Missouri Loves Company (Rip Lane Book 1) by W.J. Costello

Author:W.J. Costello [Costello, W.J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2015-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 42

IAN SANDERS WORKED for the United States Marshals Service’s Technical Operations Group. It is the best electronic surveillance manhunting organization in the world. Their Electronic Surveillance Branch, Air Surveillance Branch, and Tactical Support Branch provide investigative and intelligence support for the Marshals Service.

Ian and I had once worked together during one of the FALCON operations. FALCON is an acronym for Federal And Local Cops Organized Nationally. The operation is a weeklong dragnet organized by the Marshals Service. It involves law-enforcement personnel from federal, state, county, and city agencies. Everybody collaborates to capture the biggest targets of the participating agencies. Targets include violent offenders, sex offenders, and gang members. Operation FALCON has apprehended more violent fugitives than any other initiative in U.S. law-enforcement history.

Together Ian and I had captured sixty fugitives during Operation FALCON. Several had entertained us with stories while riding in the back of our car.

One fugitive had explained why going to jail beat going to work.

“A jail cell’s bigger than an office cubicle, and you get your own toilet—you don’t have to share it with coworkers. You get three meals a day in jail, but only one meal break at work. In jail a guard unlocks all of the doors for you, but at work you have to unlock them yourself with a security card.”

Ian and I have stayed in touch over the years., though we never got an opportunity to work together again after Operation FALCON.

I phoned Ian.

“Need a favor, pal.”

“Name it, Rip.”

“Need to find a woman named Anna Cruz.”

“What’s her home address?”

“Nineteen forty-one Bluebird Street, Pottsland, Missouri.”

“Lemme get back to you.”

“I think she’s hiding out in St. Louis. I’d bet my reputation on it.”

“What reputation?”

Later that day Ian phoned me back. He gave me Anna’s driver’s license information, a description of her car, and her license plate number. He also provided me with the car’s general location.

License plate readers make it possible to track and locate the license plate of almost any vehicle in America. Automatic license plate reading cameras are mounted on bridges, utility poles, and police cars across the country. These cameras capture images of passing license plates. The license plate numbers are recorded by a commercial database called the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which is the source of information for the United States Marshals Service’s Technical Operations Group when it comes to locating license plates.

Ian, using information from this database, had determined that Anna’s car was located within a few blocks of the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis.

The hunt was on.

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