Chapter 15 - The Grand Jury Indictment
The following Tuesday, the United States District Court in Manhattan was surrounded by dozens of satellite news vans and reporters.
Richard Vance walked up the marble steps flanked by six defense attorneys, his head ducked down to avoid the flashing camera lenses.
Inside Courtroom 402, a federal grand jury listened intently as Marcus Sterling presented the recorded audio and arson evidence.
The prosecutor played the full audio recording Eleanor had captured on her smartphone during the engagement party.
The cruel voice of Chloe mocking an elderly woman echoed through the grand room, disgusting every juror present.
Next, the prosecutor played the recorded confession of the mercenary leader detailing the contract hit in the Adirondacks.
After just twenty minutes of deliberation, the grand jury foreman returned with a thirty-count federal indictment.
"Richard Vance, you are under arrest for attempted murder, grand larceny, wire fraud, and arson," the judge announced sternly.
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Federal marshals stepped forward, pulling Richard's arms behind his back and snapping steel handcuffs around his wrists before the press.
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