Chapter 5.
Faith and I returned to work today after close to 2 weeks off.
We went to roll call, and Faith got the radios, and I went to get the RMP. We had barely left the station when a call came over the radio.
"55-David respond to a complaint at the Ramada Inn, 165 Lexington."
"55-David en route" replied Faith, and we were off.
When we arrived, the young woman at the front desk appeared frantic.
"Thank god you're here officers. I didn't know what else to do. I just got three different complaints from guests on the ground floor, they said they saw someone looking in through their windows." She said.
"Calm down miss." Said Faith. "When did the last complaint come in?" she asked.
"Right before I called you." She said.
Just then the phone rang at the desk. The girl answered it, and sure enough it was another complaint.
"Faith, you stay here with her, I'm gonna take a walk around the building and check it out." I said.
"Bos, be careful." She said, winking at me, and then turning to the girl at the desk.
I was walking around the outside of the hotel, and so far I hadn't seen anything unusual, however, when I rounded the last corner, sure enough I saw a guy standing there, peeking through a first floor window.
"HEY!" I shouted. I ran up to the guy and backed him into a corner.
"Mind telling me what the hell you were doing?" I asked.
"I'm sorry officer. I didn't mean to frighten anyone, or anything; it's just that for the past little while I've been suspicious of my wife. I believe she might be having an affair, and a week ago, I found a receipt in her pocket for this hotel. I was just looking around to see if I could find her." The young man blushed as he told me his story.
"A little bit of advice...if you think your wife is cheating on you, hire a P.I., don't try to do this yourself...you've scared quite a few people today." I said.
"I am sorry about that officer. Really I am." Said the young man.
"Can I see some ID please."? I asked, and he went into his wallet and came out with a New York Driver's License.
"Come with me please." I said, and we walked back around to the front of the building. When we arrived there, Faith was waiting for me, having already taken the girl's statement and everything.
"Ah, so this is our little peeper, huh Bos?" she asked with a sarcastic smirk on her face.
"Faith, I need you to stay here with our friend here, while I run his name through the system." I said. I had to be sure that this guy was telling me the truth. Otherwise, the consequences could be bad.
I punched the name Thomas Weatherby into the computer, and was not pleased with what I found. There were charges here for failing to show up for court. There was also an arrest warrant out against him for drug charges, and there was another charge of Sexual Assault of a minor, that really made me mad.
"Sir, please come over here, and stand in front of the car." Said Faith, taking the man's arm.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!!" he yelled suddenly.
"Sir, please don't shout." She said.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO BITCH!" he roared, He then proceeded to take a swing at Faith, the sound of the slap echoed in my ears, and I jumped out of the RMP and walked over to him.
"Do you realize you have several outstanding warrants? I'm sorry Sir, but I'm going to have to take you in." I said, "Place your hands behind your head please."
"You can't arrest me, I've done nothing wrong." He said.
"Oh yeah, whattaya call peeping, that's Invasion of Privacy." Said Faith, taking out her handcuffs. "Not to mention assaulting a New York City Police Officer."
Faith rubbed her hand over the spot where he had slapped her; there was a red mark there, but no real damage. He was lucky there wasn't, because if she had been hurt, I can't say I would have been able to control my reaction.
"Now we can either do this the nice way, or the hard way.... your choice." Said Faith. "Now give me your hands."
"NO!" yelled the perp. And he slugged Faith again. It was all I could do not to take him out right here.
I jumped on top of him and wrestled him to the ground.
"I see you've chosen the hard way." I growled. I grabbed his hands and cuffed them behind his back.
"You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorney, if you can not afford one, one will be appointed for you by the State of New York." I said.
"Faith are you okay?" I asked
"Yeah....I think so...OW!" She exclaimed touching the spot where the perp had punched her. A dark bruise was beginning to form on the side of her face.
"In the car, now!" I growled and shoved the perp into the back of the RMP.
"Oh, you're going down pig! That's Police Brutality." He hissed.
"Shut up!" said Faith.
"Faith are you sure you're okay?" I asked.
"I'll be fine.... let's just get him back to the house and process him."
We arrived back at the house, and I wrestled with the perp, pulling him out of the car, and shoving him up the steps.
We took two steps inside the station and Swersky came running out of his office.
"Oh my god! Yokas! Are you okay?" he exclaimed seeing the bruise on her face.
"Yeah Sarge, I'm ok." She said. "I just wanna process this guy."
I dragged the perp into the booking room, and shoved him down in a chair. Faith got everything ready for me, and I started fingerprinting.
Faith's bruise was getting darker, and she looked as though she was really hurting. She tried not to show it, but she really was in a lot of pain.
As she was passing me something to wipe the ink off of the perp's hands, she stumbled and fell forward landing on her knees.
"Faith!" I exclaimed "Do yourself a favour, go across the street to the medics and get yourself checked out." I said.
"Bos...I'm okay...just...a...little...dizz..." her voice broke off as she passed out, and landed on the floor.
"SARGE!" I yelled.
Swersky ran into the room, and upon seeing Faith lying there on the floor yelled for one of the other officers to run across and get someone to check faith out.
Moments later Kim was checking Faith over after reviving her. And the prognosis was that Faith had to go to the hospital for the night for observation.
"Bosco, call my place and let Christina know what's happening, I'm not sure if she can stay with the kids..." said Faith.
"I'll stay with them if she can't" I offered.
"Thanks Bos....you're one in a million." Faith said.
Kim and her partner loaded Faith into the back of the ambulance. I handed the perp over to Davis to finish processing him, and I went to the front desk to make the phone call.
"Yokas Residence." Answered Emily.
"Emily; it's Bosco." I said.
"Hi Uncle B! is everything okay?" she asked.
"Actually sweetie, your mom got hit by a suspect, and she was knocked out. She's gone to the hospital to get checked out, She's okay, but the guy hit her really hard and she might have a concussion."
"Oh my GOD!" said Emily.
"Can you put Christina on?" I asked.
I talked to Christina and she told me she was happy to stay with the kids until Faith came home.
Swersky relieved me of duty, and sent me over to the hospital to be there for Faith.
