Brad\'s Bobeche Blog

Here’s a closer look of the evidence.

Today I left the house very early for my morning walk because of the heat wave. At 6:00 AM when I left home it was already 76 degrees, the overnight low was 75. I normally take a brisk walk to Antioch and back, about a 4 mile round trip. The walking path is beautiful and lined with interesting trees and bushes. This morning, when I was about 1/2 mile from where the trail empties into the park at Antioch I noticed the trail was lined with candy and sports drinks (see photo). Now I’m no Columbo, or Nero Wolfe, or even a James Rockford, what I’m trying to convey is that I’m a franchise salesman, not a detective or even a PI (sorry Magnum.) Despite this limitation I came to the conclusion that someone had broken into the snack bar at the park and made off with a collection of sugar-based snacks without paying.

When I got to the park there was a grounds-person working on the baseball field who upon hearing about findings and my suspicion said, “I won’t be the first time.” Sure enough we walked over to the snack bar together and the door was slightly ajar which the grounds-person noticed immediately and a broken oversized glass jar lay in pieces outside the door. I walked around to the front of the snack-bar and saw that the window were orders are placed and items received was wide open. I don’t have confirmation of this, but I’m assuming that was the point of entry. I then continued on my walk. Within a a couple of minutes I heard the approaching police sirens. Here’s my question, do you think I should have stayed around to talk to the police?