The one that couldn’t get away
Monday, May 9th, 2005 • Filed under Uncategorized
I manage a plasma center and we have over 100 donors a day. A new donor came to my office to complain about his wait, I took a business card and wrote a $10 bonus for him. During the time it took me to write the card, the man took my purse (without my knowledge). He stayed at our location for 2 more hours, donated and left. At the end of the work day I noticed my purse was missing, I didn’t really worry, there was no cash in it and my ID’s and credit cards were in my desk. 2 days later the man returned to donate again. a month later When I got my bank statement I noticed a signature on a check that wasn’t mine or my husbands. The check was for $250. The man whole stole my purse had cashed a check that day. My bank has a policy to thumb print people who cash checks that don’t have an account at their bank. The man had written the check to himself adn his thimb print was on the check. I had a copy of his ID and most recent address on file at the plasma center. The police went and picked him up that day, laughing all the way at the how easy he made it to find him. When he got out of jail 6 months later, he came in to donate again! Saying he hadn’t been in jail and he didn’t steal my purse.