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.
I can’t wait.
Please provide a citation of the child’s death. A simple death certificate will do.
Watch this clip and tell me I’m wrong.
You are most assuredly wrong.
...but I’m telling you for the record that anybody who watches that video clip cannot pretend Robbie Parker isn’t acting...
Except, for the record, several posters on this very thread have told you that it isn't acting. Are we all in on it?
I didnt write it....
Ok, so you watched the first 30 seconds of that video and you DIDN’T see Robbie Parker smiling?
Then you’re blind. Or lying.
Funny how you pretend to know what folks are doing or thinking and then build your conspiracy around your assumptions.
I watched it. All. There is nothing unusual.
Wolfgang Halbig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoO75EmOHxs
“And this “LyinLibs” believes a whole town, nay the whole law enforcement agencies plus the families involved are “hush hush....”
I never said the whole town or LE knows what actually happened at Sandy Hook.
99% of Americans believed for a few years that Hussein was born in Hawaii.
Does that mean 99% of Americans are ‘part of a conspiracy?’
No, it just means that based on the information they were given, they concluded that Hussein was born in Hawaii.
They didn’t realize the WH would “settle the matter” by releasing the worst forgery in history, and forget to flatten the PDF. It has 9 layers, for Christ’s sake.
I think most of Sandy Hook thinks Adam Lanza went into that school and shot kids.
I think most of the law enforcement officials believe that’s what happened. They believe the official FBI story.
The townsfolk believe it. The MSM believes it.
FBI classified the official Sandy Hook report, so nobody can see it. How convenient.
Another Example:
FBI was questioning that moslem friend of the Boston Marathon bombers. FBI goes to his Orlando apartment.
After midnight inside his apartment, FBI shoots the witness SEVEN (7) TIMES, including once, execution-style, in the back of the head.
So they shoot the witness to death, THEN release the official FBI explanation the next day:
The official FBI story was ‘he pulled a knife.’ The next day, FBI’s story changed to ‘he made a threatening move.’ The day after that, FBI’s story changed to ‘he reached for a weapon but it wasn’t a knife/gun.’
After 5 stories in 7 days, FBI stopped releasing stories and claimed ‘internal review’ to buy time.
No surprise the Moslem World is stuck in the 7th Century. They’ve got half the US government under their control and they can’t even print a credible cover story after 5 attempts.
I know several people that attended the funerals. You are a despicable person.
They are every bit as Cukoo as the 9/11 Troofers.
Halbig is a moron—
He shows up a full year after all the questions are answered and reports are written and then asks the same moronic questions that have been satisfactorily answered in the reports as if no one has addressed them.
Mr.Halbig is a nationally recognized school safety expert,stick to facts.
No life flight helos dispatched.
No EMS allowed to enter school.
Not one wrongful death law suit filed against the school board or anyone else.ZERO with slip and fall lawyers on every corner.
Not one death certificate issued.
Talk about suspending belief. A 170 pound mentally ill young man with Aspergers disease (effects motor skills among other things.)killed 26 people in less than 11 minutes.That is superior to the capabilities of tier 1 killers trained by the US military.
These are but a few facts,please present your facts. Nothing has been answered to anyone’s satisfaction who looks at this with any objectivity.
As I’ve said, I believe people died.
I don’t believe the FBI report that Adam Lanza did it.
I don’t believe the official story that cops found a holiday card from Lanza’s mother with a check inside ‘for him to buy a gun.’
What mother gives her kid money earmarked for a gun purchase when he’s had a history of mental problems and has Aspergers Syndrome?
I notice folks calling me names, but nobody is addressing the substance of my questions.
Robbie Parker is smiling/laughing at the start of his five minute speech to TV cameras.
And nobody gives their mentally ill son money to buy a GUN.
Reports were that the mother was trying to put the kid in a mental home. Would you buy him a gun in the meantime to enjoy until the mental home could process the paperwork?
Those still duped by the Hussein Regime, along with paid psyops teams, attack everybody who questions the pathological WH and FBI lies.
But they never answer direct questions with facts. They just insult the person asking the question.
It’s just Taqqiya in most cases. That means Islamic lying to fool infidels.
Don’t forget this little fact.
NO PARENTS viewed/identified their dead children’s bodies after they were supposedly shot to death in Sandy Hook elementary.
The medical examiner gave a press conference in front of State Troopers, telling the TV News that he has ‘great photographers who can control the situation’ instead of parents actually seeing their kids’ bodies.
These are known facts. Nobody can explain why NO PARENTS viewed/identified their kids’ bodies.
Cue more insults from Disinfo social media teams in northern VA.....
Please post the FBI report for Sandy Hook. You can not because it is sealed and classified.
Virginia Tech,Columbine,Aurora are all available for review.
This fantasy has more holes than a log of swiss cheese.
FBI report that said Adam Lanza did it?
Please post a link, I have not seen this report.Please source your information so all my be enlightened.
I want to see it.
The guy in the video is Bull Sh*t. It is bad acting.
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