byDespite the ASAP call, State Police Detective Kelly Stone had to wait until the front door of the Locust Grove Senior Center was unlocked by an inside chain and deadbolt.
“Detective Stone,” said a middle-aged man in Clark Kent glasses, “I so apologize for keeping you waiting. If I had just locked my office like the front door, the theft wouldn’t have happened.”
Kelly pulled out her cell phone and began to record the conversation.
“Oh, excuse me. We’ve never met. My name is Jeff Lourde, and for the last year I’ve been manager here.”
“What exactly was stolen, Mr. Lourde?”
“Well over one thousand dollars. I can’t be sure. You see I was in my office counting the money from yesterday’s walk-a-thon at my desk when suddenly I noticed it was time for our Community Action Committee to meet i
