SydneyHecht2MinuteMysteryPeriod2

While picking up a suit for his family party tonight, Dr. Haledjian received a nervous call from his wife. “Mike, we have a HUGE problem! Our party is in one hour and all of the cookies are missing. I’ve searched the whole house and they are nowhere to be found. They’re gone, all gone!” Racking through his brain, Mike tried to think where they could have disappeared? He needed more information. “Dawn, slow down. Now tell me, when and where did you last see the cookies?” Dr. Haledjian said soothingly. “Oh, about an hour ago, I suppose. I just took them out of the upstairs kitchen oven and had them cool down on the counter top. Then, I went to my room and laid down. Joan, our trustworthy maid, said she saw the whole thing,” Dawn explained. “Well, what did Joan have to say,” replied Dr. Haledjian. “Joan said she was cleaning the kitchen counter top -- the one the cookies were on -- so, she moved them over to the window sill. As she was cleaning, she noticed Sol, the middle-aged gardener, come over to cut the grass. Joan said she chatted with him for a while until Sol asked for a taste of the cookies. Knowing that they were for our party, Joan said she couldn’t give him any. Hearing that response, Sol reacted by running off with the entire tray. Joan said she would have come and get me, but she had to jump out the window and chase Sol to get the cookies back. Joan said Sol was too fast for her and he got away. I asked Sol if this was true, but he denied it. I trust Joan. Why would she lie to me? I am going to have to fire Sol. Because of him, we now have no cookies for our party!” Dawn cried. Mike thought for a minute. “Before you fire him Dawn, you might want to find the real culprit of the missing cookies. Joan!”
 * Who Stole the Cookies in the Cookie Jar? **

** How did Dr. Haledjian know that Joan was the culprit and Sol was innocent? **

If the cookies were on the 2nd story kitchen, Sol wouldn't have been able to grab and run off with the cookies.