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Article: Thief again targets charities
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2001
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Thief again targets charities
Same bandit swiped donation jars from stores, police say
By PETER MALLER
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Friday, April 20, 2001
Kewaskum -- A criminal dubbed the "charity thief" after he or she
stole coins stuffed into restaurant collection boxes for Children's
Hospital of Wisconsin has struck again, this time swiping spare-
change jars at five other businesses, the village's police chief said
Thursday.
Most of the money taken early this week -- following incidents at
two Dairy Queen restaurants last week -- was earmarked for
improvements at a football stadium at Kewaskum High School, Police
Chief Richard Knoebel said.
"We definitely have a charity thief out ...