AgentM
09-10-2007, 02:46 PM
A remorseful burglar has targeted a home near Queenstown for a third time - this time leaving $150 in cash under a rock to say sorry.
Home owner Graeme Glass found the cash metres from his front door when he returned to his Arthurs Point property.
Police offered to fingerprint the money but warned him that the process would leave it covered in purple ink and worthless. Mr Glass politely declined.
It was the third time his home had been targeted.
On August 28, he and wife Shirley returned home to find a window smashed and - bizarrely - a pile of their own property, plus gloves and a basketball they had never seen before, stacked neatly on their kitchen table.
An apologetic note explained how the thief had been overcome with remorse.
After stealing Mr Glass' $1200 laptop, camera and wallet, the burglar had returned the items later the same day - as well as purchases made using Mr Glass's American Express credit card.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10462896
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At least there's someone who's seen the error of his ways :).
Home owner Graeme Glass found the cash metres from his front door when he returned to his Arthurs Point property.
Police offered to fingerprint the money but warned him that the process would leave it covered in purple ink and worthless. Mr Glass politely declined.
It was the third time his home had been targeted.
On August 28, he and wife Shirley returned home to find a window smashed and - bizarrely - a pile of their own property, plus gloves and a basketball they had never seen before, stacked neatly on their kitchen table.
An apologetic note explained how the thief had been overcome with remorse.
After stealing Mr Glass' $1200 laptop, camera and wallet, the burglar had returned the items later the same day - as well as purchases made using Mr Glass's American Express credit card.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10462896
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At least there's someone who's seen the error of his ways :).