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Learn how to talk about crime and the legal system in English. Jeff reads a newspaper story about a student arrested for burglary and assault. **Dialogue/Story** I was reading the newspaper this morning and saw a story about a university student **arrested** and **charged** with **burglary** and **assault**. Last Monday, this student hit a **security guard** over the head, **broke into** his professor's office and stole the professor's computer. He wasn't doing well in the class and thought that he could **steal** the exam. When he was **arraigned** in **court**, the **prosecutor** said that the charges were very serious **felonies**, and not simple **misdemeanors**. He also said that because the student was a **flight risk**, the **bail** should be set at $2 million dollars. The judge agreed. If the student is **found guilty** of all the charges, he could be **sentenced** to **up to** 15 years in jail. When I read this story, I thought, wouldn't it have been easier for him to just study?