"Sheriff Dearborne?!" chorused the assembled group.
"Just as I thought!" Velma exclaimed. "He was working with Mr. Claude to try and ease his workload. The sheriff believed that if he could black out the casinos, he would eliminate most of the crime and have to work much less and have an easier job."
Mr. Snow waddled up to the scene. "So how did he manage to cause the lights to blow?"
"Or make that hologram of the destroyed factory in the desert?" Fred interrupted.
"It's very simple," Velma replied. "I noticed that Sheriff Dearborne is an electrical engineering major. My guess is that he used his knowledge to fix the lights to blow at a certain time. And the hologram was just another one of his technology tricks."
"Yeah, and I'd have gotten away with it too, if not for those meddling…goths!" Sheriff Dearborne snarled.
The Hard Rock's security guard strode over to the costumed sheriff and jerked him to his feet. "While your motives might not have been bad, a lot of people could have gotten hurt. Let's go, pal. We'll send a car to pick up Mr. Claude for his part in all this." He fastened handcuffs on the sheriff's wrists and dragged him away.
"Well, with the Neon Phantom safely behind bars, we can finally have our concert!" Thorn announced excitedly.
"Scooby-Rooby-ROO!" Scooby cheered along with the rest of the crowd.