A security guard at a warehouse reported that a thief broke in, tied him to a chair, and stole a shipment of copper wire. When Detective Sterling arrived, he found the guard sitting upright, securely tied to a rolling office chair with his hands bound behind his back. The chair's wheels were unlocked, and the warehouse floor was completely smooth concrete. Sterling arrested the guard for insurance fraud. Why?
The guard could not have rolled himself in
If the guard's hands were tied behind his back and he was bound to a rolling chair on smooth concrete, he couldn't have moved the chair across the warehouse himself. Someone else—or the guard staging it—had to move him, exposing the lie.
About this riddle
Detective riddles are tiny mysteries. Look for the detail in the story that does not fit; it is usually the clue that solves the case.
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