So naturally, being teenage boys, they got in and took the SUV for a spin.” “She left the driver’s door unlocked, too. “She was heating up the Denali before she went to work.” You remember that snap we had back in February? This woman comes out of her apartment, starts her SUV up, and then leaves it running and goes back into the apartment.” The boys were walking down the street, supposed to be in school, but hey. Petersen pushed a manila file across the desk.
“I’m representing his father on another matter,” said Petersen. “How’d David get so lucky to score a stud like you?” “The other one, Duron Gaskins, he’s been assigned a PD.” Unfortunately, my client, David Hawkins, was the one behind the wheel.” Near the community garden, across from the radio towers.” “They took it up in Manor Park, on Peabody Street. “It’s all in the documents I’m going to give you,” said Petersen with growing impatience. Lucas, one of his investigators.Ī black Moleskine notebook the size of a pocket Bible was open in Lucas’s hand. Petersen was a criminal defense attorney, private practice. Spero Lucas, in Carhartt, was in a hard chair set before the desk. Tom Petersen, big and blond, sat behind his desk, wearing an untucked paisley shirt, jeans, and boots. They were in a second-story office with a bank of windows overlooking D Street at 5th, in a corner row house close to the federal courts. Series: Spero Lucas The Cut George Pelecanos