Payoff Harvey

Former Indiana Hoosier Todd Leary was arrested in Bloomington, at Assembly Hall no less, right before the IU-Purdue basketball game on February 4th.

Let's dive deeper into what really happened, assuming Baltimore's finest somehow became Bloomington's best...

Detective Lester Freamon: Lieutenant, I left the final file regarding Marlo Stanfield's crew on Ronnie's desk this morning. Unless Levy can put some serious lipstick on a muthafuckin' pig, he should get eight years a count.

Lieutenant Cedric Daniels: Excellent police work, detective.

Freamon: Give me Leary.

Daniels: Now I know I hear a lot of bullshit around here, but did you just step into my office and demand Todd Fucking Leary? My man Mitch may have promised me a whole lot, but I'm still waiting...on...a whole...lot. You think I'm just going to be able to sign off on another wiretap? Re-route good police from the streets? Have Ronnie's people work 'round the clock...for Todd Leary?

Freamon: You don't understand this muthafucka, Cedric! He played for Knight, right? Then he got into real estate, dirty as a muthafucka I might add, with Joseph Garretson. Even started broadcasting some basketball games as a front. We're talkin' conversion, misappropriation of escrow funds, theft, and corrupt business influence. McNulty's even got an informant who's willing to testify, AND catch the muthafucka red-handed on the wiretap.

Daniels: He worked with Garretson? And McNulty's already got an informant? Something tells me this has been going on behind my back a hell of a lot longer than before today, Detective.

Freamon: I had to act quickly, sir. I'm sorry. And as far as McNulty's concerned, Irish son of a bitch is good for something, after all. You give me two weeks. That's all I need to put Leary's ass in bracelets.

Detective Jimmy McNulty: I swear, motherfucker just sang like a bird. I didn't even have to pull any bullshit! No lies, no threats. We've got Leary good.

Detective Bunk Moreland: Well damn, Jimmy. You givin' me a lump down there. You gonna take care of it for me?

McNulty: Turned on his own teammate. You better hope I don't pull some shit like that. One phone call and your wife would have your shit on the doorstep.

Bunk: Muthafucka I ever done some shit like that to you? You lucky Landsman even saw your ass bring this guy in here or I wouldn't even fuckin' believe you. I gotta see this shit for my own damn self. Open the door...

"Cheating's not the problem. It's getting caught that's the bitch." - Todd Leary

TO BE CONTINUED...