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The Case of the Stolen Ring
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Old Stuff Chapter 1: The Interesting Years
One day, November 1, 1967, a young lady had a little cute baby boy. Her name was Lisa Stanley. She was a happy mother. Her husband, Robert Stanley was a happy father also that day. They were 2 very happy parents. So they named their little baby boy Christopher Robert Stanley. Through his 1st-3rd years of life he was a very obedient child. So finally he was out of the house to go to pre-kindergarten or K4. He was a very quiet kid and never disobeyed his teacher. After 6 years he turned 10. He was ready to go to 5th grade. But it still was hit summer vacation. He was one day in summer camp and he turned on the TV. On channel 10, the news…
Chapter 2: Being a Detective
He heard on the news about many things, but especially about mysteries. He loved science and he would someday be a detective. He thought it seemed to be interesting to be a detective. He loved reading mystery books to him. They sounded much better than learning about the presidents and geography or even math problems and fractions, even though he was good at history and social studies and math. He didn’t like solving problems and learning about presidents and maps. He liked to learn about nature, mammals, and the earth.
Chapter 3: A Mystery of Money
Then the next day he heard about a mystery that was his style. “The mystery of the robbed money” was the name he liked best for this mystery. These were the exact words of the newscaster. “A thief on the loose. Watch out! A thief who stole some money from a bank. Sunbank to be exact. This person is known as a thief stole $13,293, but he would have stolen more. But the alarm went off. The police tried to catch him, but he escaped too fast for them. Better luck next time. So watch out!” Christopher Stanley was very interest in this mystery. He loves spooky mysteries.
Chapter 4: A Stolen Ring
After a few days another robbery took pace only one avenue from the robbery of the money stolen from the bank. Well, this is exactly what happened: a young, about 9 year old kid was passing by a little Mayor’s jewelry store at the corner of 67th Avenue and Main Street. When he was about to cross the street he heard a crash. He looked back and saw a person breaking into that Mayor’s jewelry store. He hid. He was terrified. The person went towards a glass case. Inside was a beautiful 24 karat gold diamond ring. It was a beauty and it cost $5,234.00. It was the most expensive ring in the store. He broke the glass case, grabbed the ring and left in a flash. The nine year old boy ran to the nearest phone booth and called the police. He said to the police “I am on Main Street and 67th Avenue. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! I think it is the same thief who stole the money in the bank. The police got there in no time. The little boy gave a description to the police: black hair, brown eyes, 6 feet tall, and 145 pounds. He was a white man wearing a mark over his face. He wore a black T-shirt, dark blue jeans, a pair of blue Nike Air shoes with white socks and a San Francisco 49’s cap. He was about 20-25 years old. So the police drew a description according to what the boy said.
Chapter 5: A Scary Scene
The thief didn’t stop there. He went to the mall of 68th Avenue and stole mostly things in Radio Shack and money from JcPenney and other popular stores. Some people got bruises on their arms, legs and even head. No one was severely injured. Some people gave descriptions. Many of the descriptions were shone on television to see if any one would call and say they saw the person or knew him.
Chapter 6: An End So Real
Then a young 24 year old lady called. She said she thought the robber was her boyfriend, Peter Riley. So the young lady looked at some men in custody to see if either of them was her boyfriend. None were. She tried again the next day and she saw Peter Riley. He went to court for a whole month and he went to court for a whole month and he was found guilty but especially because no one defended him. He spent 20 years in jail. So for Christopher, he got married at 22 year old girl named Jamie. They had two children, 2 girls. They named them Kelly Lisa and Jennifer Alexandria Stanley. They stayed married for 50 years. Christopher died at 72 of a her attack. Jamie died at 71 of old age. But still before he died they had lived happily ever after.
