Chapter 62: A New Acquaintance

Following the LeRoi verdict, Maggie picked up a handful of new cases, mostly involving non-violent crimes.  Rance relented, passing the LeRoi appeal to someone else, a fact for which Maggie was grateful.  She’d hated having to deal with Jean-Luc again, and she’d hated going up against Michael.

Occasionally her work took her to various police precincts to search files or interview arresting officers regarding her cases.  On one afternoon, she paid a visit to the 19th precinct.  A personal assistant to a clinical psychologist had embezzled funds to the tune of $100,000 over the course of about four years.  Maggie had a meeting with the detectives who’d cracked the case.

“So, Detective Sanchez,” she said, perusing the file he’d handed her, “you have receipts that prove Diane Jacobs was using her boss’s identity to make these purchases?”