Police are investigating the theft of money and gift cards left by residents on garbage cans as Christmas gifts for local waste collectors.
Hackettstown police HACKETTSTOWN -- Police are investigating the theft of money and gift cards left by residents on garbage cans as Christmas gifts for local waste collectors.
Hackettstown police Sgt. Darren Tynan said in a new release entitled "A Grinch Is Stealing Christmas Gifts Left For Local Waste Collectors" that the incidents happened between 9 p.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday on Shelley Drive and College View Drive.
Two residents on different sides of town have reported the thefts to police so far, Tynan said. About $100 worth of cash and gift cards were taken as far as police are aware.
"The streets are on two different sides of the town, so we're thinking the person(s) was driving/walking around town," he said. "So there could be more and homeowners might not know anything was stolen."
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Anyone with information on the thefts can contact the Hackettstown Police Department at 908-852-3302.
"If you are intending to give a gift to your waste collector, postal worker, UPS driver, etc. we ask that you personally hand them the gift," Tynan said.
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