T hieves who tried to rob a police station were caught after leaving a trail of cake crumbs behind.
Sylva Police Detective Aimee Sumner said the two suspects were arrested on Jan. 6 only hours after they stole flag poles, flags and a sign during their break-in at the station in North Carolina.
"They had cake and icing all over them," said Sumner, adding that the suspects had been drinking and were seen earlier at a birthday party serving birthday cake in a restaurant.
After noticing the broken door of the police station was smeared with cake and icing, she said, a police officer followed the crumb trail out onto Main Street where he also found a lid with the same icing.
The cake and icing matched that found on the two suspects when they were later stopped.
"People saw them at the restaurant. We have a witness that saw [one of them] with our flag after the police office had been damaged," she said. "They had our stuff, and they had cake all over them."
(AFP)
意圖搶警局的竊賊因留下蛋糕屑證據，遭到逮捕。
北卡羅萊納州Sylva鎮的愛咪．桑莫警官指出，一月六日有兩名嫌犯闖入警局偷走旗竿、旗幟與標誌，不到幾小時即落網。
桑莫說︰「他們身上沾滿蛋糕與糖衣。」她也提到嫌犯身上有酒味，之前還有人看見他們在一家餐廳的生日派對上端蛋糕。
她說，一名警官注意到警局的門被撬開，上頭還沾著蛋糕與糖衣，遂追蹤碎屑走到緬因街，在那裡發現了一個沾著相同糖衣的蛋
糕盒蓋。
兩名嫌犯隨後遭攔下，身上的蛋糕與糖衣均吻合。
「有人在餐廳看到他們倆。警局遭破壞後，目擊者看見其中一人拿著警局旗幟，」她說︰「他們持有警局物品，身上佈滿蛋糕屑。」 （法新社/翻譯：賴美君）
1. arrest v.i. /v.t.
逮捕 (dai2 bu3)
例: The murderer was arrested at dawn.
(殺人犯於拂曉時分遭逮捕。)
2. break-in n.
闖入 (chuang3 ru4)
例: We had a break-in while we were away.
((我們不在時被闖空門。)
3. smear v.i. /v.t.
塗 (tu2)，抹 (mo3)
例: Mel had chocolate smeared all over her face.
(梅爾臉上塗滿了巧克力。)
4. witness n.
目擊者 (mu4 ji2 zhe3)
例: I was witness to the car crash.
(我是那場車禍的目擊者。)
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