S03E08 · SCENE 2/36 · 03:38
Moral Midgetry · Major Case Unit office
Prez tracks cell phone trail

Prez reports tracing Bodie's burner phone from manufacturer to a store.

03:38→05:02
in the episode · 1m 24s · S03E08

What happens

03:38–05:02

Prez explains to McNulty and Freamon how he tracked Bodie's disposable cell phone serial number from Trac Corporation through distributors to a Mondo Mart in Virginia. He also lists speed dial numbers, all Trac phones bought outside the city along I-95.

WhereMajor Case Unit office
DriverRoland Prez Pryzbylewski
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadMCU phone tracking

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04:03

Did Buddy have them on display to the left or the right of the cash register?

04:08

How would l know that?

04:42

Everything's along l-95, from here to almost Richmond.

04:59

The discipline of it.

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investigation0.9
deadpan0.6
tense0.5
obsession0.4
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Beats

03:39Prez details phone tracking
04:52McNulty admires discipline

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03:38–05:02
A · Carcetti political maneuvering
B · Colvin Hamsterdam experiment
C · MCU phone tracking

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