Friday, 23 November 2012

Legion Stung By poppy Collection-box Thefts





            Inga Kruse from the B.C/Yukon legions command comments “we are very upset”, after they found out that six poppy boxes in the Chilliwack area have been stolen. This theft of the six poppy boxes from the Military legions happened over five days around Remembrance Day (Sun, Nov 11) and occurred at local businesses along Vedder Road. The reasoning behind these crimes “is just pure greed” says Chilliwack RCMP Constable Tracy Wolbeck as no other factors seem present, their has also been no solid clues as to who the thieves may be.
            Since Remembrance Day recently passed I thought this would be a significant topic to discuss. In my opinion crimes of this nature are very harsh and disturbing to hear about. It really takes some extreme lowlife to steal poppy box funds from elderly Veterans that have risked their lives and been through terrible ordeals to serve and protect our beautiful, safe country. These war veterans have been through so much in their serving time and still there is some lunatics about that are willing to steal veterans money, it makes me sick. I very much hope that the criminals who committed these thefts are caught and prosecuted.

The Vancouver Sun Newspaper (Vancouversun.com)
Thursday November 8th, 2012
Author: Larry Pynn
Page Number: A9

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