How do you catch a thief?

carmillaB · Shining Dragonstar Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 541

Would anyone know how to catch a thief at a school? (a small school, only 19 people in the freshman class.) someone in my grade has apparently stolen over $1,000 in electronics, clothes, and jewlery, including my ipod. Mad

I'm getting sick of all the teachers just sitting around letting this happen, while every week something else goes missing. so my friends and I are trying to figure out who, in a class this small, could be the little f***er who can't keep their hands off our stuff. does anyone have any ideas other than putting some kind of paint or powder on something valuable? (that's the only thing we could think of so far.)

Ragnarok · Posted: Tue 08 Apr 2008 15:34 Post subject:

Keep your valuables with you so you don't have to worry about it?

Bait them? (i.e. leave something valuable out, and keep an eye on it. If/when someone picks it up, confront them)

Police?
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Solid · Posted: Fri 11 Apr 2008 9:53 Post subject:

All though Hyraxylos' suggestion would be far more interesting, I think Ragnarok is right either bait them with an old MP3 are CD player, are just stop bring things to school and if you do keep them on you person at all times.
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DarkDragon · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 1575

If you have any proof, take it to the principal and the police. As for the rest, be careful about things. If you do bait them, make sure you cover all your bases and that a trusted adult knows about it too.
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gcdm · Dragonstar Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 221

i had this happen to me one, some one stole my bike, so i hid in a bush with a baseball bat and a low light camera. Sticky fingers came, took a pick, and chased after him, caught up and wacked him off the bike, he was arrested because he stole about 28 bicycles, and i got $100.
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Hyraxylos · Posted: Sun 13 Apr 2008 18:40 Post subject:

28 bicycles??? Shock

Wow... Just... Yeah. I think both these people have some sort of issue.
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ShadowBeyondtheGrave · Posted: Mon 14 Apr 2008 5:13 Post subject:

Haha, to catch a criminal you have to think like one.
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RamenDemon · Posted: Fri 25 Apr 2008 20:54 Post subject:

Isn't that supposed to be applied to.. animals???
Also I recommend using a trick I learned and used...
Bait (yes bait) something that looks like it MIGHT color your hands (stuff leaking out) then announce that the 'stolen' electronic is leaking out dye and the only stuff that can take the color off is in the nurse's office by the general broadcast speaker (y'know, the one princips use for announcements) then hide in the nurse's office, wait 'till the perp finds the stuff then catch him red-handed (literally, the 'antidote' is a red dye Smile

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Grammar and punctuation corrected. ~Namhias.
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