Liz' Purse Stolen from Car

First Monday post-holiday dropping off Ethan at his preschool at our church, Liz returned to the unlocked minivan four minutes later to find her nondescript black diaper bag (with purse inside) missing from the back of the van!  Suprising on so many levels...the bag doesn't look like a purse, it was between the back seats where our windows are tinted like a limo, and Liz was gone for a very short time.  The loss of the cash and hundreds of dollars of gift cards stunk but so did the loss of the purse and having to face the hassles of calling all the card companies.

Later that evening, a Pizza Hut guy came by with Liz' bag with her purse and another lady's purse all mixed together!  He was very sheepish stating that he'd found them behind his store and had only looked at the ID to know where to return it.  Liz separated the items and took inventory.  The expected stuff was missing but our suspicions of local school kids went away when we discovered that of all the Christmas checks Liz had in her purse, only the in-state check was missing.  We filed a police report that evening only to hear from the preschool that additional thefts had taken place the next morning!  I had considered doing my own sting operation but I figured the odds of a back-to-back thief appearance were slim...guess I was wrong.