Police accuse Shore woman of stealing donated toys from collection bin
Police have arrested a North Cape May woman for allegedly stealing toys from a collection bin.
Police from the North Wildwood Police Department with recovered toys. (Photo courtesy of the North Wildwood Police Department)
Police have arrested a North Cape May woman for allegedly stealing toys from a collection bin.
Irene Burke, 65, allegedly stole $600 worth of toys from a Christmas toy drive collection bin at the North Wildwood Acme for the Lunch with Lynch Foundation to distribute, according to a North Wildwood Police Department release.
Police charged Burke with theft. The toys were returned to the foundation.
The North Wildwood Police Officer’s Association donated $200 to help cover the loss before Burke’s arrest.
ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY – suspect stole donated toys from a collection bin for The Lunch With Lynch Foundation’s Christmas Toy Drive at the N. Wildwood ACME. If anyone has info on her identity, call 609-522 -2411. Police Off. Assoc donated $200 to the Toy Drive to help cover the loss pic.twitter.com/ilRVXEBgcF
— North Wildwood PD (@NorthWildwoodPD) December 22, 2017
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