Detectives Sloan and Falimoso had just arrived at the 19th squad Detective bureau about 10:00 AM. The two streetwise and knowledgeable detectives had been hot on the trail of Tyrone «Kilo» Clay, one of the district’s most notorious dope dealers. It seems that «kilo» never dealt in anything under an ounce of cocaine, and had bragged recently to a 19th squad «associate» Count Wilson that all his ounces came off kilos of coke that he picked up in Tampa and body packed back to his stash house on Countryside Street.
«Kilo» would then break down the product to one ounce quantities, after he had cut the coke with calcium carbonate. «Kilo» would obtain the blocks of cut and then stretch a pair of panty hose and rub the block of the cut back and forth across the panty hose. The resultant powder looked like pure cocaine powder. In essence this gave «kilo» somewhere in the vicinity of four kilos rather than one.
«Kilo» then sold or fronted one ounce quantizes of the product to his partners who would distribute the devil’s urine after it had been cooked down into the scourge of American cities..Crack.
The Count, as Sloan and Falimoso referred to their «associate,» tried to contact them last night but they were «out of pocket,» assisting the districts CAT or Criminal Apprehension Team track down a vile and vicious criminal who was wanted for a number of assaults on older ladies as they were waiting for the bus. These attacks usually took place in the early morning hours when many victims were on their way to the hospital area to labor as nurse’s aids, dietary or environmental services.
The majority of the victims were older and when interviewed by the «hot dog» Detectives stated that they would be unable to identify their attacker. This presented a dual problem to the two renound Detectives and, as usual, Falimoso had a plan. They would contact their faithful and loyal «associate», the Count, to see if he had any info that would be of use to the Detectives. Once that was done Falimoso was going to attempt a reverse line-up…more on that in another installment of the Detective Sloan and Falimoso saga. The two Detectives wanted to get this desperado before he really hurt one of the older victims. Until now the victims had only sustained scrapes and bruises but it was only a matter of time before someone would be seriously injured.
The Count came through. He said that the slimey dog doing all the purse snatchings was a not-very-well-liked street dog who went by the name of «Grabber.» The reason no one liked him is because he had the body aroma of a bear in the zoo. Count said that this guy really stunk!! The Count also said that «Grabber» was a stone cold dope fiend and secured his crack from a dope house on Linton Street. Sloan and Falimoso were familiar with the dope house and were especially concerned because the occupant of the house was a female crack head and dealer who cooked down the ounces of stepped on coke she got from «kilo» Clay. Additionally, the two Detectives would see small children playing, unsupervised, in front of the dope house whilst their mother would be plying her trade. Sloan and Falimoso had called Family Services to report the unattended kids playing in the busy and crime ridden street. Family Services added this notification to their long list of at risk children.
Sloan and Falimoso were on their way to «kilos» stash house when the call for a house fire crackled over the police radio in their battered Dodge Detective car. Sloan and Falimoso looked at each other as they instantly recognized the address on Linton Street as the dope house where the small children lived.
Sloan, the driver immediately hit the lights and siren, hung a U-turn and headed to the Linton Street address. As they approached the area the Detectives could see a thick, black plume of smoke coming from the area.
When they arrived at the burning house Sloan threw the battered Dodge into a sliding stop, rapidly alighted from the slowly moving vehicle and ran to the front door of the residence, flying past two kids who were standing on the sidewalk. Detective Ian Sloan knew there was a third child, and he did not see him on the sidewalk. Sloan and Falimoso approach the front door of the house and used their jackets to cover their faces. They then tried to enter the inferno and were driven out by the superheated air and smoke. A firefighter, with the appropriate gear entered the building and soon emerged with a toddler in his arms. The small child was limp in the fireman’s arms and was rushed to a waiting life support ambulance. The child was tilted back, his small and dainty arms and legs hung limp. The child was whisked away to Saint Mary’s hospital where Sloan and Falimoso later learned that he was dead on arrival.
This bothered the two hardened Detectives, it bothered them a lot.
The CAT team had apprehended «Kilo» Clay and «grabber» who were placed on a seventy-two hour hold. The Detectives just couldn’t do anything else. They both went 10-7 and headed for Paddy’s Pig for a few brews. The two Detectives didn’t say much to each other or to the other cops and Detectives who came in after duty hours. Sloan and Falimoso left early, the mood at Paddy’s was somber.
Both Detectives went home, watched TV and began to play «what if.» Both Sloan and Falimoso didn’t get much sleep that night, every time they closed their eyes they saw the small and vulnerable toddler being brought out of the burning house.
Tomorrow is another day and the two hard charging Detectives would deal with the two slime balls that the CAT team had apprehended, «kilo» Clay and «grabber.» Both Detectives wanted to get back to work and immerse themselves in their cases, anything to get their mind off yesterday’s doom and gloom.
Stay tuned, more Sloan and Falimoso adventures to follow.
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