Posted on 09/03/2025 2:20:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Police are searching for a wedding crasher who stole about $60,000 in cash and checks gifted to a bride and groom at a California wedding.
At a wedding held on Sunday, a suspect entered the wedding hall shortly after midnight, grabbed a gift box and fled through an exit, witnesses told Glendale Police.
Surveillance footage then shows the suspect fleeing the venue in a Mercedes SUV that appears to have been waiting for him.
The suspect is described by police as a male around 40 years old who is of White or Middle Eastern descent, who is bald and has a medium build.
The victim who reported the theft estimated that the box contained about $60,000 in cash and checks that had been gifted by wedding guests.
"As soon as we found out what happened, you know, the music shut down, everything immediately stopped," the bride, Nadeen Farahat, told KABC. "I ended up sitting on the dance floor sobbing with my friends and cousins around me."
The couple told KABC the suspect was there for at least 90 minutes.
"He's watching the dance floor. He's watching our family. It's so scary to look back and see that there was a stranger at such a private event, and such an intimate event. It's such a violation," Farahat said.
The Renaissance Banquet Hall did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.
The investigation into the theft remains ongoing and police said the suspect has not been identified.
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Nadeen FARAHAT??? Hmmmmmmm
The Castanza - Kramer gang!
All I ever took was cookies from a tray and a drink.
Not white but I’ll take some where along the Mediterranean for 300 Alex.
Sounds like an inside job.
"Don't worry about that, nobody's gonna steal that here"
We tried to crash a wedding once. We wanted to see how a hall looked for our upcoming wedding 38 years ago.
We decided to not go in when we realized we were the only non-Koreans in the building.
Some people take the center piece.
But, but..... What if the wedding crasher neeeeeeeds it more than the others?
Damn it!
Img height = 300 also works.
Idiots spend massive amounts on weddings.. total idiots.
I got married in 1973 for $25.00. We eloped. Every year till the priest died I sent a card thanking him. I went through the phonebook and called, he was the third priest I called going alphabetically. He said got any witnesses? I said no, he said come on over I’ll round some up. Got his neighbor who was mowing the lawn and his wife who actually cried at the wedding.
52 years later still going strong... that’s how you do it.
Depends on your Aspect...ratio that is.
Inside job, no doubt.
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