RachelKester-Pd.2

** The Case of the Late-Night Bandit **
 * By Rachel Kester **

 Dr. Haledjian was sitting in his house watching late-night television when a news report came on the screen. He turned his head to see a tall, dark-haired, middle-aged woman descriptively telling about a recent burglary. The reporter claimed that Jeffrey Crunpore, a 62 year old blind man, had called the police frantically on the night of December 2, 1999 saying that his house had been broken into. He said that he had been watching television upstairs when he heard a loud crash and the sound of muffled voices. He called his daughter, who immediately rushed over to the crime scene. After she arrived, she searched the house and found that the burglars had stolen his most worldly possessions.

“They took my antique watch, my late mother’s diamond wedding ring, and my wallet which was filled with over $2,000 in cash,” Crunpore tells the police. "What's more," he continued, "My home alarm system didn't even react when the crooks broke in. Now, I am planning to sue my home security company for not protecting my house better."

At that moment, Mrs. Haledjian walked into the room to tell her husband that she was going to sleep. Dr. Haledjian motioned to the television and asked her if she had heard anything about this.

“Oh yes,” she answered. “It truly is a shame that that poor man’s house was broken into.”

“I don’t think so,” he replied. “It sounds like a trick to get money from the security company to me!”  // How did Haledjian know? //