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Who knew that shoplifting could be a perfect Kodak moment? A thief and his partner seemed pretty competentwhen they went into a New York department store and took $2,000 worth of digital cameras. An abandoned shoppingtrolley full of empty camera boxes was found by shop assistants. Meanwhile, the shop’s surveillance tape appeared like it was going to be useless: the video showed the suspects, aman and a woman, but the captured images were far too grainy to accurately identify them. Then security officialsnoticed that, at one point, the tape showed the woman picking up a demonstration camera that was chained to acounter, and pointing it at her partner. No, she couldn’t have …Yes, she did. The shop’s manager called the photo center and asked about the camera. The guy operating the photo center saidthey were in luck: the camera had batteries and a disc. What’s more, it was hooked up to a printer. All they had to dowas press the print button to see exactly what the picture on the disc looked like. Out popped a clear color image of a balding man with a moustache, looking straight at the camera. The policecouldn’t ask for a better mug shot. Detective Sergeant Paul Dodorico said the couple “will be surprised. I’m sure they thought that there was nothingin the camera.” No sooner did police go public with the photograph than calls poured in, identifying the man as 36-year-oldJames Stissi. Less than three weeks later, detectives arrested Stissi at his home and charged him with robbery.
【黃瓊瑤】評論
知道商店竊盜的會是一個完美的柯達嗎?一個小偷和他的伙伴似乎很能幹,他们走進一家纽约百货公司,并拿了价值2000美元的數位相机。只留下一個空的相機盒在廢棄的購物車,被商店售货员發现。同时,該店的監視錄影機中出现了可能是無用的影像:螢幕顯示犯罪嫌疑人:一個男人和一個女人,但是採集到的圖像是太模糊了難以辨識。然後保安員注意到,在某一點,錄影顯示女人拿起一個被所在櫃檯的樣品攝影機,並指向她的伴侣。不,她不可能…是的,她做了。商店的经理打电话给照片中心,问了一下相机的照片。操作照片中心的人说,他们是幸運的:相机有电池和記憶體。更甚的是,它被連接到一台印表機上了。他们所要做的就是按列印钮,和看看記憶體上的图片結果是什麼。結果跳出来一張清晰的彩色圖片,一個留著鬍子的禿頭男人面對著镜頭。警方沒有比這一個更好的相片了。警察總長Paul Dodorico表示,我敢肯定這對夫婦一定很驚訝,他们沒想到出現在相機中。”很快地警方比對了照片,确定男子是36歲的James Stissi。不到三个星期后,侦探在Stissi的家逮捕了他,他被控搶劫。
【盧妍蓁】評論
(D) How Detectives Usually Catch a Shoplifter→錯在Usually
【ˊˇˋฅ】評論
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