"People of Gotham, I salute you!" It has been a long time coming, but the Deacon Joseph Blackfire is once again on a podium in Gotham square, masses around him, and being played to televisions and radios across the city. All have heard of how the holy man has cleaned up the streets in a violent yet effective pogrom of the colourful psychopaths that ( Read more... )

The MCU is an absolute frenzy. The packages are being gone through with a fine tooth comb for any sign of clues, the detectives have all been called in to cover everything they know about the location, Croc's testimony, the current suspects and who's out of prison... anything and everything they can do ( Read more... )

Getting the warrant wasn't the issue. Finding the house wasn't the issue. Getting through Gotham traffic at rush hour because Thorne chose to die a a bad time? A bit of an issue for two cops who are at present worse for wear ( Read more... )

A police officer's first duty is to go home at the end of the day. She will. But not without a price.

Detective Montoya has perched herself at the waiting room window. The scenery outside doesn't interest her at all. In fact, she doesn't even see it. Her eyes are open but her mind is traveling a mile a minute. She sees the scene outside the Post ( Read more... )

Finally, after having looked at this case from ever angle they could possibly think of, GCPD Detectives Allen and Montoya have caught a break in the Gotham Plastics Warehouse case. Thanks in large part to an alert postal worker, the two detectives have been questioning a Mr. Edward Thorne, grand-nephew of Rupert Thorne, for the better part of an ( Read more... )

Marylin Parker thrives on order. Her desk is the very picture of neatness, every item in its place. The phone is exactly a foot away. Note taking materials are stored to her right. In the top drawer. Exactly where they've resided for the past seven years. To the day. It's a wonder that she's worked for District Attorney Max Hudson this long ( Read more... )

The Postal Service already has a flag on the box for the plastics company where 24 bodies were discovered stored a few months back. When someone comes to get the mail, the post office is supposed to delay them until Montoya and Allen can see who's been opening the mail. Pretty standard stuff, and something this "Undertaker," probably thought of ( Read more... )

AFIS is a Godsend to police detectives who have fingeerprints to go off of. The problem is that the system can be a harsh mistress. If all you have is a partial, you can have a print for years, rotate it little by little, move it around, and still not get a hit even if the perp is in the system. You still have to try though. Someone's best ( Read more... )

JUAREZ

Cris Allen takes a great deal of satisfaction in wiping that off the whiteboard and replacing it with the JUAREZ that signified success. Case closed. Perp in the box. Now it was up to Hudson to make sure he didn't drop the ball ( Read more... )

"All right, people, we got ourselves a homicide, top floor of the Lavalier Hotel. But this isn't just about the expensive location. Our victim was rumored to be an arms dealer and to have Triad connections, which may explain the bodyguards he had. I think that means we can rule out an impulse kill ( Read more... )