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03-08-2011, 10:34am
166 boxes of Girl Scout cookies stolen from car
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 12:19 PM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2011 7:15 AM EST
FAIRFIELD, OH (FOX19) - Police are investigating three car break-ins in Fairfield over the weekend, and one of the cars contained over 160 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
A spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio says 166 boxes valued at $581 were taken from a car belonging to a "cookie mom." The order had just been received and the cookies were going to be distributed the next day.
The theft happened Saturday night at Villages of Wildwood Apartment Complex.
"I was like, 'ahhhhh what happened to the cookies?'" said Girl Scout Rachael Stoll.
She and her twin sister, Kayla, and their mom had just picked-up their cookies Saturday night. Then, after church, the plan was to drop them off to all of the people who'd supported them, starting with grandma.
"She said, 'oh my gosh, why did someone steal those?'" Rachael Stoll said exasperatedly. "I was looking forward to eating those."
And so were lots of other people. Someone busted through the back window of their mom's SUV. The shattered glass was still on the seats.
The thief did not take the family's Bible, which was sitting right there in the middle of all the cookies.
"They broke two commandments," Rachael Stoll said. "The 8th and the 7th." Then both girls chimed together saying, "You shall not steal and you shall not covet your neighbor's stuff."
"These are called the super six," said Ann Macdonald, who is the Communications Manager for The Girl Scouts of Western Ohio.
"These are the most popular cookies across the United States," she said pointing to Tagalongs, Do-Si-Do's and Thin Mint boxes sitting in front of her. "And we are participating in a pilot project just selling six varieties of cookies."
"She had 166 boxes," Macdonald said. "Which was 581 dollars worth of cookies."
She praised the girls' mother, Erin.
"She did the right thing, she made a police report, called the police, so she's going to be giving us that report, so that we've got that," Macdonald said.
But, unfortunately, there is no cookie insurance. A homeowners insurance policy could cover such an incident, but the Stolls rent and did not have a renter's insurance policy.
So, right now, the girls are responsible for covering the cookie loss.
Amazingly, the girls forgive whoever took off with their cookies.
"I would say I forgive you because, everybody is guilty for something I know you robbed like three cars on our street but c'mon!," Rachael said.
"I would say I forgive you because everyone deserves a second chance," said her sister Kayla.
The mission of Girl Scouts is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Sadly, these girls are learning a hard life's lesson.
"Resiliency is important," Macdonald said. "And hoping that maybe something good will come out of an initial bad situation, those are things their whole troop is going to be learning because the whole troop cares about these two girls."
So as of right now, the girls are out almost $600. The cookies are their responsibility. The Girl Scouts organization is working with them to figure out a solution.
Hopefully someone will step forward and either return the cookies or find a way to help these girls reach the goal they've worked months to achieve.
Is there a white knight that could step-in and save the day?
"If that would happen that would be wonderful," Macdonald said.
Police have no suspects in this case. If you have any information on the thefts call CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040 or the Fairfield Police Department.
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 12:19 PM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2011 7:15 AM EST
FAIRFIELD, OH (FOX19) - Police are investigating three car break-ins in Fairfield over the weekend, and one of the cars contained over 160 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
A spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio says 166 boxes valued at $581 were taken from a car belonging to a "cookie mom." The order had just been received and the cookies were going to be distributed the next day.
The theft happened Saturday night at Villages of Wildwood Apartment Complex.
"I was like, 'ahhhhh what happened to the cookies?'" said Girl Scout Rachael Stoll.
She and her twin sister, Kayla, and their mom had just picked-up their cookies Saturday night. Then, after church, the plan was to drop them off to all of the people who'd supported them, starting with grandma.
"She said, 'oh my gosh, why did someone steal those?'" Rachael Stoll said exasperatedly. "I was looking forward to eating those."
And so were lots of other people. Someone busted through the back window of their mom's SUV. The shattered glass was still on the seats.
The thief did not take the family's Bible, which was sitting right there in the middle of all the cookies.
"They broke two commandments," Rachael Stoll said. "The 8th and the 7th." Then both girls chimed together saying, "You shall not steal and you shall not covet your neighbor's stuff."
"These are called the super six," said Ann Macdonald, who is the Communications Manager for The Girl Scouts of Western Ohio.
"These are the most popular cookies across the United States," she said pointing to Tagalongs, Do-Si-Do's and Thin Mint boxes sitting in front of her. "And we are participating in a pilot project just selling six varieties of cookies."
"She had 166 boxes," Macdonald said. "Which was 581 dollars worth of cookies."
She praised the girls' mother, Erin.
"She did the right thing, she made a police report, called the police, so she's going to be giving us that report, so that we've got that," Macdonald said.
But, unfortunately, there is no cookie insurance. A homeowners insurance policy could cover such an incident, but the Stolls rent and did not have a renter's insurance policy.
So, right now, the girls are responsible for covering the cookie loss.
Amazingly, the girls forgive whoever took off with their cookies.
"I would say I forgive you because, everybody is guilty for something I know you robbed like three cars on our street but c'mon!," Rachael said.
"I would say I forgive you because everyone deserves a second chance," said her sister Kayla.
The mission of Girl Scouts is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Sadly, these girls are learning a hard life's lesson.
"Resiliency is important," Macdonald said. "And hoping that maybe something good will come out of an initial bad situation, those are things their whole troop is going to be learning because the whole troop cares about these two girls."
So as of right now, the girls are out almost $600. The cookies are their responsibility. The Girl Scouts organization is working with them to figure out a solution.
Hopefully someone will step forward and either return the cookies or find a way to help these girls reach the goal they've worked months to achieve.
Is there a white knight that could step-in and save the day?
"If that would happen that would be wonderful," Macdonald said.
Police have no suspects in this case. If you have any information on the thefts call CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040 or the Fairfield Police Department.