Derek

Derek was a member of The Maranzalla Crime Syndicate who worked as Tony Ciparini's bodyguard. Though secretly, he was an informer for the police and his death at the hands of Rocco Scarpa results in Tony joining The Lost Episode Resistance after nearly being killed by Maranzalla's hitmen.

"Sure Tony."-Derek's signature phrase.

## Derek

### Relatives

Three Unnamed SistersTwo Unnamed Brothers

### Affiliation

Maranzalla Crime SyndicateCity Of London Police Department

Tony Ciparini

Mickey Hamfists, deceased

Maranzalla, formerly + deceased

Rocco Scarpa, formerly + deceased

Sam and Max

## Overview

Derek was a member of the Maranzalla Crime Syndicate. He worked as Tony Ciparini's bodyguard. He was also secretly a CLPD informant, and whistled out on some of Maranzalla's associates in Oakton City including the Martinez Triplets. He worked with the police to help take down the biggest Mafia chief in the country in exchange for his own immunity. He also informed the CLPD on Rocco Scarpa's drug business which resulted in a heroin den frequented by the Los Santos Ballas and some Marnazalla goons being completely busted. Eventually, Derek began skimming cash, and stealing money from Maranzalla's counterfeiting warehouse in Oakton City. Maranzalla learned about Derek stealing money, and then learned from a police captain on the payroll that Derek was an informer. Outraged, Maranzalla ordered Scarpa to kill Derek, and he tortured Derek for hours on end before finally killing him. He left Ciparini in charge of disposing of the body, leaving Ciparini angered as he refused to believe Derek could ever have been a traitor. With Derek dead and outed as an informant, Maranzalla orders Mickey Hamfists to whack Tony which would allow for Hamfists to assume control of Tony's regime. Maranzalla believed Tony who had vouched for Derek was fully aware of him being an informant, and was trying to put the heat on Maranzalla and his associates. Tony manages to kill all of Hamfists' henchmen including his top hitman Buggy.

## Trivia

* Derek is one of several characters to only have their first name revealed.
* Similar to Omar Suarez, Derek's police dossier can be found in Sam and Max's office with his surname being covered with tape. It is reveals that he grew up in Oakton City, and was a lightweight boxer. He joined Maranzalla's Syndicate in fall of 2017, and became an informer after being arrested.
* Also according to the dossier, Derek was married and his wife works at Hartley Dale High School as a maths teacher.
* Mickey Hamfists uses Derek's informer status to show that Tony has poor judgement even though Mickey himself later becomes a federal informer in order to take over the criminal underworld.
* He lived in Greenfield, but also had a room at the Empire Arms Hotel.
* Derek was vouched for by Tony Ciparini, and Maranzalla believes Derek was an informant all along even though he only became one after being arrested.
* It is unknown whether Derek planned to rat Tony out too.
* He knew Sam and Max and vice versa. They commented on Derek being a swell fella suggesting that Derek had been an informer from as early as 2019 when Sam and Max were still running the CLPD.
* He frequented Luigi Goterelli's Sex Club 7.