Breslin's search for greatness introduced him to an array of shady characters: Klein the Lawyer, Marvin the Torch, Shelly the Bail Bondsman, Un Occhio the mob boss. Though they sometimes appeared to blur the line between fact and fiction, this was no fake news: Two of them became key sources in yet another Breslin exclusive, his 1986 exposé on the multimillion-dollar Parking Violations Bureau scandal.