Stealing from kids, what is the world coming to...

[Tobra]

Guy steals a bunch of dough from a couple of kids selling girl scout cookies. Apparently in San Antonio

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Girl-Scouts-robbed-as-they-sell-cookies-outside/qqnmg6g66E-A34NOkFWAFQ.cspx

Two little girls and their troop leader were robbed outside a North Side store Wednesday night. The Brownie troop leader became emotional as she told News 4 WOAI how she witnessed the thief steal from the two 3rd graders.

"They didn't take it from me. They took it from my girls," the troop leader said.

The 9-year-olds had set up and sold their cookies at the Walgreens in the Medical Center several times before, and everything had been fine. But Wednesday night, a man stole all of their hard-earned money.

"We were finishing up our shift and we were packing up our cookies," explained the girls' troop leader.

That troop leader, who doesn't want to be identified, said a man then walked up to their table.

"I didn't even think he was looking at the money," said told News 4 WOAI. "I thought he was leaning over to look in the box, like 'What do you have in there?'"

She said then all of a sudden, the man snatched their bag of money and ran off. He got away with about $250. The troop leader chased him, but he got into a car with a woman and drove off.

"The one thing that I was screaming was to call the police, and I just kept yelling out the license plate number," the troop leader recalled.

News 4 WOAI tracked that license plate number to a home on the West Side. Our crew knocked on the door, but no one answered.

"I try to teach the girls that nothing's given, you have to earn it, said the troop leader. "And they earned that money."

The little girls had to learn a very grownup lesson, but intend to continue selling cookies to try to earn more money.

"Both little girls are scared," explained the troop leader. "And they've learned, firsthand, there are bad people out there."

News 4 WOAI learned the man accused of taking the money was inside the Walgreens store prior to the theft. Police are now reviewing surveillance video from inside the store.

[Rick Lee]

Gawd, I would hate to be that guy. He'll be lucky if a bad case of nightstick rash is all he gets.

[chapo]

Sorry, but Mad Max needs to deal with some of these guys. In Cali today some douchebag Gas employee kicked a two pound dog to death in front of the owner and baby child brecause he was "threatened". Get the rope.

[ruf-porsche]

Times are tough these days and people are desperate.

[Mo_Gearhead]

Tough times a commin' gentlemen.

I think in Missouri we will just skip the 'Death Wish' act of put-some-quarters-in-a-sock ...and go straight to the concealed 9MM or 45 Auto.

I predict this country is on the verge of a rash of ...vigilantism.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Mo_Gearhead

I think in Missouri we will just skip the 'Death Wish' act of put-some-quarters-in-a-sock ...and go straight to the concealed 9MM or 45 Auto.

I've been doing this for many years and times aren't even tough for me (yet).

[BGCarrera32]

Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

Times are tough these days and people are desperate.

I don't care.

[SuperXRAY]

Yeah, what kind of comment is that?

If only we had a right to protect ourselves....

I carry my sidekick wherever I go. I'll defend myself and my family with whatever cost it takes, it's my right. I definitely would not have stood by and let the suspect get away. Someone should have taken care of it when he left the area of the children, to avoid endangerment.

But, at least my tax dollars will pay for that person to not get reformed in jail? <- That's sarcasm, BTW.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by BGCarrera32

I don't care.

What don't you care about Times are tough, or People are desperate?

[Hugh R]

As Ving Rhames said in Pulp Fiction to the guy who sodomized him "I'm going to get medieval on your ass".

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

What don't you care about Times are tough, or People are desperate?

I would say that his opinion is this, "Times being tough and people being desperate is no excuse for this sort of action."

that was my take on his comment anyway

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Hey, them *****es wouldn't give me free cookies when I asked! They had it comin'!!!

[livi]

I can respect low number of brain cells and economic desperation BUT never low levels of morality.

[RedBaron]

I wish I could find out where to send a donation to the troop...

Poor kids...

[Hugh R]

Saw the title of the thread and thought it should be in PARF, re: the Obama speech last night and Bobby Jindal afterwards talking about getting a loan from our kids.