MNN INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: SARGENT BANKS SPEAKS ABOUT THE LYNCHING

I was able to catch up with Sargent Banks of Lone Star outside a Court Facility in Renton. I asked him a few questions.

Gavin: "Will the body of evidence against Renaldo be released post-mortem?"

Sgt. Banks: "It's interesting that you asked about that. You see all the information that we've been collecting about Mr. Joganic turned up missing the other day. Including our backups. On top of that, the Hospital records are missing as well..."

Gavin: "Where did the records go?"

Sgt. Banks: "Lone Star's official position on this, is that someone or something is deleting these files. Possibly another Technomancer or a skilled hacker."

Gavin: "OK, then how about the physical remains?"

Sgt. Banks: "Well, those remains were shipped off to be examined awhile ago. I'm pretty sure they're in cold storage at this point."

Gavin: "Also, are there actually DNA tests to determine if one is a technomancer?"

Sgt. Banks: "From what I understand, Technomancers have abnormalities in their DNA that we can test for. However, in this case, the hospital indicated that Renaldo had AIPS, which is typically associated with Technomancers."

Gavin: "Who was responsible for the chain of custody of Renaldo's body?"

Sgt. Banks: "Lone Star is typically responsible for the body until an investigation is closed."

Gavin: "So Lone Star's ineptitude in chain of evidence protection and sanctioning of Vigilante Justice is just going to go unpunished."

Sgt. Banks: "Our Internal Investigations unit is already looking into this."

Gavin: "Who heads up your Internal Investigations Unit?"

Sgt. Banks: " Max Scardina heads up that division, now if you don't mind, I've got an appointment to keep."

Gavin: "Thank you for your time, Sargent."

Later that day, Max Scardina refused to grant MNN an interview.

Sgt. Banks written by Joe Veen.
Gavin McConellroy written by Mike Underhill.
Artwork by Mike Underhill.

BREAKING NEWS - Renaldo Joganic Update

This is Trish Donaldson for WKSN News.

Earlier this month, Renaldo Joganic was caught hacking the UCAS Bank and was publicly lynched for being a Technomancer. At that time, Lone Star collected Renaldo's body for DNA testing and we now have positive confirmation that Mr. Joganic, AKA Blue Monday was in fact a Technomancer.

Lone Star representative, Jane Hawkins told WKSN News that Mr. Joganic, had been undergoing long term treatment for Artificially Induced Psychotropic Schizophrenia Syndrome (AIPS) at a local medical facility.

"No one is really sure, when Renaldo escaped from the facility. No video camera captured the escape and the security system had actually been hacked to display a loop of video, so it looked like the patient had never left. What's even weirder is that the hospital logs still listed that he was being checked on daily. After a bit of investigating, we found that the nurse checking on Renaldo didn't actually exist and that her pay was being deposited to a hacked UCAS Bank account. It seems to us that Renaldo Joganic hacked the hospital computers, escaped unnoticed and went to collect the money, that he had scammed from the hospital," said Jane Hawkins

"While Lone Star doesn't condone this sort of vigilante justice, the Seattle citizens involved did use a favor and took out a very dangerous criminal," said Sargent Banks.

Artwork by Joe Veen