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Wanted: The Pushka Lifter

Owners of Sterling Electronics in Crown Heights are asking the public to identify a thief who stole a charity box from the store. Full Story

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to #6
December 22, 2011 11:28 am

more people MUST have touched it

Big deal
December 21, 2011 9:19 pm

Noone gives enyway

to #3
December 21, 2011 6:17 pm

just because hes poor it doesnt mean he could go around the neighborhood stealing pushkas!!!!

To Number 10
December 21, 2011 2:39 pm

Quick question:

Do you really really believe that this guy looks at Collive.com for his news?
Really? Common.

No justice
December 21, 2011 1:48 pm

There is no mitzvah to give our own money for drugs, let alone fremder.

However, the misdemeanor theft charge that he’ll end up getting doesn’t even make it worthwhile to have him caught.

is it wrong?
December 21, 2011 12:15 pm

we need to presume that he needed the money and after all the box is for charity, whats so important to catch the fellow. and btw if streling was smart they would only show this to the store owners and employees because human nature is if hes a drug addict and got away (as he did) he would certainly try another store and probably with in 72 hours.

to °4
December 21, 2011 12:11 pm

being poor is not a excuse to steal come on!!!!

to no. 4:
December 21, 2011 10:55 am

if hes so poor, how can he afford that leather jacket? u cant find those in 2nd hand shops!

to #3
December 21, 2011 9:26 am

lets presume your story is true, please put it in a plastic bag with gloves only try not touching the tin top or the bottom cap and the sides as little as possible and there is a “great chance” of recovering fingerprints and a very likely chance of identifying the man.

to #3
December 21, 2011 9:13 am

Maybe turn it into the police as it has fingerprints on it since he is not wearing gloves.

big deal
December 21, 2011 7:21 am
he must have needed the few dollars in the pushka
December 21, 2011 7:06 am

It is obvious that the guy needed the money or he would not have stolen it. When we give tzedakah it is supposed to help the needy, so it should not be made into a big deal.

omg
December 20, 2011 11:04 pm

this pushka was sitting in front of my garden, empty of course. i was wondering how it got there and suspected that it was probably stolen. Now i know that my thinking was right. Sorry to hear about that.

HADAR HATORAH
December 20, 2011 9:57 pm

its an Hadar Hatorah pushka….
please donate….:)
https://www.hadarhatorah.org/pages/donate.php

um...
December 20, 2011 7:27 pm

hes like 80 years old

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