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Bump and Grind

Season	11
Number	7
Writer	Don McGill
Director	Michael Nankin
Original Airdate	November 4, 2010
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Bump and Grind is the seventh episode in season eleven of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Synopsis

A badly shredded body is found in the back of an 18-wheeler, and the shredded remains of a credit card at the scene suggest that the CEO of a shady identity theft company is involved.

Plot

When a shredding company manager discovers a “suspicious ooze” coming out of a truck, he calls the police. When Langston and Nick meet Brass at the scene, they discover what appear to be the remains of a person run through a shredder. The CSIs set about collecting the evidence from the shreddings, and discover several pieces of cut up credit cards mixed in with the remains. Doc Robbins works to make sense of the remains, determining they are from one person, who has likely been dead 24-36 hours. He determines the victim was killed by a gunshot wound to the head prior to being shredded. Greg is able to recover information off the credit card identifying its owner as a man named Larry Lamotte. Greg recognizes the name: Lamotte owns an identity theft protection company that’s frequently advertised on television. Greg himself has paid Larry to keep his information safe. Brass and Langston go to Larry’s office, where they’re greeted by his assistant, Elaine, and his head of security, Julius Kaplan, who tell them Larry is on vacation. All are surprised when Larry emerges, looking nothing like the man in his commercials. Larry admits he has a young office cleaner play him on television. Larry assures them he’s very much alive, and when they press to see if he perhaps went after the person who apparently stole his identity, Larry denies it. Nick finds out all of Larry’s enemies are former clients who claim that rather than protecting their identities, he allowed them to be stolen. One client in particular, Lee Deveries, took it especially poorly, crashing his truck into Larry’s office. When Brass questions him, Lee denies going after Larry, saying he has six alibis: all the guys running around claiming to be him, thanks to Larry.

Greg discovers an older bullet fragment among the remains that appears to be from an older gunshot wound. Greg also manages to trace the credit card to a P.O. Box in New Mexico, and comes up with several surveillance photos of a man—most likely their victim—using it. Sara finds blood in one of the disposal bins from Larry’s building and learns the waste disposal company that services the building is subcontracted by none other than Julius Kaplan. Brass, Nick and Sara go to question the man only to find him dead in a lawn chair by the pool. Nick discovers the primary crime scene where their first victim was killed in a walk in closet in Julius’s house. David Phillips determines Julius died at 5pm that evening from a single shot to the back of his head, while Sara finds a beer bottle that matches a void in the spatter on Julius’s body, indicating his killer was handing him a beer as he shot him. Brass and Langston question Larry a second time, pointing out that they’ve learned Julius used to be a mob contractor responsible for some brutal hits, but Larry once again claims innocence. Archie gets video footage from a neighbor’s surveillance camera of a car leaving Julius’s house, but the driver is obscured by another car passing by. Greg learns that the gun used to kill Julius was also used in an unsolved shooting six years ago in Reno. The victim disappeared shortly after seeking medical treatment and remains unidentified. Greg is able to match the fragment from the shredded victim to the ones recovered at the scene in Reno, confirming their victim is the same man who was shot in Reno six years ago. Sara finally gets an ID on the dead man, one which shocks the CSIs: his name is Larry Lamotte, according to an ID issued in Florida ten years ago.

Brass and Langston are able to ID the man they thought was Larry Lamotte as Arlo Earton, who has a record for robbery and identity theft. They confront Larry/Arlo: he thought he killed the real Larry Lamotte six years ago. He stole his identity and used it to make a name for himself to defraud others, but then the real Larry came back and demanded money. Arlo admits to trying to kill Larry, his old partner, six years ago—pointing out that the statute of limitations has long since run out on the crime. He denies having Julius kill Larry or killing Julius himself, and a five-million-dollar withdrawal from his bank account backs up his story. But if he paid Larry off, where’s the money? Archie is able to get a partial license plate off the car leaving Julius’s house from the surveillance footage, and he discovers the car was rented out to Lee Deveries. The CSIs track down the car, only to find it driven not by Lee but by Elena, Arlo’s assistant. After Larry showed up and demanded money from Arlo, Elena and Julius plotted to kill Larry and frame Arlo for the murder, splitting the five million between them. Elena decided she didn’t want to split the money, killing Julius instead for being a pig—just like Arlo. Elena gives up information on Arlo in exchange for a deal, and Arlo is arrested for identity theft while Greg and his other clients are left to chase down their stolen information.

https://www.csifiles.com/content/2010/11/review-csi-crime-scene-investigation-bump-and-grind/

Cast

Main Cast

Guest Cast

Archie Kao as Archie Johnson
Larry M. Mitchell as Officer Mitchell
Norbert Leo Butz as Larry Lamotte
Brian Markinson as Julius Kaplan
Ginifer King as Elaine
Andrew J. West as Pitchman Larry
Karl Herlinger as Lee Devries

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 == Plot ==
+When a shredding company manager discovers a “suspicious ooze” coming out of a truck, he calls the police. When Langston and Nick meet Brass at the scene, they discover what appear to be the remains of a person run through a shredder. The CSIs set about collecting the evidence from the shreddings, and discover several pieces of cut up credit cards mixed in with the remains. Doc Robbins works to make sense of the remains, determining they are from one person, who has likely been dead 24-36 hours. He determines the victim was killed by a gunshot wound to the head prior to being shredded. Greg is able to recover information off the credit card identifying its owner as a man named Larry Lamotte. Greg recognizes the name: Lamotte owns an identity theft protection company that’s frequently advertised on television. Greg himself has paid Larry to keep his information safe. Brass and Langston go to Larry’s office, where they’re greeted by his assistant, Elaine, and his head of security, Julius Kaplan, who tell them Larry is on vacation. All are surprised when Larry emerges, looking nothing like the man in his commercials. Larry admits he has a young office cleaner play him on television. Larry assures them he’s very much alive, and when they press to see if he perhaps went after the person who apparently stole his identity, Larry denies it. Nick finds out all of Larry’s enemies are former clients who claim that rather than protecting their identities, he allowed them to be stolen. One client in particular, Lee Deveries, took it especially poorly, crashing his truck into Larry’s office. When Brass questions him, Lee denies going after Larry, saying he has six alibis: all the guys running around claiming to be him, thanks to Larry.
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+Greg discovers an older bullet fragment among the remains that appears to be from an older gunshot wound. Greg also manages to trace the credit card to a P.O. Box in New Mexico, and comes up with several surveillance photos of a man—most likely their victim—using it. Sara finds blood in one of the disposal bins from Larry’s building and learns the waste disposal company that services the building is subcontracted by none other than Julius Kaplan. Brass, Nick and Sara go to question the man only to find him dead in a lawn chair by the pool. Nick discovers the primary crime scene where their first victim was killed in a walk in closet in Julius’s house. David Phillips determines Julius died at 5pm that evening from a single shot to the back of his head, while Sara finds a beer bottle that matches a void in the spatter on Julius’s body, indicating his killer was handing him a beer as he shot him. Brass and Langston question Larry a second time, pointing out that they’ve learned Julius used to be a mob contractor responsible for some brutal hits, but Larry once again claims innocence. Archie gets video footage from a neighbor’s surveillance camera of a car leaving Julius’s house, but the driver is obscured by another car passing by. Greg learns that the gun used to kill Julius was also used in an unsolved shooting six years ago in Reno. The victim disappeared shortly after seeking medical treatment and remains unidentified. Greg is able to match the fragment from the shredded victim to the ones recovered at the scene in Reno, confirming their victim is the same man who was shot in Reno six years ago. Sara finally gets an ID on the dead man, one which shocks the CSIs: his name is Larry Lamotte, according to an ID issued in Florida ten years ago.
+Brass and Langston are able to ID the man they thought was Larry Lamotte as Arlo Earton, who has a record for robbery and identity theft. They confront Larry/Arlo: he thought he killed the real Larry Lamotte six years ago. He stole his identity and used it to make a name for himself to defraud others, but then the real Larry came back and demanded money. Arlo admits to trying to kill Larry, his old partner, six years ago—pointing out that the statute of limitations has long since run out on the crime. He denies having Julius kill Larry or killing Julius himself, and a five-million-dollar withdrawal from his bank account backs up his story. But if he paid Larry off, where’s the money? Archie is able to get a partial license plate off the car leaving Julius’s house from the surveillance footage, and he discovers the car was rented out to Lee Deveries. The CSIs track down the car, only to find it driven not by Lee but by Elena, Arlo’s assistant. After Larry showed up and demanded money from Arlo, Elena and Julius plotted to kill Larry and frame Arlo for the murder, splitting the five million between them. Elena decided she didn’t want to split the money, killing Julius instead for being a pig—just like Arlo. Elena gives up information on Arlo in exchange for a deal, and Arlo is arrested for identity theft while Greg and his other clients are left to chase down their stolen information.{{Infobox_Television}}
+https://www.csifiles.com/content/2010/11/review-csi-crime-scene-investigation-bump-and-grind/
 == Cast ==

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