re: #34 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Sounds about right. OTOH, in Arizona? “Nice little cactus ya’ got there. Be a shame if something happened to it.”

MCSO covers Phoenix/Scottsdale. Lots of expensive property in that area. And hey, wouldn’t you know it, ‘Ol Joe has a lot of money invested in some of the real estate. Like a REAL lot of money. More money that you would think a county official would have laying around.
Again, I’m from Chicago. I know how this story ends,