Sword and Scale Host

Any amount of money is worth it.

He's desperate.

The glass crunches under his boots as he walks away, leaving two shops and ruins behind him.

By sunrise, both storefronts are cordoned off with yellow tape.

Patrol officers sweep glass into piles while the owners pull up the surveillance video.

A white male, short, with a bald spot and tattoos on his arms.

The timestamp on the camera is wrong, but they already know the crimes happened overnight.

The owners are terrified, and one vows to shut down the business.

She wonders how this could happen in such a family-friendly town.

Parma Heights has one of the lowest crime rates in the nation.

At least, that's what the statistics say.

Whoever the perpetrator is, he probably should have worn a mask.

His face is front and center on the surveillance camera.

Not only that, the outside cameras catch him speeding off in a white Jeep.

It doesn't take long to bring in Thomas Nuff for questioning.

recognize them tattoos yeah huh yeah do you remember doing this or no tom seemed like your average guy next door he just didn't have that typical criminal look about him if there even is such a thing he looked more like a dad sitting on the bleachers of his son's football game and thomas did have a son

A good kid, who unfortunately had to be raised by Tom's sister during the last 15 years he was in prison for aggravated robbery.

So, looks can be deceiving.

That's what they say, anyway.

Tom tried to be a good dad.