American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1290 Danny Regan's Troubles

"If she really thinks so, she is actually right." Miranda sighed. While she was looking at Ella's design draft, Cassel and Beckett had already informed her of the current situation they had.

"'The Five' is a program I planned. If the list is exposed by Elegant Woman magazine to be problematic and the winners' works are involved in plagiarism, I will have no choice but to resign.

The reputation and credibility that Project Runway has built up in the fashion industry over the past 57 years will be destroyed overnight. There will be no winners in this matter."

"Really?" As soon as Cassel said this, he was stared at by everyone. He quickly waved his hand to explain, "What I mean is that you are putting the suspicion back on yourself."

Beckett laid out Esposito's findings and explained, "Here's what we found: after we found out that Ella left the studio, Yumi made a lot of calls to someone at Project Runway.

In other words, there is another person with a close stake in the case who is willing to help him keep the secret and cover up the facts, even at the cost of killing someone to do so."

Jack added, "The reason why I asked you to help is to eliminate your suspicion first. Because of your position in the magazine, even if you want to cover up this matter, you don't need to go to such great lengths.

Yumi will be sent to the interrogation room again soon, and I need your help to find out the identity of that person."

Miranda nodded slightly with a thoughtful look in her eyes. At the same time, Jack turned his gaze to Andy. The girl was secretly eating the small cake he brought on the table.

"Today is the weekend, and I was still sleeping in bed when you called me."

Andy opened his eyes wide to show his innocence. This scene reminded Jack of the pure look of Mia, the girl in "The Princess Diaries".

Why do I feel like this girl has the potential to develop into a comedian?

He shook his head helplessly and said, "I invited you here because I hope that as a reporter for the New York Times, you can witness the entire case with your own eyes and publish an objective and fair report as soon as possible."

After all, "Trail Bridge" is now their own property. Chris has spent the money, so he still has to clean up his mess.

Watching Miranda walk towards the interrogation room under Beckett's guidance, Cassel was still a little worried, "Are you sure Miranda can make that bastard talk?"

Before Jack could reply, Beckett had already opened the door of the interrogation room, and then Miranda roared with full momentum, "How dare you!"

Cassel shrank back in fear and answered himself, "Well, maybe she can."

"I think she should have guessed who it is. What do you think, Andy?" Jack glanced at a trainee reporter who had already opened the laptop he brought with him and whose fingers were typing away.

The girl answered without even looking up, "The new deputy editor-in-chief, Julian, is also the art director and is responsible for reviewing the samples of 'The Amazing Five.'

I suspect that it was his idea to tamper with Miranda's schedule. Unlike Nigel, the deputy editor who had followed Miranda for 1276 years, Julian is an ambitious guy." "It sounds like a plan to kill several birds with one stone." Cassel also remembered the coquettish man he had seen in the editor-in-chief's office before (Chapter ), when he was showing Miranda a sample of the "Amazing Five".

"While driving Ella away, Miranda was embarrassed in front of the company's top management. She could even report the case internally for dereliction of duty afterwards, pinning the plagiarism scandal on Miranda and using it to take the editor-in-chief's position. It was a brilliant plan."

Just as Cassel was clicking his tongue, the door of the interrogation room was opened again. From the curve of Beckett's mouth, it can be seen that the female detective successfully obtained the testimony she wanted this time.

Things were simple after that. Youmi's confession successfully led the judge to approve a search warrant, and the forensic team successfully found a blue alpaca scarf in the trash can downstairs of the home of Julian, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Tianqiao" magazine.

The above DNA evidence, combined with Youmi's testimony, was enough for the prosecution to initiate prosecution.

The days that followed were so peaceful that even Jack felt a little uncomfortable with it. Jubal completed several wanted warrants very smoothly, and there was no major chaos in New York City or even in the entire United States.

This may also be related to the decisive action of Director Frank Reagan. Just a few days after October, the plan to add 10 high-definition cameras to public places across the city was completed halfway ahead of schedule.

The city's serious crime rate dropped sharply, which made the chief very happy. He even invited Jack to attend the Reagan family's traditional weekend dinner.

Because the city council's previous generous donation seemed to be related to another larger federal funding bill, and this bill, which was aimed at reducing crime rates across the United States, was fully promoted by Representative Zoe Anderson, who had just joined the Judiciary Committee not long ago.

Outsiders may not be able to see the connection at all, and only a very small number of people who are in the know know what role a key person played.

Of course, for a certain key figure, he just happened to mention it casually when he was dating his own Professor Cahill, complaining about the poor security in New York.

Jack's original words were: "If the surveillance cameras around important buildings and major road intersections in New York can improve their clarity, even if it's just from damn 360P to 720P, the crime rate can at least drop by 20 points."

Of course, he was just talking nonsense at the time, but the actual situation is that only half of the 20 high-definition cameras have been deployed, and the number of rapes and shootings on the streets of New York City at night has decreased by nearly one-third.

However, their replacement is increasingly crowded prisons and detention centers, and the incidence of public security cases remains high. But there is nothing that can be done about it, as everything can be blamed on the economic downturn.

Although the Coke-loving and hamburger-loving president in the White House has been trying very hard to bring manufacturing back to China, financiers who are used to making huge profits just by moving their fingers to manipulate numbers will never easily invest their money in real industry.

Although Chief Reagan was very happy, Inspector Reagan was worried. Danny Reagan had recently been troubled by a group of hooligans who were roaming around the New York subway and causing trouble.

There are surveillance cameras in New York subway cars, but the clarity is so poor and the wireless signal is unstable that they can almost be regarded as decoration.

Thousands of high-definition cameras were installed first in subway cars, only to be vandalized for weeks, with gangs of thugs smashing the cameras and harassing and attacking passengers.

(End of this chapter)