
Cleaning Out The Bureau
Lester Crest
- Mission giver
- Lester Crest
- Playable
- Michael De Santa
- Location
- Darnell Bros., La Mesa
- Target
- Harvey Molina
- Unlocked by
- Fresh Meat
Player notes
Michael De Santa arrives at Darnell Bros. in La Mesa to meet Lester Crest. Lester tells him that the Union Depository job is on hold because Trevor Philips is keeping out of sight after his ordeal with the Triads. Dave Norton and Steve Haines then arrive with a demand of their own. Evidence of Haines's illegal conduct is surfacing inside the FIB, and Haines needs Michael to destroy it. In exchange, Haines promises to erase Michael's FIB files. Michael accepts only after insisting that this will be his last job for them.
Michael drives Lester to the FIB building, where Lester explains that they need a janitor's identity to get inside. He has selected Harvey Molina. They wait at the parking garage exit and watch the vehicles leaving, then spot Molina's car and follow him to his apartment on Las Lagunas Boulevard in West Vinewood. Michael goes inside after Molina. He secures the janitor's ID and overalls, leaving Molina to take a paid absence from work.
Michael returns with Lester to Darnell Bros., where Franklin Clinton is waiting in the office. Lester says the crew also needs paper architectural plans for the FIB building, since he cannot obtain them through its systems. The plans belong to the building's designer, Chip Peterson, whose office is in Backlot City. Franklin agrees to track Peterson and obtain the blueprints. Michael, Lester and Franklin remain at the garment factory.
Objectives
8 stepsIn the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.
- 1Get in your car.
- 2Go to the FIB building.
- 3Wait for the janitor's car.
- 4Follow the janitor.
- 5Follow the janitor into his apartment.
- 6Get back in your car.
- 7Go to the garment factory.
- 8Go to the office.
Gold medal
3 requirementsEvery one of these in a single run earns the medal. Replaying the mission later counts.
Eagle Eye
Check all license plates.
He Missed a Spot
Follow the janitor without being spotted.
Time
Complete within 09:00.
Mission failed if
Any of these fails the mission and sends you back to the last checkpoint.
- รWasted
- รBusted
- รLester died.
- รLester was abandoned.
- รThe janitor died.
- รThe janitor escaped.
- รThe janitor was spooked.
- รThe janitor cannot get home.
- รThe car was destroyed.
- รThe car got stuck.
- รThe area was abandoned.
- รSecurity was alerted.
- รFranklin died.
Trivia
- โWhile waiting for the janitor to leave, one of Lester's comments, "This is not the car we're looking for", may be a reference to a famous line from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope ("These are not the droids you're looking for.")
- โIf Michael honks his horn while tailing Molina, Lester will chastise Michael for this, warning him that it could attract Molina's attention. Despite this, the mission will not fail.
- โThe mission was changed in many ways during its development.
- โOriginally, the mission was supposed to be done by Michael, Steve, and Dave, instead of Michael and Lester, according to cut game dialogue.
- โMichael was originally supposed to stealthily kill Harvey while he watches TV on the couch. As a result of this change, the cutscene in which Michael meets him appears to be somewhat rushed, as Harvey barely questions why Michael randomly walks into his apartment, and he begins filling the bag with his clothing before he knows what Michael even wants.
- โWhen Michael gets into his car after taking Molina's ID and overalls, the radio will automatically be tuned into Space 103.2 and "Tonight" by Kleer will always play.
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Last verified September 14, 2026
