Col. Cole Jarrell, a
decorated fighter pilot and Pentagon staff officer, retired from active
military service in 1972 to pursue a new career commanding the largest stolen
heavy equipment chop-shop operation in the southeastern United States.
When a subordinate was caught
in a FBI sting and threatened to turn states evidence against him, Col. Jarrell
made arrangements to dissuade him from doing so.Unfortunately for Col. Jarrell, the contract
murder he set in motion did not go exactly as planned.
This is the story of the
civil prosecution of Col. Jarrell and his criminal associates for the attempted
murder of Trey Dalton.It has been
reconstructed by the fledgling lawyer who was neither smart enough, nor experienced
enough to turn down the case.The
continuing consequences of that ill-advised decision follow.
