OK, it's not a murder case or anything, but the Adam Groves interviews [1] are like a Law and Order episode, especially the part where Briscoe and Green get the alleged perp in the interview room and start sweating him.
I can feel sorry for Adam. He seems like a good guy, and he seems to be trying, for good or ill, to protect his friend Tyler Harber while at the same time distancing himself from the whole affair (assuming he told them everything he knows). And the detectives just keep hammering him.
Excerpts after the jump illustrate what I'm talking about, but you really ought to read the whole thing [2] for the full Law and Order effect...
218 CB: what do you know about Cas Walker.com?
219 AG: Db (ed. note: uh?)
221 CB: now that's a website?
222 AG: yes, uh, it uh, uh,
223 CB: Where'd you....where was that registered through DJ? California?
224 DJ: I don't remember now
225 CB: Ok.
226 AG: Db, I
226 AG: I know that it was web site that was dedicated to rumors, uh,
227 CB: what was your involvement in it?
228 AG: Uh
229 CB: It's time to be real honest.
230 AG: Yeah, 00, I helped Tyler set it up on the website and 00, and I didn't
231 do any ofthe postings, 00, he uh, he did some ofthat
232 CB: He did the majority of it that was slamming Jamie didn't he?
233 AG; I don't know that there were many entries that were slamming Jamie
234 uh,
235 CB: where they were talking
236 AG: maybe one
237 CB: about getting bills passed by giving blow jobs? That's not slamming?
238 AG: I don't recall those exact words, but if that was .. .ifthat was the case
239 then that was what was on there
240 CB: Tyler had you set that up
241 AG: He 00, he had me set up the web...the website itself
242 CB: But you didn't do any ofthe posting?
243 AG: that's correct .. .I didn't do any ofthe...I didn't post anything to the
244 website
245 CB: Where would it be...where would it be...where would Tyler post
246 from?
247 AG: I don't know, uh, I assume his house.
248 CB: Where all does Tyler have computers?
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537 CB: But if you are not truthful with us, then you become an (inaudible)
538 after. ..who was the poor lady that just wasn't truthful and ended up
539 going to jail.. .Martha Stewart ....and the comment over there was was
540 not an idle comment ...the FBI is involved in this ...this is some
541 serious stuff...this is.. .I hope to walk out of here and leave you here
542 today hoping your truthful with us...but you've got to be truthful with
543 us, Adam, and this is your opportunity...so I'm going to go back to
544 what are some ofthe things that your aware of that Tyler's done when
545 you made that comment on Monday...we know that he has you set up
546 the website...you all didn't get permission from Cas Walker's heirs to
547 do that ...that was done off your computer. ...what else has
548 Tyler ...some ofthe folks that we've talked to were of the opinion that
549 your not a bad guy
550 AG: Uhhuh
551 CB: I haven't formed an opinion yet but because I don't think your being
552 truthful with me...you know, one person mentioned that they would
553 like to see you do well.. J hope you do well just because that's what
554 I've been taught to hope for all people .. .ifyour not truthful with us,
555 things aren't going to gowell ...now, what else has Tyler done or had
556 you do that you know is not ethical, proper or legal?
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582 DJ: I mean we're not here to make you nervous, uh, ifwe wanted to make
583 you nervous we would have picked you up and took you downtown,
584 you know, we ...or had you know, had you come downtown or
585 something like that you know, I mean we thought ifwe come and talk
586 to you here you'd be more comfortable talking to us in your own
587 home... all we're trying to do is get to the truth, we're not trying to
588 accuse you or anyone else of anything they didn't do
589 AG: Right.
590 DJ: but you know, we've got to get to the truth and and I don't feel like
591 we're getting that from you by a long shot.
592 AG: Uh
(Ed. Note: Does anyone else find it curious that they've got all kinds of statements and interviews from everyone except Tyler Harber?)