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One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12,

a 211 in progress.

One-Adam-12, handle code 3.

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Well, you've got to hand it to Lou.

He knows how to play the game in court.

Yeah.

He's about the smoothest 17-year-old I've ever seen.

At least we're keeping his barber busy.

Any time he shows up,

he looks like he just checked out of Camp Pendleton

on an overnight pass.

All that high-priced legal talent his father provides

doesn't hurt him either.

Oh, they were just trying to interfere.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

I just hate to lose them like that.

It was a good bust.

It was a nice try, fellas,

but you've got to do better than that.

You know, there is a danger in being overconfident.

I'm not overconfident.

I'm just a sucker for a car with the keys in the ignition,

a psychological hang-up.

You know, like some people can't resist chocolate?

Well, anyway, the commissioner understands,

so why should I sweat what a couple of creeps like you think?

You've got to admit. He does have a certain style.

Yeah, he does.

They could use your help.

If the air's not too heavy,

you might give them a little backup.

Give who a little backup?

Eighty-three... their burglary problem's getting out of hand.

Yeah, I saw it on the crime map.

According to analytical,

the crime in your area's in pretty good shape,

so I thought you could drift over to 83's area,

give them a hand.

Maybe Woods can return the favor

when our auto-theft problem starts to climb again.

- Lou Trask? - Yep.

I spent all yesterday in juvenile court.

Our 17-year-old wayward youth got himself put back on the street.

One-Adam-12 clear.

One-Adam-12, clear.

I keep getting the feeling that there's something we can do for a guy like Lou.

There is. Keep busting him till he takes a good fall.

I mean, there's got to be some way to rehabilitate him.

It's such a waste.

The way he's going now, he's going to graduate and wind up dead

or in prison in a couple of years.

Then what have we gained?

What about the guys that are getting their cars ripped?

All we can do is try and keep him off the streets

and leave the rehabilitation to somebody else.

One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12, unknown trouble.

Woman screaming for help... 212 Sulman, Apartment One.

Handle code three.

One-Adam-12 Roger.

Please, it's Johnny. Something's wrong. He won't open the door.

Is he your husband.

No, he's my boyfriend. I got here about 10 minutes ago.

Something's wrong. I'm sure of it.

Could you force the door open? I can't find the manager.

Not without more to go on. Do you live here, too?

No, but I'm sure he's sick, and he needs help.

You'll have to tell us more.

We need a pretty good reason before we kick a door down.

I told you he's sick. Isn't that enough?

Johnny's a heroin user. I talked to him on the phone.

He's very messed up, and I'm afraid he's taken an overdose.

Call detectives and the coroner.

Right.

Does he have any relatives we could contact?

Yes, but his folks wrote him off a long time ago.

How long had he been using, Sandy?

About three years, mostly with me.

Both of you fixed?

I've been clean for two months.

He promised just one more dime bag and he'd take the cure.

But he didn't use enough out of this bag to O.D.

It was a hot shot.

Who is he, Sandy?

I never turned in a connection,

even when I went to the hospital.

Maybe if you had, Johnny would still be around.

His name's Frank Ducas.

Frank Ducas. This the one?

Yeah, he matches the description.

You handled him before?

Yeah, six, seven months ago.

Strung out?

No way. He wouldn't touch dope except to sell it.

That's what we had him on,

possession for sale.

Six months ago, and he's already out?

Oh, he's on the street all right.

I just don't know where.

Ducas got two months in the county jail

and five years probation on a reduced plea.

End of sentence.

One more question. Can you work him?

Sure. If I find him, I'll do what I can,

but you know how these guys blend in.

She said if she heard any rumbles about where he was staying,

she'd let us know.

How long has she been straight?

Last couple months.

Then let's not hold our breath, huh?

If she finds him, it'll probably be for a fix.

What?

The trash just drove by.

Ocean Union Ocean 166, run it.

This is One-Adam-12 requesting Wants and Warrants and DMV

on Ocean Union Ocean 166.

One-Adam-12, stand by.

One-Adam-12, Ocean Union Ocean 166 has no warrant.

Malloy, don't tell me this is a hot car.

I mean, it's so hard for me to tell these days.

Probably not, or you would have been going 80.

Car checks out.

It belongs to his father.

Glad to see it that way, Lou.

Oh, yeah, I figured you might be,

knowing I'm rehabilitated and all.

Then why did you split the way you did?

Just to see what you'd do.

Was it what you expected?

Was it ever. Hook, line, and sucker.

Well, couple of chumps like us, we'll probably fall for it again,

like every time we see you in a car.

Hey, Pete, somebody to see you in the detective's office.

Thanks, Mac.

Auto thefts are starting to climb again.

Yeah, well, Lou's got one more case coming up next week.

Maybe after that, they'll slow down.

It's kind of a grabber, isn't it?

A one-boy crime wave.

I wanted to give this to you.

1828 East Jefferson, number one.

Frank Ducas's address.

How did you find him?

I used to be a hype, remember?

I understand he's dealing.

I don't know the whys and hows,

but it's enough to pick him up, isn't it?

Well, I'll turn this over to narcotics.

Maybe they can do something with it.

Maybe?

He killed Johnny. He was selling him dope.

Isn't that enough?

The only reason you know that

is because Johnny told you.

I'll go to court.

Johnny bought the stuff from Frank Ducas.

He told me so, and I'll testify to that.

You don't understand, Sandy.

That's hearsay evidence. It's not admissible in court.

Well, I don't know why I came to you.

I guess I thought you'd understand.

I do, Sandy,

but I still have to do things within the law.

Let me tell you something that'll hand you a laugh.

You're beginning to remind me of my father.

He used to talk like that.

He would've made a great cop,

very law-and-order oriented,

you know, the good guys and the bad guys,

nothing in between, all black and white.

Does he still feel that way?

He's dead.

Sandy, I wouldn't tell you anything that isn't straight.

What I think about things doesn't matter.

It's the way the law interprets things that counts,

and we'll get this guy,

but we have to get him on our own terms.

I wish I could believe that.

Maybe sometime. Isn't that the way it goes?

I don't get that.

My father used to say that a lot.

"Maybe sometime."

But it's not on the calendar, and it never was.

One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12, two stolen vehicle reports...

5029 Tremont.

One-Adam-12 Roger.

Two at once. Terrific.

Hey, you buy two $4,000 cars and don't make the payments.

Then they get repossessed.

Adam-12 clear.

One-Adam-12...

May I help you, Officer?

Yes, ma'am, you can.

May I see your license, please?

What on earth for?

I'll be glad to tell you that, after you give me your license.

There.

Now, will you please state your business, young man?

I have a dozen things to do.

Well, we stopped you because of your driving.

You pulled out of a private driveway in an unsafe manner

and failed to stop at a boulevard stop sign.

I did no such thing.

Wait here, please.

She's innocent, right?

How did you guess?

Uh, young man.

You kept my driver's license.

Yes, ma'am, if you'll just wait in your car, I'll be right with you.

What on earth am I supposed to wait for?

I'm writing you a citation.

You will do no such thing.

Oh, yes, I will.

- You're wasting your time. - Why?

Am I supposed to sign that or something?

- Yes, ma'am. - Well, I'm not going to.

I beg your pardon?

I am not going to.

This is One-Adam-12 to L-90.

See, when you sign, it's only a promise to appear.

It's not an admission of guilt.

I told you I won't sign.

If you don't sign the ticket, I'm going to have to take you to the station.

I won't sign.

You're just making this hard on yourself.

I won't sign.

Roger, Mac.

Mac says if she won't sign, to bring her on in.

Would you get out of the car and lock it, please?

I won't sign.

So I gather.

Man, we've got to quit going out on work nights.

I didn't get in till 1:00 in the morning.

You ought to do what my father did.

Entertain at home. If people stay too late,

you just go in your bedroom and check out.

Terrific.

One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12, meet L-90 on tac one.

One-Adam-12 Roger.

One-Adam-12 to L-90, go.

One-Adam-12, Sandy Rice is here at the station.

She says she wants to talk to you right away.

Roger that, Lenny.

She's got a line on Ducas.

Yeah, let's hope she's not in over her head.

Frank Ducas is in his apartment. I was just there.

Sandy, I told you. We can't make a move till the narcs have a case.

They don't have to make a case.

I did it for them.

I scored 15 minutes ago.

That was a pretty stupid thing to do.

Why? You needed a case, and now you've got one, a dime bag.

Did it ever occur to you that you might get picked up for holding?

Well, I took that chance.

Are you going to bust him or not?

I can't. We don't have enough.

I don't believe this.

I hand you Frank Ducas on a platter,

and you still say no?

Sandy, sit down.

What you did won't hold up in court.

The law is not going to look on you as a reliable informant.

Well, I paid ten bucks for the heroin.

Will this help?

The serial number of the $10 bill?

Right.

Did he have any other junk?

Yes, when I left, there was on the living room table

five or six balloons.

It's something. It's just not enough.

Maybe sometime.

Sandy, you want to know what Frank Ducas is going to say in court?

He's going to claim you asked him for change for $10,

and that's how that bill with those serial numbers got in his pocket,

and he's going to claim you bought the junk someplace else

and you're trying to frame him for the bust.

Sandy, it's not that we don't want him.

It's more like once we get him,

we want to make sure it's going to stick.

Please get him. He killed Johnny.

I can't promise,

but I'll do my best.

It's been almost an hour.

Don't get itchy, Malloy.

I had one last month.

We waited three days around the clock for probable cause.

You narcs can afford the time.

We got a beat to worry about.

I think we're going to be back on it soon.

Isn't that Sammy Parcell?

As I live and breathe, a known hype ready to buy.

PC coming up, gentlemen.

Okay, you guys greet our high friend out front.

I'll clue you when he's coming out.

And watch him. He's got moves like a wide receiver.

No problem, I got a fast partner.

Okay, your pigeon's coming home.

That's a roger.

Hello, Sammy.

Turn around.

Put your hands on top of your head.

Looks like we got our PC.

Yeah, who is it?

Police, Ducas. Narcotics investigation.

Open up.

Hold it!

All right, let's go.

Hands on top of your head.

You're under arrest, Ducas.

I want my attorney.

And that's how the case will have to go down.

Your testimony and Sammy's bust

go together for our probable cause.

Okay?

You'll get a subpoena in a couple weeks or so.

Thanks for the assist.

Those things I said,

I'm sorry.

Forget it.

No, I mean it.

It's not over yet, Sandy.

It's going to be pretty rough for you in court.

All I have to do is say what I know.

That can't be that hard.

When Frank's attorney gets you under cross examination,

he's going to try and tear you apart.

If he knows you're an ex-hype,

he'll play that for everything it's worth.

- You going to be there? - Yeah.

Then I don't have anything to worry about, do I?

You guys clear?

We were just about ready to take seven.

Uh-uh. St. Charles Place and Normandie.

Eighty-three thinks they may have their 459 suspect under observation.

Guess, then, we're clear.

One-Adam-12 to 83, go.

Adam-12, we have three possible juvenile 459 suspects

under observation in the vicinity

of St. Charles Place and Normandie.

Request you cover one block east.

Their M.O. is to run that direction.

Roger, 83.

E.T.A. two minutes.

One-Adam-12 to 83, we're in position.

That's a Roger.

They're looking the house over now.

Additional, I spotted a car in the alley,

one subject sitting inside,

possibly connected.

Can you check him out?

- I'll take a look. - Roger, 83.

John Frank Ida 164.

This is One-Adam-12 requesting Warrants on John Frank Ida 164.

One-Adam-12, stand by.

One-Adam-12, John Frank Ida 164

is a Hollywood stolen only,

DR 682 176,

a 1965 Chevrolet Nova, brown in color.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

One-Adam-12 to 83, the car's hot.

That's a Roger. Stand by.

They're building their nerve.

Roger, 83. Engine running?

I hate to tell you who it is.

Lou Trask?

At least we're used to him. Everything's on file.

He should be back to work in an hour.

Real efficiency.

Eighty-three to Adam-12, they've just hit.

We've been spotted, and the boy is splitting.

One-Adam-12 Roger.

This is One-Adam-12. We're in pursuit of...

All units on all frequencies, stand by.

One-Adam-12 is in pursuit.

All units on all frequencies, stand by.

One-Adam-12 is in pursuit. One-Adam-12, your location?

All units, One-Adam-12 report vehicle is eastbound on Lincoln,

approaching Cedar.

Speed in excess of 50.

Kid must be crazy.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

All units, One-Adam-12 is northbound on Cedar,

approaching Gramercy.

One-Adam-12, go ahead.

This is One-Adam-12. Suspect turning west on Gramercy.

One-Adam-12. Suspect vehicle is TA'd on Lincoln,

one half block west of Gramercy. Requesting ambulance.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

All units, One-Adam-12 reports that the suspect vehicle

is TA'd on Lincoln,

one half block west of Gramercy.

Don't forget. The keys were in it.

Take it easy, Lou.

We'll get you to a hospital.

I guess my Dad's lawyer's going to have to get to work again.

Now, don't try to talk.

Remember. Keys were in it.

That's all he knew, how to beat the rap.

- Such a waste. - Yeah.

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