Woman Caught on Tape Stealing Christmas Presents

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[chance33_98]

Woman Caught on Tape Stealing Christmas Presents

It's hard to imagine anyone could do such a thing, but someone stole Christmas presents intended for children at the Sacramento Children's Home.

Vitek Mortgage collected $5,000 to fulfill a wish list from children at the home. Friday at about 5 p.m., however, a woman pretending to be from the home stole the presents.

The theft has left Sacramento Children's Home stunned. "For somebody to take gifts away from children that have already been abused or neglected in their life and then to to this to them seems exceptionally evil to me," said Roy Alexander.

The woman was caught on a surveillance camera. Investigators believe she was someone who understood how the gift project worked, but they are not sure whether she is affiliated with Vitek Mortgage or the children's home.

In the meantime, Vitek says it will try to buy new presents for the children in time for Christmas.

[danneskjold]

Hell Express...

[csvset]

I wasn't stealing... I was test marketing the gifts prior to Christmas... I was exchanging them... I was seeing if they were appropriate..

Insert " excuse" or plea here___.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Someone's going to hell.

[Bluntpoint]

[MotleyGirl70]

Sad and just mean!

[geedee]

Sad and just mean!

God has special areas set aside for vermin like this. For her sake . . . I hope she stole some sunscreen, Raybans, and a water wiggle.

[Puppage]

HOW DID THOSE GET IN HERE?

[Damocles]

Hope they get $10,000 in presents after this debacle.

What a joke!

[Constitution Day]

For every infuriating, sad story like that, there are good people too.
For example, this is from my local paper, dated 12/21/03:

Family adopts mother and child

By Dorothy Y. Lewis, Rocky Mount Telegram

One Edgecombe County woman didn't let her unemployment stop her from giving to strangers this holiday season.

"I have always liked giving back to the community in any capacity I could," said Charity Avent of Rocky Mount, who said she was laid off from Saturn Electronics & Engineering last month.

Avent, 50, and her husband, Sidney, 46, of Rocky Mount adopted a family living at the Bassett Center, which provides temporary housing for homeless families on Branch Street.

Stephanie Doward said she became homeless three weeks ago because she could not afford to pay rent for an apartment on Mill Street in Rocky Mount.

"I thought Christmas was going to be horrible for my child and me," Doward said.

Doward, 37, said her outlook changed when she learned the Avents, a couple she did not know, bought Christmas gifts for her family.

"I was so happy and overjoyed for my child," said Doward, while sitting with the Avents on Thursday at the center. "I didn't care if I didn't get anything, but I was worried that my child wouldn't get anything."

Doward's son, LaKevin, 9, said he is looking forward to Christmas Day.

"I wouldn't mind getting a remote control car," LaKevin said.

Sidney Avent said he cannot stand the thought of a child not getting gifts on Christmas Day.

"Basically, I grew up with the focus being on Christmas and children," said Avent, who works at Abbott Laboratories. "I have three daughters, and one of my favorite Christmas memories when they were little is seeing the expressions on their faces when Santa had come."

The Avents have been making the Christmas season bright for needy families for ten years, they said.

"I just love giving," Charity Avent said.

[JustPlainJoe]

Nice....real nice....

Who was this woman anyway? Was her name Hillary by chance?

[Seruzawa]

Any bets which party the thief would vote for?

[pro libertate]

Only problem is there is no corner hot enough for someone like this.

[blackdog]

When I was ten, my cousin broke into our home on Christmas eve and stole all our presents. We had no idea who it was until my mom saw him wearing a pair of Adidas "Santa" had bought for my 16 year old brother the next weekend at a family gathering for New Years. She told his parents and they were furious at our family for suggesting the possibility. Upon returning to their home they found all the presents(sans cash) under his bed. He had real issues involving drugs, perverted sexual behavior, and scamming people just for fun.

Five years later he was found dead with a needle in his arm. Hellbound IMHO.

[Lancey Howard]

If it wasn't for the disastrous Bush economy, this woman wouldn't have to steal.

[Aquinasfan]

a woman pretending to be from the home stole the presents.

As Eddie Murphy once said, "I guess she wanted to be on the Hell Express."

[Savage Beast]

Anything that you can imagine--and many things that you cannot imagine--someone will do. Just remember--there are more Todd Beamers in this world than there are Saddam Husseins--or children's Christmas present thieves. The supreme beauty of Todd Beamer is that he was an ordinary person--just like you and me--ordinary and extraordinary--just like you and me.

[chance33_98]

That's the first time anyone has called me ordinary here :) Almost refreshing...

[Devil_Anse]

Heartwarming, wasn't it? That's the beauty of drug addicts--they prefer to victimize those closest to themselves, probably b/c they figure those close people are less likely to turn them in or bring charges.

[Devil_Anse]

Has anyone checked Wynona Ryder's whereabouts during this incident?