hours. 16 00:00:52,810 --> 00:00:57,420 Yeah, that was a smart move, Russell, gettin' the Discovery Channel. Hey, you can learn a lot. 17 00:00:57,490 --> 00:01:00,130 Everybody's a crime scene expert these days. He have anything on him? 18 00:01:00,190 --> 00:01:04,070 The works-- wallet, watch, money, a ring. 19 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:06,870 Jerry Tortino. Lived in the neighborhood. 20 00:01:06,930 --> 00:01:08,930 Who called it in? 21 00:01:10,230 --> 00:01:13,910 [Green] Either of you know the victim? Jer? Sure. 22 00:01:13,970 --> 00:01:18,040 Part-timer. Filled in for some of the regular drivers. 23 00:01:18,110 --> 00:01:23,250 Gracie don't like most folks. Looks like she's taken a shine to you. So much for horse sense. 24 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:27,120 You two always here this early? Come in about 5:00 every day. 25 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:30,160 Prep the buggies. Day shift don't start till 7:00. 26 00:01:30,220 --> 00:01:33,630 - What was Tortino doing here? - No reason in the world for him to be in this early. 27 00:01:33,690 --> 00:01:37,870 [ Green ] Did you notice anything unusual this morning? No. Quiet as an empty church. 28 00:01:37,930 --> 00:01:40,300 Just the horses, waiting to be fed. 29 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,280 I don't suppose any of 'em are named Mister Ed. 30 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:34,630 [Man] He'd sub when he needed the cash. 31 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,720 Truth be told, Jerry wasn't 't all that crazy about drivin 'a buggy 32 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:40,820 He'd rather be watchin' 'em run than, uh, steerin' 'em around a park. 33 00:02:40,890 --> 00:02:44,000 Oh, he played the horses? No, not him. His clients. 34 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:48,270 He was a bookie? Back in the day, he was the go-to guy to go to in these parts. 35 00:02:48,330 --> 00:02:51,610 Biggest book on the West Side. So how'd he end up driving a carriage? 36 00:02:51,670 --> 00:02:57,520 Ah, well, how do I put this? Uh,Jer and the State of New York... He did time. 37 00:02:57,570 --> 00:03:01,880 And while he was gone, uh-- Well, nature abhors a vacuum and like that. 38 00:03:01,940 --> 00:03:03,950 Somebody took his book? Yeah. 39 00:03:04,010 --> 00:03:07,190 When was this? Ten years ago now, maybe more. 40 00:03:07,250 --> 00:03:10,320 So how did he react to that, losing his turf? 41 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:14,200 He had a good run. He knew when to bow out gracefully. 42 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:17,640 Uh, he still had some die-hard clients who wouldn't give him up. 43 00:03:17,690 --> 00:03:19,800 What about the other drivers? How'd he get along with them? 44 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:24,500 Well, there's always disputes. He was goin' at it with Albie Sullivan yesterday. 45 00:03:24,570 --> 00:03:28,610 Eh, like an old married couple, those two. Where do we find this Albie? 46 00:03:28,670 --> 00:03:32,080 He's working, Central Park South, across from Essex House. 47 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,490 You're here about Jerry, right? You two had a beef yesterday. 48 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:40,460 Say we did. So what? He was my best friend. 49 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,020 We were like brothers. Brothers beef. Don't mean nothin'. 50 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:46,730 Well, why don't you tell us about it anyway? 51 00:03:46,790 --> 00:03:49,060 He poached some customers. 52 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,660 I was sweet-talkin' these Canucks. He butts in, offers to let the kid ride up top. 53 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:56,640 After I'd been workin' on 'em for 20 minutes. 54 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:58,970 I told him where he could get off. That was it. 55 00:03:59,030 --> 00:04:02,880 - Okay. How about you? Where were you last night? - I had a few beers after quittin' time. 56 00:04:02,940 --> 00:04:05,420 Went home, went to bed. 57 00:04:05,470 --> 00:04:08,580 Got to work this mornin'. Th-That's when I heard. 58 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,520 Anybody who can vouch for you? 59 00:04:11,580 --> 00:04:14,860 I live alone. How about you? 60 00:04:16,950 --> 00:04:19,460 [Rodgers] Your cop at the scene wasn't 't that far off 61 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:24,200 Based on core temperature and rigor, I estimate time of death to be around midnight. 62 00:04:24,260 --> 00:04:27,930 I don't suppose you got a couple of small-caliber slugs floatin' around in there. 63 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,570 Pair of .380s. Hallmark execution. 64 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:35,270 First shot was close contact. Second, inches away. Both seared his scalp. 65 00:04:35,340 --> 00:04:38,380 Damn. He was right about that too. Now we'll never hear the end of it. 66 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,750 Double tap, point blank to the back of the head. 67 00:04:40,810 --> 00:04:44,720 .380, nothing at the scene. Shooter must've picked up his brass. 68 00:04:44,780 --> 00:04:46,890 This victim's a mobbed-up ex-con. 69 00:04:46,950 --> 00:04:49,860 This was a hit. Has all the earmarks. 70 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:55,270 Yeah. Speaking of marks-- see that one? On his neck, behind the right ear? 71 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,530 Crescent moon. Looks like a burn. It's a brand. 72 00:04:58,590 --> 00:05:01,840 Somebody branded him? Like with a hot piece of metal? Mm-hmm. Postmortem. 73 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:06,110 If he is a pro, maybe that's how he signs his work- like a calling card or something. 74 00:05:06,170 --> 00:05:08,380 Have gun, will travel. 75 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:12,250 [Briscoe] A change of address in the work? 76 00:05:12,310 --> 00:05:15,480 My dad's idea. Me, I'm not eager to move. 77 00:05:15,540 --> 00:05:18,990 Lived here all my life, but we already signed a lease. 78 00:05:19,050 --> 00:05:21,650 What're you gonna do? Why'd your dad wanna move? 79 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,860 Opportunity of a lifetime. He met a broker who put a bug in his ear. 80 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,730 Bigger place, better neighborhood, blah, blah, blah. 81 00:05:29,790 --> 00:05:34,400 Uh, there were some cards in your dad's wallet, real estate agents-- 82 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:36,870 Evans, Gramercy, Stillman-- 83 00:05:36,930 --> 00:05:40,400 Stillman, that's the guy. A real miracle worker, gotta say. 84 00:05:40,470 --> 00:05:43,310 Found us this big three-bedroom in the East 20s. 85 00:05:43,370 --> 00:05:46,080 Just a little more on the rent for twice the space. 86 00:05:46,140 --> 00:05:48,710 And that's the only reason that your father wanted to move? 87 00:05:48,780 --> 00:05:52,450 What do you mean? Oh, maybe he, uh, wanted to get out of Dodge. 88 00:05:52,510 --> 00:05:55,290 You know, leave the old neighborhood? I know what you're getting at. 89 00:05:55,350 --> 00:06:00,360 Everybody in the neighborhood loved my pop. He was a fixture here. 90 00:06:00,420 --> 00:06:05,270 Still, in your father's line of work, he had to have a few disgruntled customers. 91 00:06:05,330 --> 00:06:08,670 More than a few. But that was the never-come-again, good-old days. 92 00:06:08,730 --> 00:06:13,480 Most of my dad's clients are dead or gone to Florida. 93 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:17,610 Why do you think he was driving a buggy in Central Park? 94 00:06:19,210 --> 00:06:23,210 We're checking open homicides to see if this crescent moon thing crops up. 95 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:27,280 His daughter's got a point. Who'd hire a hit for a part-time carriage driver? Hm. 96 00:06:27,350 --> 00:06:30,560 Hey, Ident section faxed over Tortino's rap sheet. 97 00:06:30,620 --> 00:06:35,500 Yeah, his boss said he'd been away. He didn't tell us he did two of a possible 10 at Ossining. 98 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,910 For bookmaking? Huh! Burglary, grand larceny one, possession of stolen goods, assault-- 99 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,910 It's important to diversify. Two years. That's hard time for a bookie. 100 00:06:44,970 --> 00:06:47,810 On the other hand, two instead of 10, you might say he got off light. 101 00:06:47,870 --> 00:06:50,410 - Makes you wonder, doesn't it? - Gets better. 102 00:06:50,470 --> 00:06:53,010 He spent most of his stretch in protective custody. 103 00:06:53,070 --> 00:06:56,080 It'd be interesting to find out why. 104 00:06:58,510 --> 00:07:03,720 Jerry was part of a crew knocked over a showroom in the fur district. Beat up a security guard 105 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:05,960 We collared him with a Cadillac full of mink. 106 00:07:06,020 --> 00:07:09,470 He cut a deal? He was gonna be a stand-up guy-- 107 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,230 do the whole dime, tough it out. 108 00:07:12,290 --> 00:07:16,170 Then he found himself in gen pop at Sing Sing. Changed his mind in a hurry. 109 00:07:16,230 --> 00:07:21,200 Well, wouldn't you? No more showering with the fellas, and you shave eight years off your sentence. 110 00:07:21,270 --> 00:07:25,380 - So who did he rat out? - Federico Righetti. 111 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,510 [Impressed Whistle] He's a crew boss for the Masucci family. 112 00:07:28,580 --> 00:07:34,030 Jerry was Righetti's biggest book. Twenty grand a day on the street. Double during football season. 113 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,430 He got pinched, put a real crimp in the Masucci family's income stream. 114 00:07:38,490 --> 00:07:40,520 Do the Masuccis know he ratted 'em out? If they had known, 115 00:07:40,590 --> 00:07:43,130 I don't think he would've lived nearly as long as he did. 116 00:07:43,190 --> 00:07:46,230 Righetti pulled a psycho act at the trial, right? Yeah. 117 00:07:46,290 --> 00:07:50,610 He was auditioning to go where they make you butter your toast with your finger instead of a knife. 118 00:07:50,670 --> 00:07:53,410 Jury didn't buy it. Why? You like him for Tortino? 119 00:07:53,470 --> 00:07:56,110 It looks like a professional hit. Righetti's got the motive. 120 00:07:56,170 --> 00:07:58,980 Would he still have the juice to ordera hit from the inside? 121 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,280 Doesn't need to. He's on the street. Feds cut him loose three weeks ago. 122 00:08:03,350 --> 00:08:08,950 He gets out; a week later, the guy that gave him up gets shot dead. You know where we can find Righetti? 123 00:08:09,020 --> 00:08:12,060 I'd check his nephew Peter's social club on 10th Avenue. 124 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,070 That's where the old man used to rule the roost. 125 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,360 [Pool Balls Clacking] 126 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:20,240 Ahh, another tough day at the office, huh? 127 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:22,830 We're on an espresso break. And who are you? 128 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:25,310 O.C. Task Force? Homicide. 129 00:08:25,370 --> 00:08:28,370 Homicide. You're in the wrong place, Homicide. 130 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,810 Stiffs are around the corner at Razzoni's Funeral Home. 131 00:08:30,870 --> 00:08:33,480 Ah, this is why they call them “wise guys." 132 00:08:33,540 --> 00:08:35,610 So, Peter, where's your uncle? I don't see him. 133 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:39,420 My uncle's not a well man. Maybe you've heard. 134 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,550 Yeah, what I heard is, he might be goin' around town settling old scores. 135 00:08:42,620 --> 00:08:45,690 And who would he wanna settle a score with? Jerry Tortino. 136 00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:49,070 Oh. That homicide. 137 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,130 Why didn't you say so? 138 00:08:51,190 --> 00:08:54,200 What I hear, Jerry got caught a little short Sunday... 139 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:58,230 when the Jets, against all-- Against all expectations. 140 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:02,410 Covered the spread. It's a miracle. Our Lady o' the Meadowlands. 141 00:09:02,470 --> 00:09:05,040 Freakin' Jets. We all took a hosin' on that one. 142 00:09:05,110 --> 00:09:08,110 No wonder Jerry couldn't cover his action. [Peter] There you go. 143 00:09:08,180 --> 00:09:12,630 One of Jerry's clients clipped him. I were you, I'd be lookin' for a disgruntled Jets fan. 144 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:16,590 We hear that Jerry was more or less retired like your uncle. 145 00:09:16,650 --> 00:09:20,390 Yeah, and since your uncle's got so much time on his hands, we'd like to talk to him. 146 00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:24,060 You wanna search the joint you got a warrant, knock yourselves out. 147 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:28,300 Otherwise, take it on the arches Find another place to haunt. 148 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,400 Where do they get the lingo? 149 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:37,080 According to the feds, his nephew's been bossing the crew since the old man went away. 150 00:09:37,140 --> 00:09:39,880 Well, after about 10 years, you might start thinking the job is yours. 151 00:09:39,940 --> 00:09:43,350 So are you saying he might not be all that overjoyed to see his Uncle Fred? 152 00:09:43,410 --> 00:09:46,020 There's something else you should know. 153 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,720 The feds also told me they're running a task force. 154 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:51,560 They've got someone deep inside with the Masuccis. 155 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:55,030 That takes stones. It'd be nice if he could get us to the old man. 156 00:09:55,090 --> 00:10:00,230 I don't know how easy it'll be to bring him up, but let me see what I can do. 157 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,680 Briscoe? Green? 158 00:10:04,730 --> 00:10:07,370 Vinny. Sorry I'm late. 159 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,510 Had to make sure I was clean when I left the club. 160 00:10:09,570 --> 00:10:12,420 Sol took the scenic route down the West Side, via Weehawken. 161 00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:16,650 That'll add an hour to your commute. Hey, man, did you really lose a bundle on the jets? 162 00:10:16,710 --> 00:10:19,890 [ Exhales] Man, I got killed. Don't tell the bureau I bet the game. 163 00:10:19,950 --> 00:10:22,990 Oh, don't worry. Your secret's safe with him. How long you been under? 164 00:10:23,050 --> 00:10:26,090 Nearly a year. You seen the old man since he got out? 165 00:10:26,150 --> 00:10:29,400 He's come around a few times. He still doing the “Mad Hatter” act? 166 00:10:29,460 --> 00:10:31,730 He may not be crazy, but he's definitely one strange duck. 167 00:10:31,790 --> 00:10:34,100 How are he and his nephew doing? 168 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,300 Circlin' each other like a couple of cats. Really? How do you think that's gonna pan out? 169 00:10:38,370 --> 00:10:41,400 I wouldn't bet against the old man. 170 00:10:41,470 --> 00:10:44,140 He comes across as a sweet, old geezer, but make no mistake, 171 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:47,580 he's a stone killer- dozens of bodies on his head. 172 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,280 You think he had Tortino hit? 173 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:53,660 About six months ago, the Masuccis found out it was Tortino who ratted him out. 174 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,890 Peter wanted to deal with it himself, immediately. His uncle said wait. 175 00:10:57,950 --> 00:11:00,260 So he's trying to make a comeback. Settling unfinished business. 176 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,560 It certainly helps his street cred, Tortino getting whacked. 177 00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:06,730 We're gonna need a sit-down with the sweet, old geezer. 178 00:11:06,790 --> 00:11:09,210 Mott Street, across from Old St. Pat's. 179 00:11:09,260 --> 00:11:13,180 Above the deli, third floor, front. 180 00:11:15,870 --> 00:11:19,610 Boy, livin' down here in this dump, he must think he's been exiled to Siberia. 181 00:11:19,670 --> 00:11:23,380 [Knocking] Which stands to reason why he'd want his old job back. 182 00:11:24,910 --> 00:11:27,450 Hi, we're here to see Federico Righetti. 183 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,020 He's in the bathroom getting ready for his walk. You mind if we come in? 184 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:35,530 Mr. Righetti doesn't like to be disturbed. Heh! Any more than he is already? 185 00:11:35,590 --> 00:11:38,090 Excuse me! Sorry. Thanks. 186 00:11:40,330 --> 00:11:42,830 Maybe we should wait for him to get out of the shower. 187 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:46,900 Maybe we should check to make sure he's still there and didn't go down the fire escape. 188 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:51,450 Hmm! 189 00:11:52,510 --> 00:11:57,480 We needed this. The reservoirs are down 40%. 190 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,250 He looks right as rain to me. 191 00:12:01,950 --> 00:12:03,950 Ahh! 192 00:12:07,390 --> 00:12:09,600 You remember Jerry Tortino? 193 00:12:09,660 --> 00:12:13,260 Uh, I prefer rigatoni 'cause of the name. 194 00:12:13,330 --> 00:12:16,670 Tortino. He was your bookie back when you ran the crew. 195 00:12:16,730 --> 00:12:20,040 He gave you up to the feds. He put you in the penitentiary for the last 10 years. 196 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:22,310 I remember you. 197 00:12:22,370 --> 00:12:25,910 Huh? Dewar's straight, beer chaser. 198 00:12:25,970 --> 00:12:28,010 That was your drink. [Laughs] 199 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,180 Stayed with it, too, till your face hit the bar. Yeah, I'm strictly club soda now. 200 00:12:32,250 --> 00:12:36,850 - Straight up with a twist. - Jerry Tortino! Somebody shot him twice in the back of the head. 201 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,990 She had red hair, didn't she, your wife? Huh? 202 00:12:40,050 --> 00:12:43,090 That's right! Tall girl. 203 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:47,830 Looked great in a tight skirt, huh, doin' the hula? Hm! How's she been? 204 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:50,670 You'd have to ask her new husband. 205 00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:53,580 I'd make Tortino my first stop if I were in your shoes. 206 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,880 Shoes? Nah! Sandals. 207 00:12:56,940 --> 00:13:01,180 Sandals. Easy on the feet. It's aromatic, don't you think? 208 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,420 Yeah, and they go so nice with an orange jumpsuit. 209 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,690 Threatening a sick, old man with jail time? Have you no shame? 210 00:13:07,750 --> 00:13:12,720 Well, well. If it isn't that rarest of birds, the mob lawyer with a heart. 211 00:13:12,790 --> 00:13:14,990 Would that the same could be said of you, Detectives. 212 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:17,700 Mr. Righetti undergoes dialysis three times a week. 213 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,170 He finds these sessions extremely arduous. 214 00:13:20,230 --> 00:13:23,000 Afterwards, he has trouble holding a spoon, much less a gun. 215 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:25,770 He didn't have to. He could hire somebody to do it for him. 216 00:13:25,830 --> 00:13:30,710 On the eve of Mr. Tortino's murder, Mr. Righetti's dialysis left him not only enervated, 217 00:13:30,770 --> 00:13:35,480 but gave him a low-grade infection, which he had treated that night at the clinic. 218 00:13:35,540 --> 00:13:38,820 Like he said, we never claimed he did his own wet work. 219 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,660 Nevertheless, his whereabouts that evening have been accounted for. 220 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,630 You had no reason to roust him in the first place, and you've got no reason to question him further. 221 00:13:45,690 --> 00:13:49,260 - Let's go, Federico. - I suppose you have witnesses. 222 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,960 As many as I need. 223 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,880 He was running a temp. I gave it aspirin and some antibiotics. 224 00:14:02,940 --> 00:14:05,210 How did he seem? Aside from the fever? 225 00:14:05,270 --> 00:14:08,550 Same as always. He's quite a character, Mr. Righetti. [ Laughs] 226 00:14:08,610 --> 00:14:13,020 Which is a polite way of saying he's nuttier than a fruitcake, huh? Oh, no. 227 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:17,030 Mr. Righetti's old, and sometimes his mind wanders, but he's not crazy. 228 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:19,290 Not at all. Lucid as you or I. 229 00:14:19,350 --> 00:14:21,770 Funny too. You two talk? 230 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:25,670 I consider him a friend. He even helped me find a bigger apartment. 231 00:14:25,730 --> 00:14:27,970 How-How did he manage that? 232 00:14:28,030 --> 00:14:30,810 Hooked me up with this genius real estate broker. 233 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:33,350 Found me a two-bedroom way below market rate, 234 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:38,180 rent stabilized, Lexington and East 26th Street, across from Curry in a Hurry. 235 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,810 You got a name for this real estate genius? 236 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,380 Stillman, I think. I have his card here somewhere. 237 00:14:45,380 --> 00:14:48,360 Yeah, you got a number? 238 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:53,230 Okay. Okay, thanks. Ah, it's the same guy that got Tortino and his daughter their new apartment. 239 00:14:53,290 --> 00:14:55,390 So this broker- Cary Stillman. 240 00:14:55,460 --> 00:14:58,440 Just happens to know Tortino and the guy who had him whacked? 241 00:14:58,490 --> 00:15:00,700 Small world. Hey, man, that may mean nothin'. 242 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,210 Or it does, and we just don't know what yet. 243 00:15:04,230 --> 00:15:08,370 I have 20 minutes left of my lunch break. They're yours if you need them. 244 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,580 [Green] Uh, yeah Mr. Stillman, your name came up in the course of our investigation. 245 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,050 Oh, dear. What kind of investigation? 246 00:15:16,110 --> 00:15:19,990 - Homicide. - Homicide? Well, how on earth? 247 00:15:20,050 --> 00:15:23,430 You got an apartment for Jerry Tortino and his daughter? 248 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,060 Yes, I did. Oh, of course. 249 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:31,500 That's the murder you're investigating I was so upset when I read about it in the paper. 250 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:36,670 A lovely man. How can I help? How do you know Federico Righetti? 251 00:15:36,730 --> 00:15:39,580 I don't. Oh, wait. Um, 252 00:15:39,630 --> 00:15:44,240 a Peter Righetti looked at some co-ops that I had listed last month. 253 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,750 - Would he be related? - Federico's his uncle. 254 00:15:46,810 --> 00:15:49,910 I don't think I met him. Peter Righetti was accompanied... 255 00:15:49,980 --> 00:15:55,390 by a very striking young woman-- I got the feeling, not his wife. 256 00:15:55,450 --> 00:15:58,430 - How did you meet Jerry Tortino? - He was a walk-in off the street. 257 00:15:58,490 --> 00:16:01,020 I found him a very good deal in the East 20s. 258 00:16:01,090 --> 00:16:04,200 Little India? Curry Hill? 259 00:16:04,260 --> 00:16:06,430 It's an up-and-coming neighborhood. 260 00:16:07,430 --> 00:16:10,970 So much for that lead. Peter Righetti gave Stillman's card to his uncle. 261 00:16:11,030 --> 00:16:13,670 And he gave it to his nurse. Least she got an apartment out of it. 262 00:16:13,730 --> 00:16:18,180 Hey, man, if Righetti was dropping the crazy act with the nurse, maybe he was doing it other places too. 263 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,410 You mean like on the phone? 264 00:16:20,470 --> 00:16:22,850 What we need is a friendly judge. 265 00:16:24,010 --> 00:16:28,690 I thought he was still in stir. [Briscoe] No, he's out, Judge, almost a month now. 266 00:16:28,750 --> 00:16:30,890 Oh, they must've kept it under wraps. I didn't hear about it. 267 00:16:30,950 --> 00:16:33,230 You read about the West Side stables murder? 268 00:16:33,290 --> 00:16:37,600 The victim helped the feds put together their racketeering case against Righetti. 269 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:40,430 And you think this is payback. 270 00:16:40,490 --> 00:16:45,880 You know, the first time I had Righetti in my courtroom, he was just startin' to road test that “Crazy Eddie" routine. 271 00:16:45,930 --> 00:16:49,240 Showed up, dead of winter, in flip-flops and a Speedo. 272 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:51,980 Huh! Thanks for sharing. 273 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,920 I held him in contempt, and he says, “Kiss my ass, Judge." 274 00:16:55,980 --> 00:16:59,480 Well, I told him, “Motion denied." Bang! 275 00:16:59,550 --> 00:17:02,550 And sent him to the Tombs to spend the night in that outfit. 276 00:17:02,620 --> 00:17:06,790 - Last time he tried that stunt, at least with me. - So, you're gonna help us? 277 00:17:06,850 --> 00:17:09,600 I don't like being played by that old crook any more than you do. 278 00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:12,800 Just make sure there's something on that tape worth a listen. 279 00:17:12,860 --> 00:17:16,070 [Righetti, On Tape] East 79th Street, off the park, there's a lovely building-- 280 00:17:16,130 --> 00:17:18,800 [Clicks Off] Is it all like that? 281 00:17:18,870 --> 00:17:23,010 - Those are the highlights. - It's like watching cement harden. 282 00:17:23,070 --> 00:17:26,640 He wants to be an uptown don, the whole package, doorman and all. 283 00:17:26,710 --> 00:17:31,660 Who can blame him for wanting an elevator? I mean, a third-floor walk-up at his age? 284 00:17:31,710 --> 00:17:35,350 Upper East Side? That's a whole different kind of social club up there. 285 00:17:35,420 --> 00:17:38,890 Wait a minute. East 79th Street? 286 00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:42,660 Someone from East 79th Street was killed last night, 287 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,000 right around midnight, in the park. 288 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:49,200 Here-- an attorney named Alec Ravello. 289 00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:51,500 Let me hear that again. 290 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,710 [Clicks, Rewinds] 291 00:17:53,770 --> 00:17:56,370 [Clicks On, Stillman's Voice] Any particular neighborhood in mind? 292 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:01,250 [ Righetti ] East 79th Street, off the park, there's a lovely building-- 71, I think it was. 293 00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:03,480 - Caught my eye. - Let me look into it. 294 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:07,820 [Righetti] Something on a higher floor would be nice, say the, uh, ninth floor? 295 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,690 A nice one-bedroom. That would be the "A" Line. 296 00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:14,320 That sounds about right. I would like to move as soon as possible, you know. 297 00:18:14,390 --> 00:18:17,700 I don't want to wait. I'll have an answer for you in a day or two. 298 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:22,470 [Clicks Off] He tells Stillman he likes the ninth floor, 299 00:18:22,530 --> 00:18:25,270 one-bedroom, “A” Line. 300 00:18:25,330 --> 00:18:29,410 The victim lived in apartment 9-A in this particular building. 301 00:18:29,470 --> 00:18:32,040 71 East 79th Street. 302 00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:34,810 Righetti wasn't 't talking to Stillman about an apartment. 303 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,220 He was ordering a hit. 304 00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:42,220 9-A, yeah. How'd you know? Anything else about it strike you? 305 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,390 Same M.O. as yours- two to the head, .380, 306 00:18:45,450 --> 00:18:48,800 no witnesses, takes time to pick up his brass. 307 00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:52,960 There was one other thing. We kept it out of the papers. What was that? 308 00:18:53,030 --> 00:18:57,130 Weird. On the vic's neck, right here? 309 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:01,580 Let me guess-- a crescent moon branded into the skin? 310 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,640 Yeah. 311 00:19:05,610 --> 00:19:08,450 [Knocking] [McCoy] Come in. 312 00:19:08,510 --> 00:19:11,080 A.D.A. Southerlyn, Lieutenant Van Buren, 313 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:13,960 I'd like you to meet a friend of mine, Jean Piccone, Assistant United States Attorney. 314 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:16,290 How do you do? 315 00:19:19,550 --> 00:19:22,300 Alec Ravello was my husband. 316 00:19:24,190 --> 00:19:27,470 I'm so sorry. Thank you. 317 00:19:27,530 --> 00:19:32,240 I'm also the prosecutor who sent Federico Righetti to prison. 318 00:19:33,870 --> 00:19:36,850 - That's why-- - You don't kill an Assistant U.S. Attorney... 319 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:39,580 without the full weight of the federal government falling on you. 320 00:19:40,710 --> 00:19:43,150 So they killed my husband instead. 321 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:49,990 Both my husband's murder and the Tortino murder were committed by the same individual? 322 00:19:50,050 --> 00:19:53,970 We think Righetti's settling old scores in a bid to reclaim his crew. 323 00:19:55,020 --> 00:19:58,800 Is this Stillman character the hit man or just the go-between? 324 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:01,670 We don't know that yet. [McCoy]Doesn't matter. 325 00:20:01,730 --> 00:20:06,140 At the very least, he was involved in a conspiracy to commit murder for hire. 326 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,810 - We'll pick him up. - What about Righetti? 327 00:20:08,870 --> 00:20:12,480 Make the case against Stillman, he 'll give us Righetti. 328 00:20:15,110 --> 00:20:17,850 He's the one I want,jack. 329 00:20:17,910 --> 00:20:19,910 Mr. Stillman. 330 00:20:19,980 --> 00:20:24,020 Oh, I'd love to talk to you gentlemen further, but we have tickets for the Met this evening. We're running a little late. 331 00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:26,570 Well, you're in luck. It's opera week at Rikers. 332 00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:30,090 They're doing an all-male version of Carmen. Rikers? What are you talking about? 333 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,370 We're talking about the murders of Alec Ravello and Jerry Tortino. 334 00:20:33,430 --> 00:20:35,740 You're under arrest for conspiracy to commit them. 335 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,570 Commit murder? I-I'm a real estate broker. 336 00:20:38,630 --> 00:20:43,450 Well, think of it as a career builder. Everybody in prison will be lookin' for a new place to live when they get out. 337 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:47,250 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. 338 00:20:47,310 --> 00:20:49,080 You have the right to an attorney-- 339 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,050 Docket number 27565, People v. Cary Stillman. 340 00:20:53,110 --> 00:20:56,100 Two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, 341 00:20:56,150 --> 00:20:58,720 two counts of enterprise corruption. 342 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:01,730 You're first up in the batter's box, Mr. Stillman. 343 00:21:01,790 --> 00:21:03,930 One swing. Make it count. 344 00:21:03,990 --> 00:21:06,630 Not guilty, Your Honor. People on bail, Ms. Southerlyn? 345 00:21:06,690 --> 00:21:11,400 No bail, Your Honor. We're charging the defendant pursuant to the Organized Crime Control Act. 346 00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:15,040 These are mob charges, Your Honor. My client sells real estate. He rents people apartments. 347 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:20,070 - He also arranges to have them killed. - There is not one scintilla of evidence to support that allegation. 348 00:21:20,140 --> 00:21:23,280 Obviously, the police felt otherwise, Mr. Margolis. 349 00:21:23,340 --> 00:21:26,260 Defendant is held without bail. [Gavel Raps] 350 00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:28,520 You're pulling at straws with this, Jack. 351 00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:31,090 I'm looking at two cold-blooded, for-hire murders, 352 00:21:31,150 --> 00:21:34,100 both linked to a ranking member of an organized crime family. 353 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,330 Give me a straw that strong any day. 354 00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:40,860 - We have Federico Righetti and your client on a wire. - Talking about an apartment. 355 00:21:40,930 --> 00:21:43,880 Talking about killing a man. That's a matter of interpretation. 356 00:21:43,930 --> 00:21:46,240 I agree. Let a jury decide. 357 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:48,910 Why take the chance you'll lead them down the garden path? [Opens Case] 358 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,790 Motion to exclude the wire. One less straw to pull on, Jack. 359 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,220 He can't challenge the tap. He lacks standing. 360 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,590 Let a judge decide. 361 00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:00,650 [Sighs] 362 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,930 [Righetti] I would like to move as soon as possible. I don't want to wait. 363 00:22:06,990 --> 00:22:09,730 [Stillman] I'll have an answer for you in a day or two. [Clicks Off] 364 00:22:09,790 --> 00:22:13,030 Mr. Stillman wasn't a target of the wiretap. He therefore lacks standing-- 365 00:22:13,090 --> 00:22:17,370 To challenge the wire. I know, know. The point is, my client's done nothing wrong. 366 00:22:17,430 --> 00:22:21,710 He wasn't hatching a murder plot with a Mafia chieftain. He was helping an old man find a bigger place to live. 367 00:22:21,770 --> 00:22:26,050 What you heard on that tape, Your Honor, was a conspiracy to murder Alec Ravello. 368 00:22:26,110 --> 00:22:30,720 Look, maybe Mr. McCoy's ears are sharper than mine. What I heard was a conspiracy to buy an apartment. 369 00:22:30,780 --> 00:22:34,520 Did the police have prior knowledge Righetti and Stillman were going to meet? No, Your Honor, 370 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:39,590 but shortly after they spoke, Alec Ravello, the man who lived in the apartment they were discussing, was shot to death. 371 00:22:39,650 --> 00:22:42,500 That's not a crime. That's a coincidence. Some coincidence. 372 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:47,940 Is it also a coincidence that the murdered man was the husband of the prosecutor who sent Mr. Righetti to prison? 373 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,840 She's sent hundreds of people to prison. Any one of them could have done it. 374 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:53,810 This is all moot, Your Honor. He can't challenge the tape-- 375 00:22:53,870 --> 00:22:56,970 The tape should never have been authorized in the first place. 376 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,880 As we are all well aware, Judge Stamos has a well-documented history of mutual antagonism with Mr. Righetti, 377 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:04,350 and he should have recused himself. 378 00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:07,020 Sorry, Mr. McCoy. Judge Stamos should have bowed out. 379 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,460 You're gonna have to prove your case the old-fashioned way. Wire's gone. 380 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,330 Without the wire, how can we prove Stillman's involvement? 381 00:23:14,390 --> 00:23:20,100 We need to tie him directly to the murders or to the person he hired to commit them on Righetti's behalf. 382 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,730 You know, Briscoe and Green met with an undercover who's working on the inside with the Righetti crew. 383 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,400 He might know something about Stillman. 384 00:23:27,470 --> 00:23:29,850 Contact our liaison at the U.S. Attorney's office. 385 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:32,710 See if you can set up a meet. 386 00:23:32,770 --> 00:23:35,950 Could be a weekend warrior. Fits the profile. 387 00:23:36,010 --> 00:23:39,010 Weekend warrior? Used to be, you wanted somebody clipped, 388 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,720 there were 15, 20 guys you'd reach out to-- hard cases. 389 00:23:42,780 --> 00:23:47,130 You wanted it done right at a good price and not find your ass in the slammer at the end of the day. 390 00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:50,860 Stillman strikes me more as Caspar Milquetoast than a cold-blooded killer. 391 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:55,770 There's a new breed of hitter out there. Doesn't need to make a killing to make a living, if you know what I mean. 392 00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:59,570 Are you saying that Stillman is moonlighting as a murderer? 393 00:23:59,630 --> 00:24:03,340 Exactly. Earn extra cash in your spare time. 394 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,010 A week in Maui, a ring for the wife out of Tiffany's window-- [Exhales] 395 00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:09,520 Kid needs a sports car for her Sweet 16, whatever. 396 00:24:09,580 --> 00:24:13,220 And then he goes back to his day job? Who would ever suspect? 397 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,460 Which makes him perfect for a guy like Righetti, who's all the time under the microscope. 398 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,000 So you think Stillman killed them? 399 00:24:20,050 --> 00:24:25,030 Why farm it out and take the commission when you could do it yourself and pocket the whole enchilada? 400 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:29,730 I hear some of these guys like to leave a mark of some kind-- signature. 401 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,900 Shows who did the job. You know who to hire next time. 402 00:24:32,970 --> 00:24:36,610 Both victims, crescent moon, side of the neck, behind the ear. 403 00:24:36,670 --> 00:24:39,620 Beats droppin' a resume on top of the body. 404 00:24:39,670 --> 00:24:42,050 We still have to connect Stillman to the marks. 405 00:24:42,110 --> 00:24:46,720 Okay. If he is the hitter, how's he make that mark? 406 00:24:46,780 --> 00:24:51,490 He brands them somehow. Well, with what? Where's he keep it? 407 00:24:51,550 --> 00:24:55,190 Well, we searched his house. Safe-deposit box? 408 00:24:56,420 --> 00:24:58,600 We haven't found one yet. 409 00:24:58,660 --> 00:25:01,440 I were you, I'd try Stuyvesant Savings on Grand. 410 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:05,810 Masuccis are always braggin' how they got their hooks in some vice president over there. 411 00:25:05,870 --> 00:25:09,540 Maybe they gave Stillman a place to stash his stuff. 412 00:25:12,370 --> 00:25:15,450 I'm kind of excited My first search warrant. 413 00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:19,510 I've always wondered what people really keep in their safe-deposit boxes. 414 00:25:19,580 --> 00:25:22,360 Well, you're about to find out. 415 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:25,420 This one keeps cash, plenty of it, 416 00:25:27,450 --> 00:25:32,300 and ammunition for a .380 semiautomatic pistol. 417 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,530 Ammunition, my goodness. 418 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,100 Eh, no gun to go with it. I should hope not. 419 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,410 Yeah, that would've been too good to be true. 420 00:25:39,470 --> 00:25:43,680 Uh-oh, what have we here? You know what this is? 421 00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:47,050 Uh, a money clip and a cigarette lighter? Heh! 422 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:49,110 Branding iron. 423 00:25:53,380 --> 00:25:57,390 We now know you're the shooter, Mr. Stillman, not a mere go-between. 424 00:25:57,450 --> 00:26:01,400 Really. How do you know that? We found your safe-deposit box-- 425 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:03,560 the lighter, the money clip... 426 00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:08,230 which matches the crescent moon marks on both victims perfectly. 427 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:10,710 Crescent moon, a common art deco design. 428 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:15,270 I don't suppose you found D.N.A. from the victims on Mr. Stillman's money clip, or you would have mentioned it. 429 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:18,510 I thought not. He cleans his tools after he uses them. Commendable. 430 00:26:18,570 --> 00:26:22,420 What matters more is the cash, which far exceeds Mr. Stillman's legitimate income. 431 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,460 Mr. Stillman has a gambling problem, which accounts for both the cash... 432 00:26:25,510 --> 00:26:29,390 and how he met Mr. Tortino and Peter and Federico Righetti in the first place. 433 00:26:29,450 --> 00:26:32,560 I'm not proud of it, but there it is. 434 00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:36,800 I've explained to Mr. Stillman that evading taxes on illegitimate income is a serious offense, 435 00:26:36,860 --> 00:26:41,470 and we're prepared to negotiate in good faith with the I.R.S. as soon as these ridiculous charges are dropped. 436 00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:45,600 And how do you explain the box of .380 ammunition, 437 00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:48,740 the same caliber bullets used in both killings? 438 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,410 I like to shoot for recreation. It-It relaxes me. 439 00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:55,550 Yeah, you can't tie that ammunition to a murder weapon. You don't have one. 440 00:26:55,610 --> 00:26:58,650 Don't let your lawyer mislead you, Mr. Stillman. We're going to convict you. 441 00:26:58,710 --> 00:27:02,160 I don't see how. I'm innocent. Keep on thinking that, 442 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:05,220 and while you're scratching the clays off of a jailhouse calendar, 443 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:09,130 waiting for your appeals process to be exhausted, 444 00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:11,970 the man who paid for these murders will be on the street, 445 00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:14,560 enjoying what's left of the rest of his life. 446 00:27:14,630 --> 00:27:18,870 If you are referring to Mr. Righetti I-I wish him many more years of health and happiness. 447 00:27:18,930 --> 00:27:23,110 He's a nice man. Off the record and for my memoirs, what'd you have in mind? 448 00:27:23,170 --> 00:27:28,240 Two counts of man one to be served concurrently if he gives us Mr. Righetti. 449 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,120 It's your decision, Cary. 450 00:27:33,180 --> 00:27:36,490 Sorry, Mr. McCoy. I didn't do it. 451 00:27:36,550 --> 00:27:38,720 No sale. 452 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:40,790 See you at trial. 453 00:27:45,790 --> 00:27:48,140 [Man] Mr. Ravello was murdered shortly afler midnight, 454 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,610 passersby heard gunshots, called 911. 455 00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:55,910 - Did you recover the bullets? - Ballistics determined they were fired from a .380 semiautomatic handgun. 456 00:27:55,970 --> 00:27:59,970 The same kind of ammunition found in Mr. Stillman safe--deposit box. 457 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,720 The same weapon used to kill Jerry Tortino. 458 00:28:03,780 --> 00:28:06,090 Both victims were shot twice in the back of the head at close range, 459 00:28:06,150 --> 00:28:10,150 and both had crescent moons branded on their necks, Just behind the right ear. 460 00:28:10,220 --> 00:28:13,760 - And the size and shape of those marks. - Identical. 461 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,000 The same type of gun was used in both murders? Yes, sir. 462 00:28:22,060 --> 00:28:25,600 Was the same gun used in both murders? The same individual weapon? 463 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:30,310 No. Ballistics determined the slugs came from two different weapons. 464 00:28:30,370 --> 00:28:35,880 So, two different .380 caliber semiautomatic pistols used in the commission of two different crimes. 465 00:28:35,940 --> 00:28:37,950 Have the police recovered either of those weapons? 466 00:28:38,010 --> 00:28:40,510 No, they haven't. And the identical marks-- 467 00:28:40,580 --> 00:28:45,860 Can you say for an absolute certainty that both marks were inflicted by the same person, using the same money clip? 468 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:51,530 - They're identical. Stands to reason. - But you don't know that. You can't. 469 00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:54,130 No, I-I guess not. 470 00:28:54,190 --> 00:28:58,040 Two different murders, two different guns, why not two different money clips? 471 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:01,140 Could've been. Or something else entirely... 472 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:06,280 that might've left the same marks and none of them necessarily Mr. Stillman's. 473 00:29:06,340 --> 00:29:09,010 Objection. Nothing further. 474 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,390 [Attorney] The police found ammunition in your safe-deposit box. 475 00:29:15,450 --> 00:29:18,790 I like to target shoot. It relaxes me. 476 00:29:18,850 --> 00:29:21,630 Selling real estate in Manhattan can be very stressful. 477 00:29:21,690 --> 00:29:26,030 And we have a young child. just seemed safer to store the bullets there. 478 00:29:26,090 --> 00:29:29,340 They found ammunition but no gun. Oh, I don't own a gun. 479 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,640 I borrow one at the firing range. 480 00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:34,940 They're not supposed to, but I know the owner. He loans me his. 481 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,350 What about the stacks and stacks of cash? 482 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,910 I won it betting on sporting events. 483 00:29:40,970 --> 00:29:43,980 And I'm ashamed to say, I was trying to avoid paying taxes on it. 484 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,180 A serious lapse in judgment on my part, I know. 485 00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:50,750 And the money clip and the cigarette lighter? My dad's. 486 00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:53,990 The only things of his I have, so I-I like to keep them in the bank. 487 00:29:54,050 --> 00:29:57,330 Mr. McCoy has suggested you used these items to brand your victims. 488 00:29:57,390 --> 00:30:00,400 Oh, that's just so-- 489 00:30:00,460 --> 00:30:04,070 I don't know what that is. Outlandish? 490 00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:07,270 You didn't brand Mr. Tortino and Mr. Ravello? No, of course not. 491 00:30:07,330 --> 00:30:11,310 - After you shot them? - I didn't do either of those things. 492 00:30:11,370 --> 00:30:13,370 It-It's absurd. 493 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,590 You just happen to know Mr. Tortino and Mr. Righetti? 494 00:30:21,650 --> 00:30:25,220 Yes, from playing the ponies and selling real estate. 495 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:28,200 You just happen to have $300,000 in cash... 496 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:31,900 and a box of .380 ammunition squirreled away under lock and key? 497 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,940 I've explained that. 498 00:30:33,990 --> 00:30:39,030 Along with a money clip that matches exactly the marks on the two murder victims? 499 00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:43,910 I now know it's not the rare antique I always thought it was. 500 00:30:43,970 --> 00:30:47,210 Still, it's awfully precious to me. 501 00:30:47,270 --> 00:30:50,950 That is a remarkable string of coincidences. 502 00:30:51,010 --> 00:30:53,290 [Stillman] Life, huh? 503 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:07,100 I know I should have stayed for the whole thing, but I can't bear it. 504 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:11,110 It's one thing to listen to them lie under oath as a prosecutor, 505 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,440 quite another as someone's widow. 506 00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:19,980 So, Jack. How do you think we're doing? 507 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:25,220 I can tie all the inferences and coincidences together and make them add up. 508 00:31:26,610 --> 00:31:31,590 But at the end of the day, we still don't have any eyewitnesses. 509 00:31:31,650 --> 00:31:33,650 No weapon. 510 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,860 No hard evidence that ties Stillman directly to the murders. 511 00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:41,370 You saw him. 512 00:31:41,430 --> 00:31:45,100 He doesn't fit anyone's idea of what a hit man should be. 513 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:51,280 He's quite convincing as the clueless real estate broker. 514 00:31:51,340 --> 00:31:53,820 I won't lie to you, Jean. 515 00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:56,450 I'm afraid that the jury's buying his act. 516 00:31:58,510 --> 00:32:03,620 And if you can't-- don't-- convict Stillman? 517 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,660 Then he and Righetti both walk. 518 00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:16,200 Alec was always worried about my safety all the time-- 519 00:32:16,260 --> 00:32:19,730 the kind of people I convicted and sent to prison, 520 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,800 the death threats. 521 00:32:24,170 --> 00:32:26,710 He had nothing to do with any of that. 522 00:32:29,210 --> 00:32:32,710 He lived and worked in the civilized world. 523 00:32:35,450 --> 00:32:39,230 I can't stand it that they killed him to get to me. 524 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:44,500 How's Ms. Piccone holding up? 525 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,900 She's afraid we're gonna lose both of them. 526 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:51,410 Are you? I think she has reason to be concerned. 527 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:53,670 Vinny who? Vinny called me? 528 00:32:53,730 --> 00:32:55,740 An undercover agent. He wants to see me. 529 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,650 What about? Well, he wouldn't say on the phone. 530 00:32:59,710 --> 00:33:02,280 He wants to meet this morning. 531 00:33:02,340 --> 00:33:04,340 So, go. 532 00:33:06,110 --> 00:33:08,990 [Southerlyn] I was beginning to think you'd stood me up. 533 00:33:09,050 --> 00:33:12,500 Sorry. Always late these days. Occupational hazard. 534 00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:19,660 Pond near Central Park South. Southeast corner, there's a little inlet. 535 00:33:19,730 --> 00:33:23,610 Drag it, you'll find the gun killed Jerry Tortino. Are you serious? 536 00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:26,580 Whether you can tie it to Stillman or not, that's a horse of a different color. 537 00:33:26,630 --> 00:33:29,880 We have to. Where did you get this? 538 00:33:29,940 --> 00:33:31,940 Uh. 539 00:33:33,910 --> 00:33:36,720 Off a wire. Who? 540 00:33:36,780 --> 00:33:38,780 Think about it. 541 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,820 Peter Righetti? 542 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,920 He talked about this on a wiretap? Hmm, that would be careless of him. 543 00:33:46,990 --> 00:33:49,760 These guys know they're wired for sound. 544 00:33:49,820 --> 00:33:52,900 Social club, cell phones-- They don't talk about nothin'. 545 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,460 They whisper in the streets. 546 00:33:55,530 --> 00:33:58,510 Why would he talk about this if he knew he was being bugged? 547 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,680 He wants us to nail Stillman. Say he does. 548 00:34:05,740 --> 00:34:10,310 Say the cops find the gun. Stillman cuts a deal, gives you the old man. 549 00:34:10,380 --> 00:34:12,790 Who either cuts a deal of his own and cooperates-- 550 00:34:12,850 --> 00:34:15,380 Which means Witness Protection- Or goes back to prison. 551 00:34:15,450 --> 00:34:18,860 - Either way-- - Peter stays boss. 552 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,300 Smart. Thanks. 553 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,270 For what? I didn't give you anything. 554 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,440 [Buzzing] We found the gun used to kill Jerry Tortino... 555 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:32,670 in a pond in Central Park. 556 00:34:32,730 --> 00:34:35,210 Congratulations. Now you can start searching for the real killer. 557 00:34:35,270 --> 00:34:37,510 I'm looking at him. 558 00:34:37,570 --> 00:34:42,380 Ballistics matches the ammunition found in your safe-deposit with the murder weapon. 559 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,290 How is that even possible? Don't say anything. It's a bluff. 560 00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:49,230 You can't tie this gun or any other to that particular box of bullets. 561 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,350 Apparently, Mr. Stillman is a frugal fellow. 562 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:56,830 The police found a couple of unused rounds that had been chambered in the gun he shot Tortino with... 563 00:34:56,890 --> 00:35:00,360 and then put back in the box for use at another time. 564 00:35:00,430 --> 00:35:05,570 You see, Mr. Stillman, when you do that, when you chamber a bullet and then extract it again 565 00:35:05,630 --> 00:35:10,980 you leave specific marks on the shell casing, just as if you'd fired it. 566 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,610 Your mistake, Mr. Stillman. 567 00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:16,180 You threw away the gun, but you saved the bullets. 568 00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:21,390 I just can't waste anything, you know? 569 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,430 Plastic utensils. 570 00:35:25,490 --> 00:35:27,730 Paper cups. 571 00:35:27,790 --> 00:35:30,060 Tinfoil. 572 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,900 Those crummy wooden chopsticks you get with take-out Chinese. 573 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,000 I wash them. Reuse them. 574 00:35:36,060 --> 00:35:38,570 - Drives my wife crazy - [Attorney] Cary-- 575 00:35:38,630 --> 00:35:40,630 Hey. 576 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,950 I still get man one. 577 00:35:53,510 --> 00:35:56,430 Ah. One of youse plays winner. 578 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,330 That'll be me, but you gotta be patient. 579 00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:03,130 This guys a foxy little featherweight He's light on his feet. 580 00:36:03,190 --> 00:36:08,040 Federico Righetti, you're under arrest for the murders of Jerry Tortino and Alec Ravello. What the hell is this? 581 00:36:08,090 --> 00:36:13,100 And after we're done,those guys from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy are gonna wanna have a serious sit-down with you. 582 00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:16,380 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you... 583 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,750 Any news? 584 00:36:18,810 --> 00:36:22,620 Righetti's in custody. Briscoe and Green picked him up a couple of hours ago. 585 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,350 Great. Stillman allocutes tomorrow as part of his plea. 586 00:36:26,410 --> 00:36:29,880 Congratulations. It's fantastic, Jack. [Ringing] 587 00:36:29,950 --> 00:36:32,090 Southerlyn. 588 00:36:32,150 --> 00:36:34,630 He's here. 589 00:36:34,690 --> 00:36:37,400 All right. Right away. 590 00:36:37,460 --> 00:36:39,870 Arthur would like to see us in his office. 591 00:36:39,930 --> 00:36:41,960 Victory toast. 592 00:36:42,030 --> 00:36:46,240 First of all, I want to say congratulations on closing the Ravello murder. Great work. 593 00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:48,800 Everyone in the U.S. Attorney's office is very proud of you. 594 00:36:48,870 --> 00:36:51,850 That pleases me enormously. 595 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:54,610 [Door Shuts] 596 00:36:54,670 --> 00:36:56,980 We still have one more step to take. 597 00:36:58,380 --> 00:37:02,380 I understand Mr. Stillman will testify Righetti hired him to commit both murders. 598 00:37:02,450 --> 00:37:06,420 [Southerlyn] Stillman allocutes tomorrow. He can corroborate his story? 599 00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:09,520 There's no question he absolutely acted at the behest of Mr. Righetti. 600 00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:12,000 Mm-hmm. 601 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,800 Is there a problem? 602 00:37:15,860 --> 00:37:20,310 - Not a problem. - You can have him when we're done. 603 00:37:20,370 --> 00:37:24,080 I'm sorry? Isn't that why you're here, Ms. Myers? 604 00:37:24,140 --> 00:37:28,810 Righetti's the centerpiece of some RICO indictment you're crafting against the Masucci family? 605 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,850 - This is not about a turf war, Jack. - No? 606 00:37:32,910 --> 00:37:35,190 We're not trying to poach your defendant, Mr. McCoy. Fine. 607 00:37:35,250 --> 00:37:38,200 After the State of New York tries him on two counts of capital murder, he's all yours. 608 00:37:38,250 --> 00:37:40,860 But we do need you to withdraw your offer to Mr. Stillman. 609 00:37:42,290 --> 00:37:47,070 - He can't allocute in open court. - Why the hell not? He's our whole case against Righetti. 610 00:37:47,130 --> 00:37:49,900 - We're not ready to move on Mr. Righetti just yet. - We are. 611 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:54,740 If we leave him on the street, we can use Righetti to make half a dozen other cases, roll up the whole crew. 612 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,250 - Have you told Jean Piccone what you're planning? - She'll understand. 613 00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:02,220 Oh, will she? If she'd been killed instead of her husband, we wouldn't be having this conversation. 614 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:06,420 - You wouldn't dream of letting him go. - The greater good, Mr. McCoy. 615 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,790 And if he orders someone else killed? 616 00:38:08,850 --> 00:38:12,320 How many more murders are you willing to countenance in the name of the greater good? 617 00:38:12,390 --> 00:38:14,730 You've got your undercover. You don't need Righetti. 618 00:38:14,790 --> 00:38:19,570 Righetti'll be brought to justice, Jack, when the time's right. 619 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:22,270 The time is right now. We're committed. He's already been arrested. 620 00:38:22,330 --> 00:38:26,110 - We'll charge him tomorrow as soon as Stillman allocutes. - No, we won't. 621 00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:30,950 I want you to withdraw the offer to Stillman and release Righetti... today. 622 00:38:35,940 --> 00:38:39,390 [Door Shuts ] Would you ladies excuse me for a moment? 623 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,260 I'd advise you not to forget whose name's on the door. 624 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,660 How could you do that to me, Arthur? 625 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:51,190 Sandbag me like that in front of the U.S. Attorney's office? 626 00:38:51,260 --> 00:38:55,170 How am I supposed to deal with them now? I apologize for springin' that on you, 627 00:38:55,230 --> 00:39:00,640 but this is not about you saving face or looking bad in front of an Assistant United States Attorney. 628 00:39:00,700 --> 00:39:05,120 This is nonsense, Arthur. They don't need Righetti! What the hell's going on here? 629 00:39:05,170 --> 00:39:08,550 Exactly what you were told in there-- nothing more, nothing less. I don't believe that! 630 00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:12,750 Push comes to shove, the feds corner Righetti, they'll cut a deal with him! 631 00:39:12,810 --> 00:39:15,660 He'll give up his nephew and his crew, 632 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:19,820 and they'll send the old man to Tucson to play shuffleboard in the sun, and you won't be able to do a damn thing about it. 633 00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:24,060 Sometimes we make deals that leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth. 634 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,160 You've done it yourself a million times, Jack! 635 00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:29,640 You spit it out and move on! 636 00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:32,510 Now, you're letting your friendship with Jean Piccone cloud your judgment. 637 00:39:33,630 --> 00:39:36,310 And what I want you to do-- what I need you to do-- 638 00:39:36,370 --> 00:39:39,840 is withdraw that plea agreement and let Righetti go. 639 00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:43,680 [Door Opens] [Folder Hits Table] 640 00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,810 [Door Closes] 641 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,490 You're withdrawing your offer? What the hell? 642 00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:52,860 I'm not at liberty to discuss it. 643 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,700 You're just gonna shine us on without an explanation? 644 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,360 I don't owe you an explanation, Mr. Stillman. I think you do. 645 00:40:00,990 --> 00:40:06,970 What, you made some sort of arrangement involving Righetti, didn't you? Traded up for a bigger fish? 646 00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:12,480 - You should have made your deal when you had the chance. - Come on, McCoy. That's not right. 647 00:40:12,540 --> 00:40:15,180 What can you do for us? 648 00:40:16,180 --> 00:40:20,420 With the weapon, we've got you dead to rights on the Tortino murder. 649 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,320 The money-clip marks tie you to Ravello too. 650 00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:26,560 Plead guilty to both now, 651 00:40:26,620 --> 00:40:30,030 and we'll drop the criminal enterprise charges and take the death penalty off the table. 652 00:40:30,090 --> 00:40:32,930 Life in prison. 653 00:40:34,790 --> 00:40:37,740 Take it or leave it. 654 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,710 [Buzzing] 655 00:40:46,770 --> 00:40:49,310 Mr. McCoy, it's your office. [Gate Slams] 656 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,480 McCoy. 657 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,480 When? 658 00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,600 [Tires Screech] 659 00:41:03,660 --> 00:41:06,140 Detectives. Counselors. Sorry to drag you out so late. 660 00:41:06,190 --> 00:41:08,190 Where did it happen? Over here. 661 00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:11,140 Seems he was out taking his usual evening constitutional. 662 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,470 Passersby heard gunshots. Any witnesses? 663 00:41:13,530 --> 00:41:16,480 [Green] All these people around? Of course not. 664 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:23,650 I could care less about these mob guys. It's the collateral damage that gets to me. 665 00:41:23,710 --> 00:41:26,160 [Sirens Wailing, Car Doors Slamming] 666 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,850 I heard. The nurse too. 667 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,760 Collateral damage, the cops called it. 668 00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:44,100 We romanticize these people, make movies about 'em, and they're nothing but heartless scum. 669 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,510 You think they knew-- the feds-- 670 00:41:47,570 --> 00:41:50,070 that Peter Righetti was gonna have his uncle killed? 671 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:55,110 They might've predicted. That's a long way from knowing. 672 00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:57,850 What if they used us to put Righetti back on the street? 673 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,220 Once we arrested the old man and let him go again, 674 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:07,360 - Peter must've figured that his uncle had cut a deal and gave him up. - Hm! 675 00:42:07,420 --> 00:42:11,630 I think you're giving the feds way too much credit. They ain't that clever. 676 00:42:11,690 --> 00:42:13,640 Still. 677 00:42:13,690 --> 00:42:16,300 Lucky break for them. 678 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:21,400 Now they roll up the whole crew starting with Peter Righetti for the murder of his uncle. 679 00:42:23,270 --> 00:42:25,980 Good riddance. 680 00:43:07,950 --> 00:43:10,890 [Howling]