Police in the village of Liberty tell the Times Herald-Record of Middletown that officers used math homework to track down a boy suspected of breaking into an auction house Saturday night.

It all started when the owner of an auction house arrived to work Sunday morning and noticed that a window was missing.

When he began to look around the auction house he noticed some items were not where they should have been. He then took stock of the items in the auction house and he realized that some jewelry, cell phones, video games along with other items were missing.

The storeowner called police and they arrived to investigate. As they looked around outside, detectives found some schoolwork that had been inadvertently left nearby in the woods behind the auction house. The school papers had the student’s name on them.

After locating the boy’s home, police found the stolen items in his possession. He was arrested and charged with burglary.

HAHAHA…I WONDER IF HE THREW OUT THAT PAPER IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR HIS LOOT.