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Whoops! California Charity Thieves Return Haul with Handwritten Note
It may be proof even thieves have consciences.
Sure, they robbed a California non-profit group that helps sexual assault victims last Friday. But they ended up returning the stuff. And, judging by the kind note they left, they seemed to be really sorry about it.
“I got chills when I saw the note,” San Bernardino Sexual Assault Services Executive Director Candy Stallings told ABCNews.com. “I was teary eyed, and I had so many mixed emotions.”
“A police officer I was with at the time said they had never seen anything like this in the 20 years they were on the force,” Stallings added. “We were shocked, completely shocked.”
(Candy Stallings)
Stallings said she received a phone call from her alarm company at 10:30 p.m. Friday informing her that the motion detectors at the group’s office building had detected movement and that the alarm had gone off.
“I headed down to the office and I was like, ‘Oh, my goodness, this is going to be terrible,’” Stallings said. “We have never been broken into because we are very cautious and lock our doors all the time.”
Stallings headed down to the center, where she saw a San Bernardino police helicopter flying overhead. Police and a canine unit were investigating the break-in.
Inside, she said, the building’s telephone wires had been cut, its Internet connection was down and six computer towers, a laptop, speakers for the laptop, children’s story books and 100 bags of small candy had been stolen.
The investigation wrapped up around 2 a.m., Stallings said, so she returned home.
But she heard again from police about two hours later.
Sure, they robbed a California non-profit group that helps sexual assault victims last Friday. But they ended up returning the stuff. And, judging by the kind note they left, they seemed to be really sorry about it.
“I got chills when I saw the note,” San Bernardino Sexual Assault Services Executive Director Candy Stallings told ABCNews.com. “I was teary eyed, and I had so many mixed emotions.”
“A police officer I was with at the time said they had never seen anything like this in the 20 years they were on the force,” Stallings added. “We were shocked, completely shocked.”
(Candy Stallings)
Stallings said she received a phone call from her alarm company at 10:30 p.m. Friday informing her that the motion detectors at the group’s office building had detected movement and that the alarm had gone off.
“I headed down to the office and I was like, ‘Oh, my goodness, this is going to be terrible,’” Stallings said. “We have never been broken into because we are very cautious and lock our doors all the time.”
Stallings headed down to the center, where she saw a San Bernardino police helicopter flying overhead. Police and a canine unit were investigating the break-in.
Inside, she said, the building’s telephone wires had been cut, its Internet connection was down and six computer towers, a laptop, speakers for the laptop, children’s story books and 100 bags of small candy had been stolen.
The investigation wrapped up around 2 a.m., Stallings said, so she returned home.
But she heard again from police about two hours later.
More:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/08/whoops-california-charity-thieves-return-haul-with-handwritten-note/
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