Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

Informant

Yn's POV

"So the tip Darius gave us checks out. Book Barr, he's 26 with a long-ass rap sheet. He's got two pops for possession, one with intent to distribute, and a domestic on the side" Kevin said. "Narcotics has him listed as a current frequent to Washington Courts, and he has a hook into our unsanctioned corner boy. They grew up together in Maywood. This is our guy" Kim said. "Do we have a last known" Hailey asked. "No, and no registered cell phone or no social media. He keeps low" Vanessa said. "Other than our dead corner boy, this guy's got a big zero in associates. Everybody he's been booked with is long dead. CHRIS system's got him linked to three separate gangs, so they couldn't pin who he was working with" Ada said. 

"All right, so he must go where the weight is. Sounds like he's independent. He's cutting and supplying it himself" Kevin said. "If he doesn't have any boys, then there's not going to be anybody for us to work" Jay said. "Well, then we make an access point, but we've got to take this guy quick and easy. I think our best bet is we set up a buy from him. Anybody" Voight asked. "I may have someone that can set up an intro. He's an old CI of mine out of Maywood. I popped him when he was 18 on a burglary, flipped him, then he fell in love with working for the police. Never stopped" Hailey said. 

"He's like a professional CI now" I ask. "Yeah. He makes a living shaking tips. CPD, DEA, FBI. You name letters, he's sold to them" Hailey said. "So what's the hesitation" Voight asked. "If you ask me, he loves the chase more than we do, and it's not always worth the trouble" Hailey said. "Well, we need an in, but he's your CI, so it's your call. Can you handle him" Voight asked. "Yeah, I can handle him" Hailey said. "Okay, let's go" Voight said.

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The buy did not go as planned, and now we had bigger plans for a bust. "The driver of the Civic was terrified. He gave up his boss as soon as we sat down. This is Mackie Carter, 30. The guy's a heavyweight" Vanessa said. "Heavy enough to have six whole blocks. He runs a section of the G Park Lords, deals dope, rocks, and loud, and until now, the driver said that Book was Mackie's enforcer. He actually knew the routes" Kevin said. "So Book steals uncut product from his boss, then cuts it himself and sells it in Washington Courts, causing 4 ODs" I say. "Yeah, but the problem is, Mackie is as organized as hell. He's got an actual network to move that carfentanil smooth and fast as he cuts it" Kim said. 

"All right, so let's get ahead of him. The driver of the carfentanil, does he have an in with Mackie" Voight asked. "No. The kid is a nobody. He just picks up cars, drops off cars. No contact with the boss" Vanessa said. "Boss, we might have a problem here. I ran Mackie through Narcotics; they've got the G Parks up on a title three. They don't got much from Mackie on the wire, but they were able to get a half-dozen covert cams on his corners" Adam said and showed Voight a video. "When's this from" Voight asked. "Two days ago" Adam said. "All right, get up on Mackie. I want you to flood his turf with undercover buys. Any of that carfentanil drops, we clear every single corner he's got. Send me that footage" Voight said. "Got it" Adam said.

Because we could no longer use Hailey's CI Cam, Voight decided it would be in our best interest to use Darius Walker as our new informant. That watch also south because Cam, who was not supposed to be on the scene, showed up and got shot, resulting in his death.

"All right. What do we got on AJ Flores, our shooter" Voight asked. "Well, we ran the shooter's phone against Darius', and there is absolutely no contact. I've checked the CHRIS system, social media, jail logs, last knowns, and there's no connection to Darius at all" I say. "AJ runs with the Latin Players, Darius with the Southside Hustlers. I mean, they're worlds apart" Adam said. "They could've met in person" Hailey said. "We had eyes on Darius all day except for about an hour and a half" Jay said. "Ballistics" Hailey asked. "It does link up to two unsolved shootings, but they're both hooked up to Latin Players. No connect to Darius" Kim said. 

"But we do have the shooter connected to Cameron. I mean, Cameron's worked him on a case before" Vanessa said. "Yeah, but did Cameron ever work Darius" Voight asked. "No, and if he found out who Cameron was after seeing him in the roll up, we can't prove it" Kim said. "Hailey, chances are this shooting has nothing to do with Darius" Adam said. "All this proves is that Darius is smart. Cameron figured out who Darius was in three hours. There's no way that Darius didn't figure out who Cameron was in less than that. We need to bring Darius in, we hold him for 48, and we press him" Hailey said. 

"We have this buy set with Darius" Jay said. "Who the hell cares? We're still going to use him even though he might've just offed a CI" Hailey asked Voight. Voight gave her a look, and I knew that meant the answer to her question was yes. "We're still going to use him" Hailey asked. "Cameron was a pro CI. He worked hundreds of cases. This might not have been the one that caught him" Voight said. "Sarge, if we use him, we might be losing evidence" Hailey said. "If we don't use him, we will lose the carfentanil, and we've got to go with what we've got now. We'll deal with the rest when we're done. Now this buy, it balances on a razor's edge because we've got to bust Mackie without burning Darius" Voight said.

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The team caught Mackie, and he had no idea that Darius had played him, which was a good thing. "Anything new" Voight asked. "No, we're at the same place we were. There's no evidence" Adam said. "Sarge, what's your call on Darius" Jay asked. "I want to keep him in play. He's valuable. He probably saved us hundreds of ODs. Look, the rest is simple. It's one murder we never make. He may not even be involved" Voight said. "There's no way you believe that" Hailey said. "My office" Voight said to her.

As Voight and Hailey walked into Voight's office, I walked over and took a seat on Adam's lap. "How's my baby girl doing" Adam asked and placed a hand on my stomach. "You guys found out the gender this early" Kim asked me. "No, but Adam seems to think we're having a girl" I say. "You disagree, don't you" Jay said. "Of course I do. There is no way a girl would cause me this much trouble. We're definitely having a boy" I say. "Whatever you say babe. Whatever you say" Adam said.