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Monday, January 23, 2012

News Tribune - News - Local - Peru Smoke Shop robbed

News Tribune - News - Local - Peru Smoke Shop robbed

Also indicates that a $1000 reward was given to the person who identified and saw the suspected arsonists at the Westclox fire. I suspect that the person who received the reward must have known the teenagers accused of this crime or how could they be identified and so quickly? And if he/she did know them to be able to identify them, why was he/she in the area also? Remember this was a dark and cold night and also N.Y. eve and not many people were out and about. Just leaves one to wonder about the many questions that have not been answered. ,

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're absolutely right Lois. I've always thought it was suspicious how quickly these kids were identified. The location, the time of day, and the day of the year were not conducive to spotting "specific" individuals leaving the Westclox building. Unless someone knew they were going to be there and why they were going to be there what would anyone be doing in that location on New Year's Eve at the stroke of midnight?

Anonymous said...

Does anyone else think it is odd all the "activity" that occurs downtown in that one block?

Anonymous said...

There were plenty people out on News Years Eve.

Peru Town Forum said...

7:08 PM

I doubt very much that people were at the Westclox warehouse that night. There was a party going on at the old Yanka tavern on Route 6 but I don't believe people were wandering around a block away. Not an area to be out and about.

Anonymous said...

I "heard" that the boat caught fire so quickly that it singed the hair and clothing on the boys and it was very apparent that they were close to a big fire.

Anonymous said...

And were they just standing on a corner with singed hair and clothing waiting for someone to spot them? Someone still had to know who they were and where they had been and where to tell the police to find them.