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Suspect
Jamar sat at the kitchen table drinking some fresh brewed coffee while waiting for Shawnda, his co-worker to come and pick him up. He heard the horn blow. He took the last sip of coffee, grabbed his suit jacket and headed for the door. After he got in, Shawnda sped off. "This case has a lot of mystery and unanswered questions we have to confront before we can even try to solve it," Shawnda said.
By Herby Bowman5 years ago in Criminal
The Interviews Case
In June 2019, Jeet Thakur Sahai had gone to Haridwar as he was getting engaged to a girl named Namrata Sinha there. It would be an arranged marriage. He was to be there for a week and the wedding would happen later in the year.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Criminal
Thick Tank
Tank looked at the heavy brown paper box in his hands and felt angry. Anger had served him so well over the years he'd never felt the urge to expand his range of emotions. He was angry all the time, from light irritation all the way up to murderous, bone-breaking fury. He'd broken enough bones in his time, that's for sure, his shovel hands and gigantic frame making light work of it. Once or twice he'd killed a man. Maybe three times. He didn't remember.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Criminal
Ink-Bled Bystander
Who was he trying to kid? It was obvious that at some point he would get caught. His profession could only remain sustainable for so long. And boy was it sustainable; cash without end in sight along with all the solitude a lone wolf could want. He wished he could say it was guilt free. But in the nights when he wasn’t on rooftops getting blackeye-d from his too trusty scope, the ghosts tortured him.
By Oneg In The Arctic5 years ago in Criminal
STREET LIVES
Street Live is not a true story. It chronicles the lives of real ‘Players’ beginning as young men, following them through life as pursuing quests they had no control over. Some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. So, kick back and let me tell you a lie or two.
By D Gordon Franks5 years ago in Criminal
Debt Cleanup
If a picture has a thousand words, then a life would be priceless. Except in 2020, everything has a price. Shigeko Oe, nineteen, a hitter for the bosozoku gang, the ‘Banzai Bangers’ understood this quite well. It didn’t matter what needed to be taken care of, Oe would be the first on the call list. The streets whisper her name in fear of crossing her path. They call her ‘Hannya’, as the last thing you see is her sadistically sharp smile. Her reputation for being a cold-blooded killer has garnered attention across New Chiba. Everyone knows the ‘Hannya’ demon girl and her hunger for blood and coin. Oe like many children was once an innocent child with wondrous goals and dreams. And like dreams, they end. She was no different. Chewed up and swallowed by this vile city. The child became just like all the others, another product of vice. Who could blame her? In this city of corruption, the streets starve, and well, a gal’s gotta eat. As the weight of her name continues to grow, one thing remains clear, Oe is untouchable, and nothing could possibly break her.
By Derrick L.5 years ago in Criminal
The Rippling Effect of Greed
Prisons are full of dumb criminals. Life has a few not so dumb ones. It is my job to deal with those who may believe they can get away with what they have done, those who think they are protected. They are not. It is a hard lesson to learn, and often a final one. Which brings me to my current project, there are seven deadly sins and seven targets on my current task list. It seemed appropriate that Greed reared her ugly head first, though as with many of these people more than one of these sins permeates their lives.
By KC5 years ago in Criminal
Death By Chocolate Cake
The moment I laid my eyes upon this dark, rich and decadent beauty, I knew there was only one path forward. I will have a taste. There were, of course, parts of me that screamed to ignore the succubus that lay before me, but those voices were so far in the back of my mind. They simply served as minor background noise to what will be the ultimate euphoric experience.
By Jose Rivera5 years ago in Criminal
ORGAN DELIVERY SERVICE
ORGAN DELIVERY SERVICE “Hello?" “I got a Heart ready to be deliver to the next client.” “Ok, got it.” Samantha hung up her phone and drove back to her shop for the last delivery route. While driving, she was sweating profusely like a she was running a marathon. But the only thing Samantha was running was her anxiety and stress over this delivery she’s about to do. This was no ordinary drop off she was doing, she was delivering a heart, a heart that was previously inside of another person’s body. “Damn it, Damn it", Samantha said to herself, she continued cursing to herself at the predicament she was forced to do. Even though she’d been doing it for over a year now, she also knows that what she was doing is illegal and could face a heavy prison sentence. But most importantly, lose the life that she’d build for over 12 years, and the thought of losing it all terrify her even more than what she’s doing at the moment. When Samantha arrived at her destination, she got out of the van, gone to the back of the van, and retrieve from the freezer potted white lilies. She walks up to the front door and rings the doorbell, a few seconds later the door open and a man in shades was standing in the doorway. Hesitant for a moment, she cleared her throat before starting to talk, clearing this air of awkwardness around her.
By James MJ5 years ago in Criminal
Death By Chocolate Cake
The morning was cloudy and gray. The perfect type of morning to stay in bed and snuggle. It all felt perfect, from the silky pajamas embracing Amber's soft tight frame just the right way to the just warm enough thick gray quilt. Normally Amber would wake up coated in a thin film of sweat, not wanting to be touched. Today was different.
By Kenneth cruz5 years ago in Criminal
Perfect Piece
She sits at the round kitchen table, thumbing through an old cookbook. She is looking for the perfect recipe to make for their second-year marriage anniversary. She wants it to be a surprise, but she knows he will be expecting something. Not like she could give him much if she wanted to. Her budget is not huge, but she has been saving.
By Sadie Lovelace5 years ago in Criminal
Death by Chocolate
All it took was a single slice of chocolate cake. It was the story of the century, and the newsroom of the Raven’s Peak Herald was abuzz. As a reporter, I knew that this story would be a benchmark upon the history of our little town, and so did the two other reporters in the room. Having already spent most of the night digging up details from our sources on the streets, we sat around the conference table discussing the morning headline. Jeffrey Fields, our editor in chief, looked frustrated, as though he were seconds away from pulling out his hair.
By Mir Shajee5 years ago in Criminal