CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Police have made an arrest in a case that soured numerous people on human nature.
Chesapeake Police stated they bought the person who walked up and stole cash from a youngsters’ lemonade stand in Chesapeake earlier this month.
Police arrested Esteban Santillan, 19, in reference to the theft. He has been charged with petit larceny.
The story on the brazen theft went viral Aug. 14 when a person, who police imagine was Santillan, made off with their cash jar and the roughly $40 in it after 10-year-old Rebecca Caldwell and her brother Josh, 8, had arrange their lemonade stand in entrance of their house on Bells Mills Street. The person then sped off in a Toyota sedan.
Nevertheless, a surveillance digital camera was watching, and so have been numerous people in Hampton Roads after studying what occurred. They have been outraged, and 10 days later, confirmed their overwhelming help.
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Rebecca and Josh might have had about $40 stolen, however they bought again $6,200 after an outpouring of help. Their lemonade stand was busy past their wildest goals final Saturday, 10 days after Santillan took off with their cash.
They plan to make use of the proceeds to help their sister’s mission journey, together with a four-wheeler for Rebecca and a mud bike for Josh.
In accordance with Santillan’s social media pages, he attended highschool in Connecticut however was presently a pupil at Tidewater Neighborhood School, which has a campus close to the children’ house on Bells Mill Street. Santillan listed a present handle about two miles from that neighborhood.
The children’ mom, Annetta Caldwell, stated Tuesday that she’s glad to listen to of an arrest.
“I’m super-relieved they made an arrest,” she stated.
If actually Santillan is the one who robbed her youngsters, “I need to meet him and speak to him. I’m not offended. I simply need to study extra about his scenario and why he did what he did.”
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