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er arrive at Mount Trashmore. tion, St. Pierre thinks about ,a wonder to him that Ameri- xe say these kids have done. ome of them just don't know it,
han they have.
_things. They don’t know any . house make one thing clear. g.
” St. Pierre tells the cop.
rp look, and St. Pierre nods. his time.
1ere tomorrow?”
yatient again. In his hand he’s xl St. Pierre has pulled from
ume is on it. Mary’s name is on
it to Chief Reiter’s office. ierre tells him. “Tomorrow, the
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CHAPTER. 11
Michael Reiter: September 2005
here’s a sense in which the Palm Beach PD functions as a
foundation. From time to time, one of the town’s wealthy
residents will walk in with a check followed by an inquiry. How much more would the police force need to make this remarkably safe community feel even safer?
A tax write-off? Sure. But why not? Coming from most, it’s a genuine gesture. One of appreciation for all they have and for all the department's efforts to guard it. Donations are accepted gra- ciously, gratefully. In 2004, the department had taken one from Jeffrey Epstein—the second donation he’d made to the Palm Beach PD—for ninety thousand dollars. Generous, even by the generous standards of Palm Beach. The donation, which Epstein delivered personally, was earmarked for a firearms training sim- ulator. But that day Michael Reiter had thought something seemed off about Epstein.
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