Howard, on the other hand, can't come up with anything clever and instead just goes with honestly. "We were just going through his trash. Is that illegal?"

Well. Yes. But.

One of the officers pulls Mr. Frederick to the side and starts asking if he owns the store, so on so forth. The other stays with Diana and Howard and looks as if, while he's not going to browbeat them, he'll still stop them if they try to make a run for it. "Alright, whose idea was this?"