I'm gonna call that one a tie between you and Icybreaker.
The man is a counterfeiter. He sneaks into a mint, steals a printing plate and hides it in his paper bag. He gets outside, pulls out the plate to gloat over it (not seeing the cops nearby). They see the plate and, in Icy's words, shoot his face off.
Good job, guys.
Next puzzle:
A man, locked in a padded room, is dead of head trauma. He was fine when he entered the room, and no one has entered the room since the door was locked. What happened?
