Chapter 16 - The Federal Indictment
By sunrise, the Federal Bureau of Investigation took official jurisdiction over the case due to the cross-state conspiracy.
Special Agent Ramirez met David at the Plattsburgh State Police barracks, presenting an unsealed federal indictment.
"Charles Sterling and Evelyn Sterling Vance have been officially charged under the RICO Act for murder and corporate fraud," Ramirez stated.
"We intercepted encrypted phone calls between Evelyn and the mercenary leader who raided your cabin last night."
David looked at his children sleeping peacefully on a cot in the corner of the station office wrapped in wool police blankets.
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"Are they in custody yet?" David asked, his voice rough and hollowed out by fatigue.
"Agents are raiding the Sterling estate in Manhattan right now," Agent Ramirez confirmed, sliding a photograph across the desk.
