A jeweler reported a smash-and-grab robbery. The glass storefront window was shattered inward, and several diamond necklaces were missing. Detective Vance arrived, inspected the jagged glass shards scattered across the sidewalk outside the shop, and immediately concluded an insider staged the break-in. Which way should the glass have fallen if it was an outside break-in?
Inside the store
If a thief on the street smashed a window to break in, the impact force would drive the glass shards *inside* the shop onto the floor. Finding the shards on the sidewalk outside proves the window was smashed from the *inside* out.
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