- An elderly woman is killed in her home during the Christmas season and Tony discovers what really happened.
- During the holiday season, Tony investigates the murder of an elderly woman allegedly killed in her home during a Christmas burglary; matches wits with a mugger, and defends a homeless woman who's been sleeping in the manger of a Holy Family creche.—Anonymous
- When sixty-nine year old Annette Atkins is found murdered in her home just before Christmas, Tony dismisses Wallerstein's suspicion that her husband Frank and their son are involved with her killing. However, as the evidence continues to suggest murder, Tony proves that Frank bas recently fired a gun, prompting him to admit to the murder. Though claiming he was only fulfilling his wife's last wish that she be allowed to die in peace to end her suffering from cancer, Tony has no alternative other than to arrest Frank for murder.
When a homeless woman is found sleeping in the creche outside city hall, a powerful city councilman, demands that Tony get rid of her. When Tony's efforts fails to get the woman to stop sleeping in the manger, the councilman calls for a special hearing to force her removal. However, upset over Frank's arrest and with having to relocate the homeless woman against her will, Tony resigns and storms out of the meeting.
Upon hearing of the resignation, Frank turns himself in rather than make Tony arrest him. Meanwhile, the City Council bends to the voter's outcry and asks that Tony return to the job without making him enforce the city's vagrancy law. Finally, the District Attorney tells Tony that Frank will not be indicted for the mercy killing of his wife.
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