bythe_books | 078 - [Filtered to SECURITY and CID] i spell good

Alright then, as we all know, there's been a rash of theft. Problem is, given when this has occurred, we can't say yet if somebody did this during the flood, or afterwards. So far, there isn't much in common between the missing items, except that they're small and easy to conceal, for the most part. New items are added in bold:

Earrings and bracelet - Lt. Uhura
Three vinyls - myself
A compass - Lara Croft
A flask and necklace - Serena... something
A black lab coat - the Doctor (the non-Time Lord Doctor)
Bottle of perfume. Mitsouko, by Guerlain. Nearly full - Una Persson
Drawing pad - Jason Dean

It's worth noting that when the complaint about the coat came up, Loki was the first to respond-- pointing the finger at Sam Winchester, Jason Dean, and T'Pol. A nice, random assortment there. Given his past behaviour, I'd make him a key suspect, although... I'll admit that he may have a point with the kid. Petty theft is the sort of thing an adolescent would get into.

As for the offers to help from Inmates, I wouldn't take 'em up on it unless their Wardens vouched for them. It's best to keep the investigation small. They can volunteer any information they may have, but I wouldn't give them any responsibilities, and I certainly wouldn't encourage those particular volunteers to go looking for information their own way. I don't trust them for a second.

[Private to Prefect] (Added later, so all of the comments below with no subject lines? ARE SET TO THE ABOVE FILTER; they're not public.)

Prefect, I've got a question for you.

[OOC: FOR THE RECORD: from now on if Sam uses a filter marked "CID" it stands for "Criminal Investigation Department", which was what he was in as a cop. So, the people on the CID filter would be: himself, Annie, Sgt. Howie, and Spencer Reid

EDIT: Sam's not sure if the drawing pad was really stolen, or if JD's just doing what Howie asked him, SO IT'S ON THE LIST UNTIL HE'S TOLD OTHERWISE]

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Jason Dean is known already for pointless, petty theft. He stole things of mine at least two or three times, and returned them when I asked after them.

I would say, given the odd and arbitrary collection of items, it's possible he did it. But he seems to do it to people he knows. I believe he also stole something off Castiel quite a while ago.

I don't know if you or any of the others have talked to him much, though.

Don't think I've ever spoken with him, myself.

But you said he returned them when you asked? Does he get on well with you?

Not necessarily when I asked, but he never kept them for long after I realised they were missing and always returned them of his own accord. He does get on with me, relatively, yes. He lives next door, and if he's going to be randomly stealing things, I would have thought I'd be the first place he went, and nothing of mine is missing.

Hm...

If you talk to him about it, think he'll go off talking to the other Inmates? Even if he didn't do it, he might be able to offer some insight into who could have.

I don't think he will. At least, if he did, it would possibly be to the ones he talks to regularly. I'm not sure how many inmates he really talks to often. Iago was an exception, I think, rather than a rule.

I think I could persuade him not to mention it to anyone else, though.

Great. Given your past interactions, I think you'd be the best one to question him about the thefts.

Alright, I'll go do that and tell you if I find anything out.

Thanks. I'll put in a note to Prefect, see if anyone's come to him to sell.

On the point below about asking the inmates, you could see if any of them do go and ask other inmates volunteering help to help them. It's quite possible that they're likely to ask a fellow inmate to help instead.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. We just need an Inmate we can trust, and Swing and Sylar are not it.

Shego's on Security, though. Maybe they'd talk to her.

That's the difficulty. They may, though, talk to one of them publicly about it, or on something inmates only could see.

Which would then mean some of the more trustworthy inmates could see it. Shego being a prime example. We don't have to entirely rely on information directly from Swing or Sylar, then.

Knowing the Inmates here, it'll more likely be in their own filter, if not completely private.

It's not just an information thing. I don't want to give those two any illusion of power or influence, not after the some of the shit they've both pulled. I say Shego or somebody else who's trustworthy can make the inquiry. What about JD? He can say he's missing something, ask the other Inmates if they are, too.

Edited 2009-12-06 22:41 (UTC)

That's true. Although I'm not sure any of them would truly trust either of them any more than we would.

I wasn't exactly suggesting we got them to make an enquiry for us, but given that one of them already has, we should probably keep an eye on that. Mainly so nobody else gives him that illusion of power, but also as that might help us get some information. Maybe. I think it'd be far more productive to ask Shego or JD to enquire after it, though, you're right.

Right, good idea. We'll keep an eye on Swing's post.

And I'll ask JD if he can ask after things as well.

Is that everything or is it possible we're missing more and just haven't noticed?

It's only everything that's been mentioned in the journals. I reckon more could be missing, but unless people report it to us, we can't really know for sure.

Should we inquired publicly?

Lt. Uhura already asked all of the Wardens. I'm wondering if we want to draw too much attention to the Inmates, given the high possibility that one of them is the culprit. If the thief was sloppy, we don't want him cleaning up.

Then again, they're already starting to talk about it themselves.

Edited 2009-12-06 21:33 (UTC)

If nothing else, there might be a discernible pattern to what was taken.

Good point.

At the very least, I'll put in word to Prefect asking him if there's anybody coming to him with new items to sell.

Good idea.