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There are two men who alternate driving duties, but neither one matches the DMV photo that goes with the name on the registration, Julian Deluca, whose photo shows a No. 2 male with dark hair and eyes. Both drivers, names unknown, are No. 1 males with very dark skin, but one is small and reminds me of the ferret in The Lion King , while the other is massive and, although not wearing a cape, reminds me of Darth Vader. Assume Julian Deluca is a relative of target, given surname, but Julian Deluca has no criminal record in Maryland. Could be a brother, but why not Christmas Day Deluca, or Labor Day Deluca, or even Fourth of July Deluca? Mom missed a real opportunity there. DOB 2/3/1975. (Hey, happy birthday, Julian Deluca! I hope you did something fun today. Something better, for example, then sitting in a storeroom above a soup kitchen, with its incomparable view of the front and side entrances of a hotel in midtown Baltimore that is basically used by hookers and confused tourists.)
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Subject leaves motel at 14:55. Using my super powers, I manage to get to the street and follow her before she has traveled more than a block. It helps that she is wearing ridiculous hooker shoes. (Strappy shoes made from that shiny stuff. Possible anniversary gift for Mrs. Hookes?) Also, she has long, dark hair, which makes her easy to track on a city sidewalk. Subject walks three blocks and goes to the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Cathedral Street between Franklin and Mulberry Streets. Inside, she browses the for-sale books on the top floor, picks out one, takes it to the front desk and pays two dollars for it, in cash. She puts book in purse, then returns to the hotel, stopping at sandwich shop for soda and what appears to be a Hostess Cupcake. Does not leave hotel again until 19:55, when all women are rounded up and returned, presumably, to Delucaâs home.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Detective Tom Bradford
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February 5, 2000
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To: Captain Hooker
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Subject arrived at 10:45, left motel at 19:55.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Detective Tom Bradford
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(Is that better? No "extraneous detail" whatsoever.)
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(Okay, seriously, I am sorry that I suggested your wife would look good in those strappy shoes, but isnât that better than saying she has enormous cankles like some other guysâ wives, not naming names,? Also, thanks for the heads up on The Lion King , that itâs a meerkat, not a ferret. Iâm really glad to know that.)
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(And Iâm sorry that I deviated from the assignment and added all that speculative crap about Delucaâs business model, but I wanted to justify the time spent on this. I accept that I am just a little cog in this big machine that is trying to make this case against Valentine Deluca, but seriously - what the fuck? Youâre going to bust balls over me trying to do more work than I was asked to do? Fine, Iâll take my cue from the legendary Polk and Mahone, the dynamic duo, and never do one thing more than Iâm asked to do, possibly less. If an alien spaceship comes down, lands on Mulberry Street and sucks subject into the spaceship via some weird transporter and the spaceship promptly levitates and leaves Earthâs orbit, my report will read simply: Subject was observed entering dome-shaped vehicle at 13:30 and did not exit.)
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(Finally, "Hooker" instead of "Hookes" was totally inadvertent. Iâm a two-finger typist, must have slipped. No insubordination intended whatsoever. If I was going for a joke, I would have called you T.J. Hooker.)
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(And, no, I donât think I over-use parentheses.)
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Respectfully submitted,
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(Tom Bradford)
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February 21, 2000
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To: Captain Hookes
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Subject arrived at 10:45, left hotel at 19:35. (Val Deluca is to hookers as Mussolini was to trains.) At 15:15, subject left hotel via side entrance. I followed at a discreet distance. Still no name on
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There are two men who alternate driving duties, but neither one matches the DMV photo that goes with the name on the registration, Julian Deluca, whose photo shows a No. 2 male with dark hair and eyes. Both drivers, names unknown, are No. 1 males with very dark skin, but one is small and reminds me of the ferret in The Lion King , while the other is massive and, although not wearing a cape, reminds me of Darth Vader. Assume Julian Deluca is a relative of target, given surname, but Julian Deluca has no criminal record in Maryland. Could be a brother, but why not Christmas Day Deluca, or Labor Day Deluca, or even Fourth of July Deluca? Mom missed a real opportunity there. DOB 2/3/1975. (Hey, happy birthday, Julian Deluca! I hope you did something fun today. Something better, for example, then sitting in a storeroom above a soup kitchen, with its incomparable view of the front and side entrances of a hotel in midtown Baltimore that is basically used by hookers and confused tourists.)
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Subject leaves motel at 14:55. Using my super powers, I manage to get to the street and follow her before she has traveled more than a block. It helps that she is wearing ridiculous hooker shoes. (Strappy shoes made from that shiny stuff. Possible anniversary gift for Mrs. Hookes?) Also, she has long, dark hair, which makes her easy to track on a city sidewalk. Subject walks three blocks and goes to the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Cathedral Street between Franklin and Mulberry Streets. Inside, she browses the for-sale books on the top floor, picks out one, takes it to the front desk and pays two dollars for it, in cash. She puts book in purse, then returns to the hotel, stopping at sandwich shop for soda and what appears to be a Hostess Cupcake. Does not leave hotel again until 19:55, when all women are rounded up and returned, presumably, to Delucaâs home.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Detective Tom Bradford
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February 5, 2000
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To: Captain Hooker
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Subject arrived at 10:45, left motel at 19:55.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Detective Tom Bradford
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(Is that better? No "extraneous detail" whatsoever.)
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(Okay, seriously, I am sorry that I suggested your wife would look good in those strappy shoes, but isnât that better than saying she has enormous cankles like some other guysâ wives, not naming names,? Also, thanks for the heads up on The Lion King , that itâs a meerkat, not a ferret. Iâm really glad to know that.)
Â
(And Iâm sorry that I deviated from the assignment and added all that speculative crap about Delucaâs business model, but I wanted to justify the time spent on this. I accept that I am just a little cog in this big machine that is trying to make this case against Valentine Deluca, but seriously - what the fuck? Youâre going to bust balls over me trying to do more work than I was asked to do? Fine, Iâll take my cue from the legendary Polk and Mahone, the dynamic duo, and never do one thing more than Iâm asked to do, possibly less. If an alien spaceship comes down, lands on Mulberry Street and sucks subject into the spaceship via some weird transporter and the spaceship promptly levitates and leaves Earthâs orbit, my report will read simply: Subject was observed entering dome-shaped vehicle at 13:30 and did not exit.)
Â
(Finally, "Hooker" instead of "Hookes" was totally inadvertent. Iâm a two-finger typist, must have slipped. No insubordination intended whatsoever. If I was going for a joke, I would have called you T.J. Hooker.)
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(And, no, I donât think I over-use parentheses.)
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Respectfully submitted,
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(Tom Bradford)
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February 21, 2000
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To: Captain Hookes
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Subject arrived at 10:45, left hotel at 19:35. (Val Deluca is to hookers as Mussolini was to trains.) At 15:15, subject left hotel via side entrance. I followed at a discreet distance. Still no name on
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