conviction for manslaughter, so this was no novice. long violent rap sheet. absolutely. brigt also had a drug conviction. and ryan gurges admitted he sometimes dealt weed. is that why richard immediately wondered if ryan was the target of the attack. police considered that theory. and dismissed it. in fact, for police, anthony brigt and his gang affiliation confirmed ryan s story. for one, brigt matched ryan s account that the man who tied him up seemed like a gang member. he looked like he was one of the guys that just came out of the pen and wanted revenge on someone. and two, brigt s prior booking photos matched the sketch ryan had given police and so investigators developed a different theory about brigt s
in the house. correct. because possibly he knew them. possibly he knew them. so you have them pose as friends of the guy in the house. yes. and he s now in jail. in prison, which as we knew that was true because anthony brigt was in prison. and so his friends are, what, trying to leverage that knowledge into some extra money for them. correct. operations like this are especially tricky. there s usually only one shot to get it right. if the phoney gangsters threaten magdi, the sting wouldn t hold up in court, and magdi could walk free, and at the same time, one thing had to be crystal clear. you want to make sure that everybody knows that we re talking about the crime that occurred about his wife being murdered in that particular house. that wouldn t be left ambiguous. a risky plan, and no guarantees it would work. true that a lot of d a s
anthony brigt in prison. they suspected magdi had hired brigt to kill ariet. and now here apparently were a pair of gangsters on magdi s property. the more talkative of the two was d money, and money is what he wanted from magdi. we don t care but the thing is we want to get paid for it. we re not going to say [ bleep ] good question, and who better to answer it than d money himself. you re a born actor. i believe i am. he s not a gangster. he s an officer from the long beach police department who was working under cover. which is why we re concealing his identity. you a little nervous going in? not at all, no. the role he played at magdi s home that day was part of a war game sonia and detective wilson had set in motion even before they met anthony brigt.
the murder. detective wilson s phone rang. crime lab called me. and they got a hit. no one could have predicted the name police were given. it had to be the suspect. the name the crime lab gives you for the hit is. anthony brigt. was that name in any case files? no. not anybody that had been talked to. wasn t even a person contacted by the police. yet, the dna proved he was the attacker. who tied up ryan. detective wilson entered his information into a computer. who he is? a member of the krips. the krips. one of the most known and violent gangs in the u.s. and street name little shotgun. was by any standard a
magde. no, we never got that far. here s what brigt didn t know, the prosecutor and the detective didn t really care what he said, their target was magde gurges and all they wanted was to prove a connection between him and anthony brigt. that s why before they left orange county they set up a wiretap on magde s home. he was back living where his wife was murder. he even had a new girlfriend, and investigators listened to see if brigt would tip off magde. i was hoping that at least my visit would inspire him in some way. didn t happen? no, it didn t. so game over? no. it was just starting. coming up, a return to the scene of the crime a dramatic confrontation at magde s house.