VIDEO RENTAL SHOP

BURGLARISED BY
MOVIE FAN
THE CRIME SCENE

On the night of January 12th, Star Video, a home

This is the video shop
where the events happened.
movie and video rental shop in Main Street, was
burglarised.The police reported the following:
The glass door was broken and the alarm was
disconnected. The suspect, who was watching a
video, was found in a back room in the shop
itself. Police were led to the suspect by a trail of
popcorn and gummy bears. He was taken to the
police station or questioning.

THE BURGLAR'S STATEMENT

According to his statement, the man, who used to work

as an usher at a cinema, was bored at home and didn’t
have anything to do or watch, so he decided to go to
Star Video to rent a movie. As the shop was closed, he
THE SECOND USE
broke into the shop by smashing the glass door, found
a film, spotted some popcorn and gummy bears, and
decided to just watch the film on the spot, as if he was This is the door that
at a cinema. the burglar smashed.

POLICE SUSPICION BASED ON EVIDENCE

Apart from the broken glass door, the alarm and the
trail of popcorn and gummy bears, other pieces of
evidence were found by the police at the crime
scene: a hammer on the floor, the cash register
forced open and some notes scattered around the
place. The police suspect that the culprit’s actual
intention was to steal the money from the cash
register, but as he is so keen on films,
This is the time when
the police found the
once at the shop he got carried away
suspect on the sofa. by the amount of movies available
and just forgot about
the theft he had planned.

Trail of popcorn which the police

found scattered on the floor on the
way to the back room.

This is the
hammer that the
burglar used
to smash
the back door.

These are the poor

people whose shop
was burglarised.

Esther Tallada 2022