The policeman moved slowly down the avenue. It was nearly 10
o'clock at night and the streets were empty. The sky was as black as pitch and the atmosphere was filled with dead silence. As the policeman turned the corner, he found what he was hoping to find. The silhouette of a tall man was spotted in the distance. That man was known as ‘The Night Robber’ or as the ‘Sus Man’ in the city of Halleenikon. He was infamous for all of his successful attempts to rob banks, museums and even malls, over the past two weeks. He was after a jewel worth millions that resided in the city’s Artefact Museum but the noble policeman, Noah Danvers, was determined to capture him, once and for all. Mr. Danvers was a mouse as he silently creeped closer towards the robber. But suddenly, the man stood still. The policeman slowly started to back away as The Night Robber reached into his bag to get something. He then pulled out the jewel as he exclaimed, “I’ve done it once again.” As Mr. Danvers saw the jewel, his mouth stood ajar as he thought to himself, “That’s impossible. How did he get that jewel with such ease?” The robber continued to walk down the alley and the policeman decided to follow him as if he tried to capture him, he may fail as The Night Robber always has a trick up his sleeve. After about ten minutes of walking, the robber seemed to be approaching the house of Mr. Danvers’ boss, Liones Fury, the Chief of Police. Mr. Danvers found this suspicious so he continued looking on from a distance. The Night Robber then knocked at Mr. Fury’s door and Mr. Fury himself answered and let him in. Mr. Danvers then snuck to the side of the house where he managed to see them having a conversation through a window. The policeman then pulled out his mobile phone and started recording their convocation for evidence in the future. “I have completed all of my tasks, am I free to go back to my family now?”, questioned the robber. “Yep, I will book you a flight back to London tomorrow. You have done well my accomplice.”, said the Chief of Police. Mr. Danvers was shocked when he found out this information. Mr. Fury was bribing the robber with a way to get back to his family in exchange for stealing many valuables. Mr. Danvers then decided to head home and deal with matters in the morning. The next morning, before Mr. Fury came into the police station, he presented the recording of the conversation to all of his colleagues. The then came up with a plan to handcuff Mr. Fury to a chair then question him on the situation. They managed to go through with this plan and Mr. Fury came clean with everything. He admitted that he bribed the robber with a ticket back to his family as he could not afford it and took all of the valuables in exchange. He said that the robber left this morning to go back to his family. Mr. Fury then started sobbing as he pleaded for their forgiveness. Mr. Danvers then decided that the best thing to do was to sentence him five years in prison to pay for his crimes.
Roger Dale Stafford, Sr. v. Ron Ward, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester Oklahoma Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, 59 F.3d 1025, 10th Cir. (1995)