Ace is a kid selling Get-A-Bars as part of his plan to save up money for college. Trouble ensues when they find two men in hockey masks stealing Ace's Get-A-Bar sales book. Emilie's journalistic instincts tells her that there's a story there--something that just might lead the gang to danger and jeopardize Em's spot as editor of The Rattler.
After Cam is nominated for an important award, she is chosen to dogsit for the judge. While walking the dog, Cam stops to talk to Theresa--another contestant for the award. Soon the dog suddenly disappears leaving no clues but a 'To Do' list. However, the list seems to point to one of Cam's friends.
Cam often goes to visit an elderly woman that lives in a set of apartments. One night while Cam is visiting, someone throws a rock through one of the windows of the apartment. As they dig for clues, Emilie finds that a student's family who lived in the same set of apartments was forced to move because they were being harassed. It seems that the owner of the apartments has had a history of trying to scare off tenants in order to increase the amount of rent he charges. However, he's just one of the suspicious characters that's the possible culprit behind this crime.
While out shopping for new clothes, Cam sees a woman in the dressing room shoplifting. After turning her in, Cam begins to not only feel threatened by her husband, but finds a ""stolen"" dress planted in her backpack. After visiting the man's store they find that his ""knock off"" clothing looks suspiciously like real designer outfits.
After Principal Eisenbud's new pocket computer gets stolen, Jake the janitor is immediately a suspect after student's hear a rumor about his past as a prisoner. However, the rumor gets worse when Em hears that her dad was not only Jake's friend, but a former inmate with him in jail. The gang is sure that Jake wasn't behind the theft and must figure out who was responsible. Meanwhile, Emilie deals with the rumors of her father's past.
As many car thefts occur in the Fort Greene area, Strick begins to think that Officer Malone is suspecting him as the theif. Soon after he realizes that Officer Malone might actually be setting him up to take the fall for these thefts. Soon the gang find themselves in the middle of a bizarre car theft ring.
A chain of neighborhood thefts are happening so the team has to figure out who is doing it. However, Strick regonizes the thief as his best friend from Juvenile Hall, Shep. Em and Cam go on a search to find Shep's house while Strick tries to find Shep himself--something that might be a little dangerous.
High school basketball superstar Cedric Jones needs to get a great grade on his English paper in order to play in the very important upcoming game. He gets an 'A' on his paper only to realize that the paper that was graded is not his own. As the gang investigates this mystery, it takes a twist when Cam's friend Lauren is kidnapped.