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Chapter 13

Andy, Sharon, and Matthew all walked in to the Murder Room and Matthew ran ahead and went in to Sharon's office. He placed his backpack down on the table in her office and sat down on the couch. He enjoyed sitting in Sharon's office whenever he would come to their office. Andy walked over to his desk while Sharon followed Matthew inside. Provenza walked over to Andy. "That's a nice bruise you got going there" Provenza said to him. "I got the guy, that's all that matters" Andy said to Provenza as Sharon walked up to him. "Andy sit down and let me take a picture of your injury" Sharon said to Andy and he did. After taking several pictures she then placed an ice pack on his jaw. Andy continued to have a seat at his desk and held the ice pack to his jaw. "Captain, Mike has found an interesting text message" Provenza switched over to Sharon. Before walking with Provenza, Sharon lightly touched Andy's shoulder. Sharon and Provenza then walked over to where Mike was sitting at his desk. "What did you find?" Sharon asked Mike.

"Here is a text message conversation between Jimmy and "Boss man". It was embedded within the messages between these two but I think it's what we have been looking for" Mike said as he pointed out the message on the screen. "It starts out with 'we are all set for tomorrow?' from Boss man, then Jimmy answers 'yes, will follow from home and pick up when opp gives'" Mike explained to Sharon as she read the text messages. "Can we prove that "Boss man" is Ricky D'Angelo?" Sharon asked Mike. "Well, I ran the phone number associated with the message and it goes back to a burner phone" Mike said to Sharon. "Do we know if D'Angelo still has that phone?" Sharon asked. "No" Mike said as he leaned back in his chair. "The day of the kidnapping, Jimmy texts again. 'got the jewel, now what' to "Boss man"'. "Boss man" replies with 'good, gives leverage for DM. you know what to do'" Mike said to them. "What do you want us to do, Captain?" Provenza asked Sharon as she looked up from Mike's computer screen. "These messages can mean anything. We need proof of D'Angelo's involvement" Sharon said as she walked back over to her office.

She passed Andy as she went back inside. He was still holding the ice pack to his jaw as he tried listening to the conversation she was having with Mike about the text messages. "Matthew, I would really appreciate it if you could start on your homework now" Sharon said to Matthew as she glanced at her watch. It was 6:30 pm and they were nowhere close to tying D'Angelo to the kidnapping. "I'm almost done with this story book" Matthew said as he continued to sit on the couch. Sharon looked back at Matthew and gave him a curious look. "Okay, five more minutes, but then you start your homework" Sharon said back to him. Sharon then walked back out of her office and stood by Andy's desk. She removed the ice pack from his jaw as he sat at his desk. The bruise looked better to her. "I'm fine, Sharon" Andy whispered to her when her hand lingered over his jaw. "Captain, we also found an email sent from D'Angelo to Jimmy" Buzz said to Sharon. Sharon walked over to where Buzz was sitting next to Mike and Andy followed her over there. "Can you print that?" Sharon asked Buzz as she looked over his shoulder at the email. Buzz printed the email and then placed a nickel into Provenza's jar after he picked up the copy. Buzz handed the print out to Sharon and she looked at it again.

The email was from D'Angelo to Jimmy giving him details on Dan Miller's ex-wife and his son, Tommy. It listed the ex-wife's address, type of car she drives, and where Tommy attends school. The email address from where it was sent belonged to Ricky D'Angelo. Mike was able to trace the email address back to him. "This is good but I don't know if it's enough to bring D'Angelo in" Sharon said. They were good with that but they weren't sure if anything else they found would be able to stick to D'Angelo enough to bring him in and arrest him. Sharon had to be really careful with how she and her team proceeded.

Chief Howard entered the Murder Room with FBI Special Agent Morris. "Captain, can we have a word with you in your office?" Chief Howard said. Sharon nodded to him. "Of course" she said and then walked towards her office with Chief Howard and FBI Special Agent Morris. "Matthew, honey, could you go outside with Andy for a second while I talk with these two gentlemen?" Sharon said to Matthew as she walked in her office. Matthew looked up and saw the two men with Sharon. He only recognized one of them from before. "Okay" Matthew said as he got off the couch and brought his homework outside to Andy's desk and he sat in his chair. Sharon then closed the door to her office.

Andy walked back over to his desk when Matthew came out. "What are you reading?" Andy asked him as he leaned up on his desk. "My science book. We are studying the water cycle. I have to answer a couple of questions after I read this" Matthew said to Andy. "The water cycle, sounds interesting" Andy said to Matthew as he looked up at Sharon in her office. Seeing the FBI in their Murder Room was never a good sign. In past practices it meant that either the FBI was getting ready to take over their case, or the FBI wanted them to back off due to something bigger in the works. Andy then glanced at Provenza over at his desk. Provenza just shrugged his shoulders.

"What can I do for you Special Agent Morris?" Sharon said as she sat at her desk. "I understand that you had a kidnapping yesterday of a boy and that you are somehow tying in Ricky D'Angelo to the kidnapping" Agent Morris said to Sharon. "Yes, that's right" Sharon said back to him and then glanced at Chief Howard. "The FBI has had Ricky D'Angelo under investigation for the past two years" Agent Morris said to her. "What for?" Sharon said to him. "Mainly for racketeering, extortion, and corruption" Agent Morris said to her. "Why didn't we find this out earlier that the FBI has a case against him?" Sharon said as she looked at Chief Howard and then at Agent Morris. "Sorry Captain but federal investigations are complicated and we didn't think that the LAPD would find anything connecting D'Angelo to the kidnapping you had" Agent Morris said. Sharon stared back at Agent Morris sitting across from her. "So, Chief, how do you want my team to proceed?" Sharon asked him but before Chief Howard could answer her, Sharon spoke again. "You see, we have tied D'Angelo to the kidnapping with this email he sent to Jimmy Caputo, whom we arrested yesterday for the kidnapping" Sharon said to them as she handed the email to Chief Howard.

"Now we also arrested another one of D'Angelo's men tonight who was at Matthew's school trying to pick him up. Lieutenant Flynn and I, along with patrol officers, went to the school and saw his man trying to pick up our child. Lieutenant Flynn had to chase him through the school, finally subduing him but not before he got assaulted. The LAPD will press charges on that, Agent Morris" Sharon said to him. "So, please tell me Special Agent Morris, what would you like us to do?" Sharon said giving him her darth stare. Special Agent Morris took a deep breath and then looked at Chief Howard. "All the FBI is saying is that we work together and once you gather all the evidence that you have on D'Angelo, combined with our evidence against him over the past two years, that we work jointly together and arrest him on the RICO charges" Special Agent Morris said to Sharon. Sharon nodded her head slightly. "Charging him federally, Captain, instead of through the state gets him not only a better charge, but up to twenty years to life in prison" Chief Howard said to Sharon as Sharon sat back in her chair. She glanced out her window at Andy who was helping Matthew with his homework paper. She took a minute before agreeing to work with the FBI in this case.

Sharon walked out of her office with Chief Howard and Special Agent Morris. "Change of plans everyone" Sharon said to them as she walked over to where the Murder Board was at. Andy looked up at her as she passed him. "We will be working with the FBI on this case. Apparently they have had Ricky D'Angelo under investigation for the past two years and they need our help" Sharon said to them. "Huh, you don't say" Provenza said as he turned around and looked at Special Agent Morris. "I expect everyone to give Agent Morris here the same courtesy as before" Sharon said to her team and then walked back to where Matthew and Andy were at Andy's desk. "We are going to have to order some food for dinner" Sharon said to Andy as Andy met her half way. Andy nodded in agreement. Sharon turned around and addressed the rest of the team. "Since it seems we are going to be here late, let's order some food for dinner" Sharon said. "I can take care of that" Amy said to everyone as she grabbed a couple of menus from different restaurants close to them and the team decided on what and where to order from. Matthew got up from Andy's desk and headed back in to Sharon's office after Sharon went back inside.

Provenza's phone rang and he answered it. "Provenza, Major Crimes" he said to the person over the phone. "Okay, we'll be waiting" Provenza said as he hung up. He walked over to Sharon's office and stood by the doorframe. "Captain, they are bringing Mikey up to our office now" Provenza said to Sharon. "Okay, let's put him in interview room two when he gets here" Sharon said to him as she was going over some paperwork. She looked over at Andy who was sitting at his desk. She needed him to not react when Mikey came up to their office. Mikey walked in the Murder Room with two patrol officers. He was now wearing an orange jump suit and was handcuffed in the front. As patrol brought him through the office, he saw the Lieutenant that he hit earlier. Andy stood up from his desk and watched Mikey. When Mikey passed Andy, he gave him a gesture with his hands, the chin flick and said "vaffanculo" in Italian as he went by Andy. Andy knew exactly what that had meant and he was going to say something back but Sharon grabbed his arm as she came up next to him. Julio and Amy showed the patrol officers where to put him and then they stood guard. If he ran once on them, more than likely he would do it again. "Captain?" Provenza asked her. "Okay, Lieutenant Provenza. You and I interview Mikey. Lieutenant Tao, keep working on finding more information on the phone and computer. Buzz, I need you in electronics" Sharon said to them as she lightly squeezed Andy's hand. "Yes Captain" Buzz said to her as he stood up and walked over to electronics. Andy looked back at her. Given their recent history with each other, Sharon did not want Andy in the interview room with Mikey. "I need you to watch Matthew" Sharon whispered to Andy as she was trying to keep him calm. She could tell his blood was boiling when Mikey walked in. He nodded to her and was trying to be calm but she could tell that he wasn't just by looking at him. She then walked with Provenza towards the interview room.

Andy turned around and went inside Sharon's office. "Matthew, you are coming with me to another room" he said to Matthew. "You can bring your homework with you" he added. Matthew got up and grabbed his book and paper and followed Andy out. Andy stopped by his desk and opened his bottom drawer and pulled out noise cancelling headphones. He then walked with Matthew to the electronics room. Sharon told him to watch Matthew which he planned on doing, but he also wanted to watch her in the interview room. Andy opened the door to electronics and saw Buzz, Chief Howard, Special Agent Morris, DDA Hobbs, and Julio inside the room. He showed Matthew where to have a seat at the back of the room. "Here Matthew, put these on so you can concentrate on your homework" Andy said to Matthew as he handed him the headphones. Matthew put them on and then got back to his homework. Andy then turned around and leaned up against the back wall. Chief Howard glanced at Andy before turning his attention to the computer screen.

"Hello, Mikey. I'm Captain Sharon Flynn of the LAPD. I don't think we've been introduced" Sharon said to Mikey as she sat down with Provenza across from him at the table. Mikey didn't say anything. "First of all, you have been read your rights, correct?" Sharon asked him as she looked at him. He just stared back at her. "Yes" he said. "Good, so then we can begin" Provenza said to Mikey. Mikey shifted in his chair. "What were you doing at St. Anne's school earlier tonight?" Sharon asked him. Mikey stared at her and then at Provenza. The rest of the team looked on as they waited to hear what Mikey had to say.

TBC