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learning a surveillance camera had captured his wife grabbing a child's ice cream money in a Deerfield Baskin-Robbins, the husband did what any loving spouse would do under the circumstances. He turned her in.
The man approached a patrol officer and confessed that his wife was the woman in the video, police said Wednesday.
"All of a sudden a guy says, 'Hey, I think you're looking for my wife,' " said Deerfield Deputy Police Chief Tom Keane.
The ice cream caper began May 15, when a 12-year-old girl placed a $20 bill on the counter of the store at 671 Waukegan Rd. and pondered her choices. A woman described as a regular customer in her 40s grabbed her own ice cream and the girl's money in the same motion and departed with three young children in tow, police said.
The case was cracked when video surveillance was released last week and a friend recognized the woman and informed the family, Keane said.
Claiming she mistakenly pocketed the money, the unidentified Deerfield woman promised to pay it back and won't face criminal charges.
"It was an accident and was not intentional," Keane said. "She realizes that now, and she's going to make restitution."
the link has a video of what happened. you can tell the women did it intentionally. she watched the girl put the money down and walk off.
but i find it funny her husband turned her in. i wonder if she has a "problem" with theft and he finally got tired of it. or after seeing it on the news figured he would turn her in before word spread about his wife.
learning a surveillance camera had captured his wife grabbing a child's ice cream money in a Deerfield Baskin-Robbins, the husband did what any loving spouse would do under the circumstances. He turned her in.
The man approached a patrol officer and confessed that his wife was the woman in the video, police said Wednesday.
"All of a sudden a guy says, 'Hey, I think you're looking for my wife,' " said Deerfield Deputy Police Chief Tom Keane.
The ice cream caper began May 15, when a 12-year-old girl placed a $20 bill on the counter of the store at 671 Waukegan Rd. and pondered her choices. A woman described as a regular customer in her 40s grabbed her own ice cream and the girl's money in the same motion and departed with three young children in tow, police said.
The case was cracked when video surveillance was released last week and a friend recognized the woman and informed the family, Keane said.
Claiming she mistakenly pocketed the money, the unidentified Deerfield woman promised to pay it back and won't face criminal charges.
"It was an accident and was not intentional," Keane said. "She realizes that now, and she's going to make restitution."
the link has a video of what happened. you can tell the women did it intentionally. she watched the girl put the money down and walk off.
but i find it funny her husband turned her in. i wonder if she has a "problem" with theft and he finally got tired of it. or after seeing it on the news figured he would turn her in before word spread about his wife.