Posted on 04/12/2011 8:25:27 AM PDT by DCBryan1
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. -- Thirteen-year-old Chelsea Edwards says last weekend was the first time she ever tried her hand at a money-making venture.
The seventh-grader at Feagin Mill Middle School says it wasn't too long though before a couple showed up and soured her first business experience.
"The man bent down and seen the money jar, and he grabbed it," Edwards says, recalling what happened Saturday.
Edwards says a man and woman had approached the stand she was running with her two friends. She says they started asking questions about the price of lemonade.
That's when Edwards says the man reached down and snatched the jar of money she held between her legs.
"He flew in the car, and the girl was running after the car," Edwards says.
Houston County investigators say the couple is 20-year-old Gage Allen Turner and 21-year-old Amber Umbarger, both of Warner Robins.
Lt. John Holland says Turner got away in a white car that could be a 2010 Hyundai Accent.
He says Umbarger was left behind, and deputies quickly arrested her on the scene.
Edwards says the pair made off with $130, but what's worse, she says the money wasn't for her.
"I was going to raise money from Logan Varnadoe, my cousin," she says.
Logan is 2-years-old, developmentally disabled, and has a rare intestinal disorder.
His mother, April Varnadoe, says her son will be sent to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital this week for treatment.
She had been raising money to go with him, and her niece Chelsea was helping.
"My husband is having to take off work. We're going up there together with Logan, facing something very serious," Varnadoe says.
Since the robbery, Edwards says neighbors have pitched in to fill a new money jar, but says the experience has left a bitter taste.
"Why would he go up and rob three girls?" Edwards says.
Varnadoe has been collecting donations for the family's trip to Cincinnati through this site.
Anyone with information on the robbery can contact, Cpl. Slate Simons at (478) 542-2080 or (478) 542-2085.
The only difference between these two and Obama’s new IRS goon squad is the personal service they provide by showing up at your home to rob you...
Yep. My first thought: "Another f'ing tweeker!"
Sometimes the Muzzies get things right. That’s why I prefer them to the leftists and their druggy base.
Obama voters, no doubt.
Update 2: Donations pour in after lemonade stand robbery
Update 3: Logan Varnadoe leaves for treatments in Cincinnati
No word on funds received...actually, i hope it is million(s) and helps make this little angel well and family able to spend time with him.
Thanks again Freepers!
Be sure to post Logan's Fund on all of your FaceBook, twitter, and social networking sites!
It’s nice to see some good come from that story.
"All things work to good to those that love and serve the Lord"
Romans 8:28
God can make even an evil action good for those that love and serve Him.
I did post this to my fb. This ended up being a blessing for this Logan and his family.
errr....Logan and his family, that is ;)
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