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"It's important in a sting to play hard to get," the sergeant said. "If everything looks too easy for the
mark--- that's what we call the victim of the sting--- he gets suspicious and might be scared off. We have
to get these guys to come to us and keep after us until we arrest them."

Vicki recorded the script. "You have reached the law offices of Thomas Fogarty. We will be back in the
office tomorrow. Please leave a message after the tone. Thank you."
"Won't this just make them mad and make them not show up?" she asked.

"The opposite. I'll be listening in. If they just seem mad and ready to hang up, I'll pick up and tell them I
was just in for a second and heard their call. If they threaten to come and break in if no one's here, I'll let
'em. Once they get here, I'll pretend to be unable to find their file or their check, and you can bet I'll
make them identify themselves thor-oughly. They'll be working so hard to con-vince me they are who
they say they are that they'll forget about any doubts they've had."

The other police officers came through the back, and Fogarty briefed everyone on where to be and what
to do. Judd was so excited he could hardly stand it. The answering machine was hooked back up to the
phone, and Fogarty turned around the Open/Closed sign in the window to indicate his office was closed.
The phony secretary's desk was just messy enough to look real, and, of course, the chair was empty.

When everyone was in place, they waited.

"What makes you think they'll call?" Vicki asked.

"They're eager. They want to make sure we're here and that everything is ready for them. If they don't
call, that's OK too."

But they did.

Sergeant Fogarty set the answering machine to pick up on the fourth ring, only prolonging their agony.
As soon as the mes-sage started to play, Fogarty, the other cops, and Judd and Vicki heard LeRoy and
Corne-lius whining in the background.

LeRoy swore. "Oh, man, Connie! They can't be closed! What is this?"

At the tone, LeRoy yelled into the phone, "My name is Banks, and I had an appoint-ment, so you better
be in there when I get there! "

Judd was afraid Fogarty would be disap-pointed because he couldn't get on in time to tell LeRoy he
would be there. But Fogarty apparently felt things were going perfectly. "He said 'when I get there,'"
Fogarty said. "There still coming. He'll probably call one more time when they get close."

They waited several more minutes, and sure enough, the phone rang again. Same message. Same anger.

"If you ain't there when we get there, we gon' trash your office!" LeRoy shouted. "Now you should be
expecting us! Don't make us break in there!"

Fogarty smiled.

Not long later, with everyone hidden, they heard the roadster slide up to the curb. LeRoy and Cornelius
climbed out, looking enraged. They came up to the window and peered inside, and Judd heard LeRoy