LIBERTY, NY — A 12-year-old boy may be wishing that his dog ate his homework.

Police in the village of Liberty, approximately 100 miles northwest of New York City, tell the Times Herald-Record of Middletown that officers used math homework to track down a boy suspected of breaking into an auction house Saturday night.

The owner said a window had been removed and jewelry, cellphones, video games and other items had been stolen.

Police say homework with the boy’s name on it was found in the woods behind the auction house.

The youth has been charged with burglary.