Jeremy the Germ, Planetary Crime Fighter
by Ben Vanguarde
When Police Officer Perry Salter first meets crime victim Jeremy, the young man has a rare, debilitating form of autism. Later, Officer Salter confronts evidence of two hideous crimes. His cop instincts say Jeremy is innocent while the evidence and the community say Jeremy is guilty. Salter struggles to find truth and justice despite the very real risk of damaging his rising his career.Two elementary school bullies, now about to graduate from college, are confronted by their terrorized, under achieving victim and his new friend. Will the childhood victim answer their pleas for life-saving help? A seasoned and aggressive police officer, obsessed with advancing his career, must choose between just observing a conviction negotiated, which everyone but the victim wants, or determining actual guilt or innocence of the strangest case of his career.