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.
If you knew anything about movies you’d know that the producer doesn’t “hire” (by which I guess you really mean “audition”) -—the director does this, and yes, even at the amateur level, it happens all the time. And yes, monologues of five minutes or longer.
I’ve got one of these in my family - there’s nothing a person can do - no amount of reasoning or proof can dissuade them.
Just because its on YouTube doesn’t make it true.
Real people are grieving real unimaginable loss and people like you are making it worse.
Listen up, genius:
Halbig and you are Sandy Hook Truthers Come Lately’s — and not very good at that.
I and others here followed this from the start and our little fingers know more about the facts of this case than the whole lot of you Truther Come Lately’s.
If it’s facts you want then they are here in all the threads from start to finish:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sandyhook/index?tab=articles
Bone up on the facts, genius, both you and your self-appointed school safety moron, and then go away.
or is he just nervous in front of the cameras and microphones like you would be.
Uncle Chip, HELL NO.
That guy that stole the signs was from the DC area.
The ‘story’ was featured on the 11PM news a few days ago.
His father was interviewed.
His father makes Bowe’s father look completely sane and rational.
If all this effort were put into locating etc the Bengazi ‘survivors’ we may get some answers to that.
People are correct....Kind of unbelievable that a whole town could or would be able to ‘cover up/invent’ an act such as Sandy Hook.
‘IF you want to have 3 people keep a secret, kill the other 2 and then watch what you say and who you say it to.’
<>Please post the FBI report for Sandy Hook. You can not because it is sealed and classified.<>
The FBI didn’t conduct the investigation — the State of Connecticut did.
The Sandy Hook Final Report filed by the State of Connecticut that conducted the investigation is available and has been for 6 months — or are you Truthers too stupid to realize that:
http://www.ct.gov/csao/lib/csao/Sandy_Hook_Final_Report.pdf
When was the last time you stood in front of news cameras and answered questions about your child who had just been brutally murdered???
Sick. Disgusting. Get help.
The fraud perpetrated is what is disgusting.
Give us facts,not your disingenuous outrage.
Who exactly died and produce the death certificate. They are public records.
Can you help me locate the death records?
I am trying to elicit help.
Name calling, that is all you have.Grow up.
Nonsence.The FBI was on scene,what,they there to keep everybody in fresh Starbucks?
The final FBI report is sealed and classified.
The FBI didn’t conduct an investgation? That is a lie, and yes I’m calling you a lier.
What makes you think that an FBI report, if there is one on this case, would be materially different from the Connecticut report that I linked for you???
Have you even bothered to read the Connecticut report or are you just simply proving that the name you were called fits you to a “T”.
“I am so sick of lunatic conspiracy theorists I can’t stand it.”
So true. I usually think they are fun but this one is so completely wrong/scary.
Why would he forge his birth certificate? His mom and “dad” weren’t even together when he was born.
If you are going to make stuff up, at least TRY to see if any of it can be proven.
Honestly, these people think the Twilight Zone was a documentary.
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