A decorated detective, a suspected mobster: How a secret alliance ended in claims of blood and betrayal
The Escalade was headed down a dreary and industrial stretch of road in Commerce when the first bullet buried itself in the driver’s back. He stomped on the gas. Bullets slammed into the car. Blood leaked from his gut. The black SUV was ferrying the son of Lev Aslan Dermen, a petroleum mogul and …
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