Posted on 06/03/2014 1:01:28 PM PDT by beaversmom
A demented Sandy Hook “truther” was arrested Friday in Virginia after he stole signs from playgrounds in New Jersey and Connecticut that were dedicated to tiny victims of the Newtown school massacre, police say.
Andrew David Truelove, 28, lifted a sign May 6 from a Mystic, Conn., playplace dedicated to 7-year-old Grace McDonnell and also took a sign from the playground made for Chase Kowalski, also 7, in Mantoloking, N.J.
He called the parents of both children after the thefts and told them the shooting was a hoax and that their children never existed.
Cops in Stonington, Conn., got a lead on the suspect after he bragged about the theft and sent images of himself pointing the middle finger at the stolen signs to The Daily Banter, a news and opinion website. Police tracked the image data to Herndon, Va., where cops surveilled Truelove’s home and then searched it Friday. Police pose with the signs after they were recovered from a home Friday in Herndon, Va. Herndon Police Department Police pose with the signs after they were recovered from a home Friday in Herndon, Va.
The stolen signs were sitting in Truelove’s living room, Lt. Jim Moore, the Herndon police spokesman, told the Daily News.
The alleged thief has been sitting in jail since May 26 for a probation violation. His checkered background includes a conviction for abducting an 8-year-old girl from a schoolyard in 2007, cops said.
“We’re going to drive the signs to Connecticut and to New Jersey and deliver them to the families,” Moore said. “This was a very moving and very touching story. It’s nice to see the signs were not damaged too much while sitting in the house.” Truelove took pictures of himself pointing the middle finger at the stolen signs inside his Herndon, Va., then sending them and bragging about the thefts to website The Daily Banter. The email helped cops crack the case. Truelove took pictures of himself pointing the middle finger at the stolen signs inside his Herndon, Va., then sending them and bragging about the thefts to website The Daily Banter. The email helped cops crack the case. Previous Next
Cops in Virginia busted the Andrew David Truelove who stole signs from playgrounds in Connect and New Jersey that had been dedicated to victims of Sandy Hook. Cops cuffed Andrew Truelove in Herndon, Va. And charged with possession of stolen property; he could face charges in the other states too.
The playgrounds are two of 26 to be built by the “Where Angels Play” foundation in Hurricane Sandy-ravaged areas of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut in memory of the children and educators gunned down during the Newtown murders.
The stolen signs have since been replaced.
So-called Sandy Hook “truthers” are conspiracy theorists who believe the horrific massacre was staged by the government to help aid its cause to impose strict gun control laws. In their eyes, Grace and Chase never existed and their parents are actors.
“I spoke with the families and they are very happy to hear that hopefully justice will be done, and more importantly, he’s off the street,” the foundation’s founder, Bill Lavin, said of the suspect, who has documented mental health issues. “He’s ignorant of the tragedy and it’s scary to imagine that there are people out there that don’t understand the gravity of this tragedy. Not only the horrific pain of the experience, but to be tormented by these characters, is unsettling.”
Both children were among the 20 gunned down inside Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
Truelove has been charged with possession of stolen property, and will likely face charges in both Connecticut and New Jersey related to thefts, Moore, the Herndon police spokesman, told the News. Hand-crafted memorial cards honoring Grace McDonnell at the playground dedicated to her in Stonington, Conn., on May 13 after Truelove allegedly stole one of the signs. TIM MARTIN/AP Hand-crafted memorial cards honoring Grace McDonnell at the playground dedicated to her in Stonington, Conn., on May 13 after Truelove allegedly stole one of the signs.
“I was amazed with the grace and strength that these mothers and the families handled the situation,” Lavin said of the thefts. “They handled it with far more poise than I did. It’s just a testament to their unbelievable strength and courage through an unbelievably difficult time.”
Lavin said 23 of the 26 playgrounds are completed. The final one, for Sandy Hook principal Dawn Hochsprung, is expected to be built by mid-September.
For more information, visit thesandyproject.org.
“You’re wrong, you’re delusional, you’re a loon, get professional help.”
I’m also a ‘Birther.’
I think Hussein’s 9-layer PDF birth image is a Photoshop job.
Do you think that’s crazy too, or does your Birth Certificate have 9 layers?
Quite a lot of investigative resources expended for some stolen signs.
When someone took the pro-GOP signs off my yard (numerous times) no one seemed to care
There are an awful lot of “Sandy Hook Parents” attending gun control meetings all over the country.
We are going to need a little more info than your say-so that you knew one of them.
“I am a movie producer”
You are??? Can I audition for you?
STELLA!!!! Hey STELLAAAAAAA!!!!
My 3rd grade teacher told me that I was the best crowd extra in our school play.
No?
Ok then, how about if I pitch an idea.
Theres a shark terrorizing vacationers at a beachside resort. We can get steven spielberg to direct. Or I can do it if hes not available. Because what I really want to do is direct.
Nothing would surprise me.
I know it is a tautology, but the crazy ones rarely think they are the crazy ones.
You forgot to mention how the so-called “sheriff” was actually John Goodman hired to play the part.
Also the part where the parents of the dead kids knew their kids were going to die, and volunteered, and that is why there were so few kids at the school, it was just the people who supported gun control so much they were willing to send their kids to die.
You are probably crazy about that as well.
Although I admire your tenacity, and your ability to believe that somehow these no-named people in the 60s had a 40-year plan to get their newborn elected President of the United States.
I wonder about anybody who would claim that it is impossible to deliver a 5-minute speech without making a mistake.
I was doing that regularly in high school — and not just prepared speeches, but extemporaneous speech as well.
I wonder if this person ever went to a real play.
Wolfgang W. Halbig doesn’t believe anyone was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, and he’s looking for some answers. So many answers, in fact, that he was paid a visit by some police investigators telling him to back off.
Mr. Halbig isn’t your average “conspiracy theorist.” He’s worked in public education as a teacher, dean, assistant principal, principal of an alternative school and as the Director for School Safety and Security for the Seminole County Public Schools, a school district of approximately 65,000 students.
A former Florida State Trooper and United States Customs Inspector, Mr. Halbig was invited by the U.S. Department of Justice to train over 3,500 school police officers, school superintendents and school principals. He travels the country providing presentations and keynotes to a variety of school board associations and conferences and is a nationally-recognized school safety and security expert and consultant, who has provided safety training and school assessments for more than 4,000 school districts nationwide.
This guy seems convinced ....I dont know how us “little people” are sposed to evaluate anything any more...
I was thinking the same thing. I was to robbed at gunpoint and had credit cards used immediately after at a mall. The cops wouldn’t drive down the street to pull tapes.
“You are probably crazy about that as well.”
Okay great, according to you, Hussein’s 9-layer PDF birth certificate digital image is legitimate and not forged.
Glad you stated your position for the record, so I can mock you after the inevitable unmasking of Obamatollah as a fraud.
“We are going to need a little more info than your say-so that you knew one of them.”
Ha. Don’t push the shills to reinforce their psyops, or we’ll be here all night “getting convinced” that FBI and Eric Holder don’t lie.
That guy (Robbie Parker) in that video is ACTING.
I don’t know who died, and I don’t know how they died, but I’m telling you for the record that anybody who watches that video clip cannot pretend Robbie Parker isn’t acting b/c it’s obvious.
Maybe folks died. Maybe they were shot. But that guy in that video (Robbie Parker) didn’t have a daughter who got shot to death 24 hours before he approached cameras LAUGHING, then got into character in a hurry, then delivered a 100% flawless five-minute speech with zero errors.
Sorry folks. Doesn’t pass the smell test.
We need to bring back whipping as a punishment.
This man needs to be beaten bloody.
Four people hanged for conspiracy to kill Lincoln and one was killed during apprehension. Five people couldn’t keep a conspiracy a secret. What you’re saying is an entire town, a whole school system first responders from six towns, the state police and three hospitals are keeping a conspiracy a secret.
No.
Then how do you explain Hussein’s forged 9-layer PDF birth certificate?
It was ‘certified’ by his childhood Subud Cult leader LORETTA FUDDY, who was installed as Hawaii DOH Director, released the birth certificate 60 days later, then walked off an aircraft after it mysteriously splashed down, and then, for no reason, dropped dead?
How many folks survive a plane crash without injuries, then drop dead 20 minutes later from a ‘heart arrythimia?’
You were saying there’s too many people involved for Sandy Hoax to be a scam.
Yet how many people has it taken to keep Hussein’s FAKE ID covered up, and enforced as ‘legit?’
Normally when I encounter people as batsh!t crazy as you sound I drop a dollar or a few coins into their cup and keep walking. I’ve given you far too much time as it is. Seek help. Really.
That guy seems a bit crazy.
And why do you say that he isn’t your average conspiracy theorist? Do you think that most conspirists are sitting in their basement living off food stamps?
Anybody who claims that 18 families are LYING about their children being dead, and that everybody who knew these families are all participating in the coverup, is crazy.
And that is what you have to believe to believe he is not nuts about this. Because before the event, these families existed. There was a real community, and a real school, and these people all lived in that real-world community, and sent their kids to that school, and they knew each other, and the families played together, and they had mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and friends and relatives.
And what this man is saying is that every one of these families either MADE UP the children that they claim are dead, or worse that they made those children disappear so they could PRETEND they were dead, or worst I guess that they killed their own kids and disposed of the bodies so they could pretend they were killed at the school.
Oh, and every cop is lying about seeing the dead bodies. And the coroner. And the people who came to the funerals, and the funeral directors who buried the bodies.
And the teachers, and the principal, and the first responders.
Pretty much the entire community has to be lying about 26 people who they all knew the day before the incident, and who have not been seen SINCE the incident.
Sorry, that is simply crazy thinking.
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