Crime & Justice

Thief Tricks Car Dealership Into Turning Over Toys for Tots

BAH HUMBUG

The search for 2018’s Grinch is over.

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Move over, Grinch—you’ve got competition. A Florida man posed as a member of Toys for Tots and tricked workers at an Ocala car dealership into turning over dozens of gifts for disadvantaged kids, WESH-TV reported. Staff at the Phillips Dodge dealership didn’t suspect anything until the real Toys for Tots coordinator called a few hours later to make arrangements to collect the donated items, the station reported. A day later, the toys meant for children in Marion County had still not been recovered.

Read it at WESH