Repentant shoplifter returns items — with a note of apology
RED BANK NJ Dec 4 2017 — An unidentified individual who blamed the incident on alcohol recently returned two stolen video games to a Red Bank arcade.
The remorseful individual, a self-described regular customer at Yestercades, also included an unsigned note of apology that refers to the incident as “ignorant and dumb.”
“I am very embarrassed and ashamed to do what I have done and hope that you can one day maybe choose to forgive me,” read the letter, which was posted to a Middletown Facebook page by the business’s owner, Ken Kalada.
The shoplifter expressed regret that he or she would no longer be able to return to the business, which Kalada has run for six years, he said in an interview with New Jersey 101.5 radio.
Kalada, who said the games are worth about $100, thanked his customers, telling the station that he is “thrilled and humbled that there are people on here that truly care about this place the same way my staff and I do. It is times like this that I am reminded how blessed I am to be born and raised in this area.”
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