Donations for sick kids stolen from Upstate NY store: Can you help ID suspect?

Margaretville, N.Y. — Troopers have asked the public for help identifying a man suspected of stealing donations meant to help sick children from an Upstate New York gas station.

The man pictured in the above photo from a surveillance camera stole two donation jars this week from the Speedway on State Highway 28 in Margaretville, Delaware County, in the Catskills, the New York State Police said. The donation jars were stolen around 12:15 a.m. Monday from the area near the cash register.

The donations in the jars were meant to go to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, an organization that raises money to help children’s hospitals, fund medical research and raise awareness about children’s health issues.

The suspect was wearing a backwards black cap, glasses, a black T-shirt with an image of a cat and the words “Hug Life” on it, and black pants. He fled in a small SUV toward Fleischmanns, troopers said. Two other people may have been in his vehicle, troopers said.

The state police have asked anyone with information to call (607) 561-7400 and reference case 9714745.

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