… taken into custody on Wednesday, one day after an unidentified man stole an unspecified piece of merchandise …
It sounds like the cops did a good job here. Initially, he wasn’t arrested. He was arrested the next day, after the cops investigated. He’d apparently lied to the cops about what happened (maybe said the victim had a weapon), and the cops didn’t just take his word for it and not try to corroborate with other evidence.
It sounds like the cops did a good job here. Initially, he wasn’t arrested. He was arrested the next day, after the cops investigated. He’d apparently lied to the cops about what happened (maybe said the victim had a weapon), and the cops didn’t just take his word for it and not try to corroborate with other evidence.