A tween girl from Georgia put on her crime-fighting hat and showed cops that solving crimes takes more than age and a badge. Jessica Maple, 12, put her recently learned skills to the test after she completed a summer camp clinic on criminal science. The resourceful pre-teen decided to matters into her own hands and take what she learned over the summer and apply it towards solving a recent burglary in her Grandmothers home in Fitgerald, GA. Starting from square one, Maple located the point of entry, something the police had failed to recognize, and then went with her mother to a local pawn shop where she found all of her Grandmother’s missing items.

Maple and her mom called the police to ‘debrief’ them on their progress. Maple describes the police’s response as one of shock and amazement over what the young girl was able to accomplish before the police did. Not only did she find her Grandmother’s stuff, the pawn shop owner shared with them the alleged thief’s identity. Not to be intimidated by a thief, Maple and her mom drove over to the suspects house and told him his jig was up. Maple said that the man confessed to the crime.

Police have yet to make an arrest however — probably too busy scratching their heads. Fulton County Georgia’s DA is calling the situation “a first”.

Source: msbtv.com 2

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