Peace & Prosperity
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Last published Fri, Jul 24, 2015
Eight security personnel, four police officers, three civilians, two police cruisers, and an armored transport van.
That was just the start of some bigger and much more dangerous things for the city of Los Angeles. What seemed like an elaborate breakout for the city's most lethal criminal, Leonardo Snow, takes a dramatic turn into the crime of the century; a mysterious wooden box has disappeared from the scene. No one, not even Detective Dominic North and his team know what the box contains.
However, the attitudes from the mayor and the chief of police on the matter points to the fact that box and whatever it contains can mean life and death for everyone involved.
One thing is for certain: Snow's escape and that box will for sure shake Los Angeles to its core.
Question is: what's in it, and why is it important?
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