12 Year Old Jessica Maple Cracks Case of Burglary at Late-Great Grandmother's Fitzgerald GA Home

Jessica Maple, 12 years old, cracks case of burglary at late-great grandmother's home in Fitzgerald, Ga., after attending summer program at Fulton County District Attorney's Office.

Jessica Maple, future investigator, solves burglary case

Congrats to 12 year old Jessica Maple for doing the job of a police investigator.  Maple, who attended a summer program at the Fulton County District Attorney, Paul Howard's office, that teaches youth how crime fighting works, actually solved a robbery for the police.

Just as she attended a forensics class, someone burglarized the home of Jessica's late, great-grandmother in Fitzgerald, Ga. Jessica investigated, and found where the burglars broke in. The police had missed it. She recounted the reaction she received from authorities for Channel 2’s Jeff Dore. “Like, oh my gosh, how'd she find that?” Jessica said. But that wasn’t all. Jessica and her mom went to a local pawn shop and found her great-grandmother's property.

“We called the police station and the guy, the investigator, he was like, ‘Oh my gosh, how'd you find all the stuff here? I was coming here.’ And I was like, ‘I did your job again,’” said Jessica. Jessica and her mom also learned that the pawn shop owner had copies of the IDs of the guys who sold the stuff. And then, believe it or not, she and her mom drove to the guy's house and confronted him. “And he said he did it,” said Jessica. Source

Jessica Maple made good use of her summer and we applaud her for solving this crime, particularly since it affected her family. We want to hear more good news stories like this about our black youths!