Last night someone broke into Mom's house while she was sleeping. Mom is 90 years old, deft, and legally blind and didn't know someone had broke in until the security company called her and asked her to let the police in. Someone broke into the converted carport through a small window Dad had built when he enclosed the carport. Fortunately for Mom and the police Dad was a smart man.
When he designed the window he put up burglary bars, two screens and a sheet of glass. What made this window special was Dad had driven nails all around the window frame with the points facing the open part of the window. The screens hide the nails but when the man crawled through the window opening the nails ripped his arms and probably his back. He stole Mom's pocketbook with $28.00 and her checkbook and her lipstick. She had no credit cards or debit cards. The worst thing he got was her house keys.
Mom had three fives and thirteen ones but he dropped one in the yard. He left plenty of blood and some fingerprints at the scene. Mom was able to identify a potential suspect: a man just released from prison who borrowed $20.00 from her last week and who lives in the neighborhood.
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