Complex sentence: The next morning, Tony drops Meadow off for an interview at Colby College, and leaves to ambush Petrullio at his travel agency, strangling him with a length of wire as the informant pleads for his life.
Split into simpler sentences: The next morning, Tony drops off Meadow for an interview at Colby College, and leaves to ambush Petrullio at his travel agency. Tony strangles him with a length of wire as the rat pleads for his life.