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ORANGEVALE (CBS13) – Hundreds of toys set aside for kids in need have been stolen just days before Christmas.

The toys were taken from the lobby of the Orangevale Chamber of Commerce Monday night.


 
They were donations to the Toys for Tots program.

And chamber employees have a message for the people who stole them.

“If you need help with anything, I mean the chamber is here to help. They just had to ask rather than just to take. But I hope you find it in your heart to take them to the U.S. Marine Corp and give them to the kids that need them,” said Lisa Montes of the Orangevale Chamber Of Commerce.

In the meantime, they’re looking at surveillance tapes to see if they can find a clue into who may have taken those toys.

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  • bob

    It’s California everyone there has a right to whatever they want and whatever they want to do and someone else should pay so I don’t really see an issue with this. Just another Caliifornian execising their rights to other people’s stuff!

  • lucy

    they are just spreading the wealth….everything for everyone…no matter who makes or buys it.

  • Mr. Chrysantha Wijeyasingha

    This is just another reason to steal. I doubt if the thieves stole it because they could not afford them for their own children. Thus said it is time that gifts this Christmas change to items that could be used during a deep depression. Items that make bread or yogurt, clothing, etc. are more important than dolls. It will teach our kids the lessons of austerity when it is most needed

  • SCOTT

    Funny, I used to tell the Marines in Ramadi when we caught them stealing equipment and parts from Army Soldiers.

  • SCOTT

    Sorry – tell them the same thing…

  • Steph

    Typical of California’s Motto, “Maxime Deprevity.

  • Sean Patriot

    Im a US Marine, Let me find out who they were. I’ll turn their head into a freakin canoe.

  • Mary B

    That is the best response.

  • Paul

    Sean Patriot, I hope you find them…

  • Perseus317

    Sadly, this is the product of today’s liberal/progressive philosophy: “Look at those toys that someone else has. I want them. It’s ok for me to take them, because they have more than me, and I have a right to have as much as them, even if I didn’t work for it.” Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are trying to do it, so why should we expect anything different from their followers?

  • 0311

    I am with Sean…Let Orangevale show compassion, and let the Marines hunt this sick indivdual down.

  • lawz

    It is only a matter of time that they come for your home, cause it’s better than theirs. Hope you have a “registered” gun.

  • AMB

    Drudge Report readers are some of the stupidest people on the planet.

  • HOWIE

    THERE IS NO HELL HOT ENOUGH FOR THESE PEOPLE

  • HOWIE

    WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH STEALING TOYS FROM POOR KIDS?

  • mike

    See as the toys were given to the marines to give to children couldn’t the thrives be charged with stealing government property?

  • HOWIE

    AMB YOU PROVED IT GO BACK TO THE HUFFINGTON POST WHERE YOU CAME FROM

  • Phil Bloughman

    AMB,
    Obama supporters are brainless idiots who voted for a slogan. How is that working for ya? Oh yeah… I forgot he pulled the car out of the ditch and drove it off a cliff.

  • gmccuiston

    Because you are dealing with an extremely liberal government.Stealing government
    property is not only a non-punishable offense, it is encouraged.Ever hear of wiki- leaks?

  • anne

    Are you people KIDDING?? LIBERAL AGENDA??? BlLAMING OBAMA?? It’s so obvious you can’t even see things for what they really are you are so hyped up with your right wing bs….
    THis is nothing but theft …theft of donations to try to make some little kids have a better Christmas…that’s all it is….It’s NOT ok. What is the matter with all of you….blaming California and the liberals….you all need to take a reality pill ….This is bad behavior by horrible people.

  • Slartibart Fast

    Shame on all of you who are using this sad event to spout your political views. The fact is Californians GAVE these gifts, and we’ll replace them!

    This is about the KIDS, remember them?

    This isn’t about giving you a soapbox to spew nonsense.

    Merry Christmas anyway, and my Christmas Wish is for you to get a collective clue!

  • anne

    those were my sebtunebts exactkt,,,,thanks for saying it better than i did.

  • Jousting Jeff

    It’s a shame and a disgrace it’s like kicking a puppy. I hope whoever it is has remorse and brings the toys back but I doubt it.

    If given the opportunity thieves would steal anything anywhere. I hope they are caught.

    Merry freaking Christmas!

  • Jousting Jeff

    OoRah! Go get my Brothers!!

  • V.

    You dirtbags out there, just wait. Sooner or later, somebody will be hunting you.

  • Dutra

    Redistribution of wealth – Obama style.

  • Dutra

    Gibbs reads Drudge. Biden reads Drudge. Obama reads Drudge. Pelosi reads Drudge. Reid reads Drudge.

    Dang! You are absolutely correct!

  • Sue

    I had been planning to donate anyway, but when I saw this story, I upped the amount I donated. You con donate to Toys for Tots online – just google it. And by the way – to the reporter who wrote this article – it’s the United State Marine Corps, not corp. Please have someone proof read your article.

  • lucky13

    correction. its the huffington puffington post and im willing to bet amb was one of the people who stole those toys.

  • gman

    Bob, thanks for that insightful piece of thought. You know ZERO about California and probably less about giving. However, if I need an expert on run-on sentences, how would I get ahold of you?

  • gman

    Yet another remarkably stupid response to a news article.
    Yes, only Democrats steal and all Republicans are good people.
    Perseus, save your partisan drivel for the rest of your hard line ilk on the Drudge Report.

  • gman

    Do you hate hate the troops? They are the ones that supplied the info to Wikileaks!

    Idiot.

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  • RAK

    They are going to double-hell with gasoline soaked underware.

  • Goldenfoxx

    I happen to live in California and I agree with what bob said. It’s the entitlement mentality. This happens every year – toys are stolen people step up to the plate and give more. I say we eliminate Xmas and we won’t be having these kind of problems.

  • Goldenfoxx

    Well said Perseus317!! The entitlement mentality is alive and well in California.

  • Goldenfoxx

    This is why we don’t advertise that we celebrate Xmas. No light, no tree, very low key. Someone suggested having a gun – shot guns are better than revolvers.

  • Goldenfoxx

    No, this is bad behavior by people who believe that they are entitled to other people’s property. There’s no difference in the toys being stolen or our private property being taken and redistributed to others. We have raised a generation of free loaders,and another generation is on the way. We’ve had Democratic rule here in California for many many years and look where we are at today. Broke–bankrupt. They confiscated our money and spent it frivolously–there’s no difference between the toy thieves or the government – they are one in the same. The dems just can’t stand to see anyone have more than someone else.

  • Goldenfoxx

    LOL! They already are hunting us – that would be Big Sis. Cameras installed in WalMart and urging you to turn in your fellow shopper if you suspect them of being a terrorist! Now, if those toys have RFIDs embedded in them like WalMart has done with their jeans and underwear, the police would know exactly where those toys are at. That’s coming to a WalMart or ToysRUs soon. Happy shopping for China junk!

  • Bill smith

    It’s MARINE CORPS not Marine Corp! More specially it’s the Marine Corps RESERVE.

  • bleh

    Thats sad

  • CleanFun

    Go Go Security Cameras. When you do catch up with the perp(s), by all means, please post their full name and image up for everyone to see.

  • Carral

    What LOSERS.. Taking from the HANDS of BABES….. There IS a place in h&LL for these type of people….

  • Tom C

    Californians always steal from others. I think it is a government directive there. Why should kids be exempt? What jerks!!

  • Joe Doe

    This is what happens when your awesome politicians and banks sell you out. And crash your economy and create insane job loss. Thank you world economy!

  • Scott

    Funny, I think you may have missed the point of this article Billy.

  • pete

    more active duty Marines participate and volunteer for Toys for Tots than the “RESERVE”

  • Rob

    Awful, but the tempatation is worse because America’s poor require “new, unwrapped toys”. The rest of the world’s poor are happy to get anything, but in the U.S. it’s new toys and a check every month.

  • JB

    Does every comment have to be about the “point” of the article? Can it be about sloppy reporting, editing or just plain ignorance of “journalists”?

  • AWT

    The Marines.

    I do not understand people like this

  • TANGAIR

    Sad. Where is Orangevale and what do we do to help them out? Do they take VISA/MasterCard? Let’s get on the cam and help-out the Marines.

  • Steve

    Toys for Tonks. Illegal alien families line up by the hundreds at the main distribution center in my state. NEVER DONATE TO THIS ATE UP PROGRAM.

  • TexasPatriot

    So JOE DOE, it’s the politicians’ fault?! No such thing as personal responsibility anymore, right?

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  • misterwax

    Blak Fool makes an excellent point.

  • Hank Warren

    $ for bankers but none for the poor, yet another violation of our rights. Add it to the list of gov’t violations of our right:
    They violate the 1st Amendment by placing protesters in cages, banning books like “America Deceived II” and censoring the internet.
    They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns.
    They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by molesting airline passengers.
    They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars for foreign countries.
    Impeach Obama and sweep out the Congress, except Ron Paul.
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  • Grumpster

    At my base the box is labeled Marine Corps…not reserve.

  • Grumpster

    More like HANK HILL. Dumb redneck republican.

  • Dennis C. Dempsey

    I hope they(the perps) BURN IN HELL< and let the U.S.M.C. send them off!

  • mertmag

    I say let the Corps select the Marine of their choice to teach the perp a little respect. I for one will donate more to the Corps!

  • steve

    I donate money from my advertising revenue from my hobby site, Scrabble cheat

    To hear someone stole these toys is terrible.
    I thought the marines delivered the toys themselves.
    Whoever was in charge of this charity at the chamber of commerce should be fired because they are incompetent. But they will say no one was in charge.
    Then how did they expect them to be delivered. Might as well put them on the street and hope they don’t get stolen. They are idiots for not knowing this would happen..

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  • Big_Bear

    Ten-to-one it turns out to be some meth-head or other doper who will trade the toys to it’s slimy drug dealer so that thing can supply it with poison.

    Military coup and Martial Law: round up the pimps, pushers, pedophiles, dopers, career criminals, etc. Shackle them in boxcars for a one-way trip to the Nevada desert. 1% of the population commits 80% of the crimes. The other 99% could do without them.

  • TR Bender

    Hang the pices of trash.
    These are toys for kids that need a little cheer in their lives.
    Kalifornia or not. Start dispatching the two legged trash. For the sake of humanity.
    I’ll tie the knot !

  • Carlos

    Qué esperar de un rojo cuello como Walter merry christmas de Mexifornia Walter.

  • LOL

    LOL Do you really think that out of the “goodness of their hearts”, they will return what they stole? LOL…Lisa, you’re an idiot! These thieves do not care about you and you and giving them a choice to return what they stole shows your weakness. LOL They will steal again because you allow it. Where are the parents?

  • The Observer

    Right on all counts! Time for the CITIZENS (LEGAL) to speak up!!!!!

  • JOEL

    Mexifornia ?? SEE YOU WANT CALIFORNIA TO BE A S##T HOLE LIKE MEXICO,COOL DUDE!!

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