Kathianne
08-28-2013, 08:36 PM
Think of your own kids, grandkids, nephews, nieces, neighbor kids, are they mostly 'good kids' or 'bad kids?' My experience, with more than normal regarding teens, good kids. Sometimes they act goofy, like first waving the money in front of the camera, after trying to get service. But in the end, did the right thing.
Most are not wannabe gang bangers or out to take whatever they can get. Enjoy!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/honesty-pays-teens-grab-items-closed-new-jersey-store-pay-flee-article-1.1439324
Honesty pays! Four teens grab items from closed New Jersey store — but pay before they flee
The honest burglars — Thomas James, Kell'E Gallimore, Jelani Bruce and Anthony Biondi — didn't know the store, Buddy's Small Lots, was closed when they walked in Sunday evening. They couldn't find an employee after they grabbed several items, so they left the money on the counter and fled
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 1:41 PM
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The four teens, who play football for William Paterson University, walked into the store thinking it was open.
Now that’s a clean getaway.
Four teens waltzed into a closed New Jersey store, grabbed several items — and then paid for the goods before they left.
And a security camera captured them doing the good deed, which included them adding the appropriate tax.
The honest burglars — Thomas James, Kell’E Gallimore, Jelani Bruce and Anthony Biondi — stepped forward after the owners of Buddy’s Small Lots went public about the bizarre Sunday evening break-in, News 12 (http://newjersey.news12.com/news/honest-shoppers-praised-after-buddy-s-small-lots-in-wayne-security-malfunction-1.5961402) first reported.
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Two of the men were captured on surveillance footage paying for several items that they grabbed from a closed New Jersey store.
The four teens, who had recently moved to the area to play football for William Paterson University, said they didn’t know the store was even closed.
Store management told the news station that the doors were open due to a malfunctioned lock.
“It looked like it was open,” Gallimore told NJ.com (http://www.nj.com/passaic-county/index.ssf/2013/08/men_who_left_money_on_the_counter_at_wayne_store_l eft_open_after_closing_were_william_paterson_footb .html#incart_m-rpt-1). “Some lights were on, some lights were off. No one was at the register.”
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The four football players left money, including tax, for the items they took out of the New Jersey store.
The quartet wandered through the empty store looking for audio cable and batteries they needed after moving to their dorm rooms. But once they gathered what they needed, they still couldn’t spot a single employee.
They finally gave up and started waving cash in front of a security camera before placing the bills on a counter as they left.
“We had to get to practice, because we were running a little late,” Bruce told the news site. “So we decided to put the money on the counter instead of stealing it, because that’s just not right.”
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The four teens didn’t know the store was closed. The doors were open because of a broken lock.
Marci Lederman of Buddy’s Small Lots said she wanted to reward the four teens after she saw surveillance footage of the good deed.
“Just to say thank you in person,” she told News 12.
The teens were a bit reluctant to step forward, but eventually turned themselves in.
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The store’s manager said the lock on the door has since been fixed.
“We thought we were in trouble at first,” Bruce told NJ.com. “We didn’t know.”
But when the four football players showed up, Lederman made sure the teens got a few extra items for their dorm rooms on the house.
“They represented themselves, their families and the team very well,” the school’s head football coach told the news site.
From another article I found she'd given them each a $50 gift certificate, to 'thank them' and encourage them to be regular customers. How classy were all!
Most are not wannabe gang bangers or out to take whatever they can get. Enjoy!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/honesty-pays-teens-grab-items-closed-new-jersey-store-pay-flee-article-1.1439324
Honesty pays! Four teens grab items from closed New Jersey store — but pay before they flee
The honest burglars — Thomas James, Kell'E Gallimore, Jelani Bruce and Anthony Biondi — didn't know the store, Buddy's Small Lots, was closed when they walked in Sunday evening. They couldn't find an employee after they grabbed several items, so they left the money on the counter and fled
<script> function commentCount(){ function printResponse(response) { if ( response.commentCount > 0) jQuery(".goto-comments").html("Comments ("+response.commentCount+")"); } var params = {categoryID: "NYDN",streamID:jQuery(".goto-comments").attr("name"),threadLimit:100000,callback:printResponse}; gigya.comments.getComments(params); } jQuery(document).ready(function(){ commentCount(); });*</script> By Joe Kemp (http://www.nydailynews.com/authors?author=Joe%20Kemp) / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 1:41 PM
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The four teens, who play football for William Paterson University, walked into the store thinking it was open.
Now that’s a clean getaway.
Four teens waltzed into a closed New Jersey store, grabbed several items — and then paid for the goods before they left.
And a security camera captured them doing the good deed, which included them adding the appropriate tax.
The honest burglars — Thomas James, Kell’E Gallimore, Jelani Bruce and Anthony Biondi — stepped forward after the owners of Buddy’s Small Lots went public about the bizarre Sunday evening break-in, News 12 (http://newjersey.news12.com/news/honest-shoppers-praised-after-buddy-s-small-lots-in-wayne-security-malfunction-1.5961402) first reported.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1439315.1377711135%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/paid29n-5-web.jpg www.nj.com
Two of the men were captured on surveillance footage paying for several items that they grabbed from a closed New Jersey store.
The four teens, who had recently moved to the area to play football for William Paterson University, said they didn’t know the store was even closed.
Store management told the news station that the doors were open due to a malfunctioned lock.
“It looked like it was open,” Gallimore told NJ.com (http://www.nj.com/passaic-county/index.ssf/2013/08/men_who_left_money_on_the_counter_at_wayne_store_l eft_open_after_closing_were_william_paterson_footb .html#incart_m-rpt-1). “Some lights were on, some lights were off. No one was at the register.”
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1439316.1377711140%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/paid29n-3-web.jpg www.today.com
The four football players left money, including tax, for the items they took out of the New Jersey store.
The quartet wandered through the empty store looking for audio cable and batteries they needed after moving to their dorm rooms. But once they gathered what they needed, they still couldn’t spot a single employee.
They finally gave up and started waving cash in front of a security camera before placing the bills on a counter as they left.
“We had to get to practice, because we were running a little late,” Bruce told the news site. “So we decided to put the money on the counter instead of stealing it, because that’s just not right.”
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1439320.1377711149%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/paid29n-2-web.jpg www.today.com
The four teens didn’t know the store was closed. The doors were open because of a broken lock.
Marci Lederman of Buddy’s Small Lots said she wanted to reward the four teens after she saw surveillance footage of the good deed.
“Just to say thank you in person,” she told News 12.
The teens were a bit reluctant to step forward, but eventually turned themselves in.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1439318.1377711143%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/paid29n-4-web.jpg www.nj.com
The store’s manager said the lock on the door has since been fixed.
“We thought we were in trouble at first,” Bruce told NJ.com. “We didn’t know.”
But when the four football players showed up, Lederman made sure the teens got a few extra items for their dorm rooms on the house.
“They represented themselves, their families and the team very well,” the school’s head football coach told the news site.
From another article I found she'd given them each a $50 gift certificate, to 'thank them' and encourage them to be regular customers. How classy were all!