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Originally Posted by CFrance
There aren't that many crimes around the old jailhouse, bloodless or otherwise, that they can't thoroughly investigate them all. This isn't NYC. Somebody is shoving this one under the rug for some reason, in my opinion. The poster whose opinion it is that TV does not want the publicity has the answer, methinks.
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I think I am the poster you refer to. To clarify: my point was that the desire to avoid bad publicity is one possible explanation for the Sheriff's decision not to aggressively investigate what appears to be a solvable case. (See my earlier post re possible investigative actions.). There are also other possible explanations -- some more benign and some more sinister.
However, this crime involves a loss of around $40,000. To dismiss it as inconsequential, as some posters do, is both naive and absurd.
Furthermore, if the Sheriff did start to turn up the heat in the investigation, the likely outcome would be that the perpetrator(s) suddenly find Jesus and hire a lawyer. The lawyer goes to the prosecutor. A deal is cut for reimbursement, a guilty plea to a misdemeanor, and a fine.