Detective Colmes was at the coffee shop around the corner when he learned that Jones’s Jewelry had been broken into. He arrived at the scene of the burglary in moments
Ms. Jones, the owner of the store, explained what had happened. “I arrived this morning to open up the shop. As I walked up to my store, I noticed a lot of broken glass on the pavement. I looked up and realized that the display window had been broken.” Colmes looked out the broken window at the sidewalk, littered with glass. Ms. Jones continued, “Then I saw that all of the jewelry from the display window was gone. The doors were still locked, so this must be where the burglar broke in!”
“Why didn’t the alarm go off?” asked Colmes. “It’s a strange coincidence,” said
Mr. Jones. “I removed our old alarm system yesterday and made an appointment to have a new one installed today.”
Colmes looked around at the empty jewelry cases.
“I assume your jewelry was insured?”
“Of course!” said Mr. Jones. “Thank goodness for that!”
Colmes nodded and said, “Mr. Jones, I believe there
was a crime indeed. And it was committed by you.”
What crime does Colmes suspect Mr. Jones of committing? Why?