A new low

[monte198]

Heres the incident.  Last weekend i attended the wedding of two fairfax residences Jessica Rushford and Rob Amos.  There reception was held at the Fletcher Elementary school.  While at the wedding one of the guest decided to help themselves to the pile of wedding cards.  The suspect (s) slit the envelopes took out the cards emptied the contants and put the cards back into the pile.  I have to say its nice of them to put the cards back but, how low do you have to be to take the money out of the card.  I thought i have seen it all but this is just a new low.  Most of the guest at the wedding were from Fairfax or had ties to Fairfax.

[rod anode]

does the school have survailance cameras?

[ASDuling]

Not sure you can assume it was a wedding "guest". It's probably easy to crash a wedding, especially an outdoor one. Not everyone knows everyone at a wedding, even the couple could assume it was a date of one of their invited guests. This could be a case of someone blending in, pretending to be a guest, and making off with the loot.

I'd say ask everyone to share their wedding photos, hopefully someone caught something suspicious in the background.

Horrible, horrible, horrible. My heart goes out to the wedding couple.

[GamingWeasel]

Wow, that is really a cruel crime.  I agree with the poster who said that it could be someone who was not an invited guest, which I think is a strong possibility.

[Stand Alone Defense]

WOW talk about a lowlife!!! I really hope Robbie and Jess figure out who did this!!!!!!!

[Mummy]

OMG ...

Just wondering if this was the first time this "lowlifer" got away with this?

[Shadylane08]

If this person was brazen enough to do this at and during the wedding reception, it means they've got the confidence that they'll get away with it, which also means they've probably done it before.  In the past year or two I've been at a couple events where very similar things have happened.  They'll be found out, its too small of a town for it not to get out eventually.

[Mummy]

Over the years I have heard of a stolen Wishing Well, where someone takes off with the entire item at a Wedding that holds the cards.  This took much time to remove the card from the area; open the  card; remove the contents; place the card back into the envelope and the return to its original location.  This had to occur several times which is scary!  in the future folks should assign someone to visually watch the envelope area.

[Shadylane08]

It's really too bad that we live in a time and apparently a place where we need to assign security to the gifts at a wedding, but your right mummy apparently its come to that.

[Loctavious]

Unfortunately what's changed from the times where you thought this stuff didn't happen is the internet, and more rights for criminals.

I'd commented earlier this year about a PBS special about the great flood in vermont.  Looters - were hung on site when caught looting.  Sometimes they'd bring the locals over to see the hanging too.

I agree, no one sat there and opned and closed every cad in sight.  This act had to happen either over many visits ( taking a few cards at a time and returning others) or it happened 2x - oce to get them all and take them somewhere to open and loot, and then once to drop them back.  CSI Vegas could figure it out.   

[Mummy]

experience!

[Mike Raburn]

Man,
I love that movie!