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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Charity Theft

by KREX News Room
by Amanda Brandeis

Story Created: Dec 25, 2012 at 8:25 PM MDT

Story Updated: Dec 25, 2012 at 8:25 PM MDT

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. A grand junction man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a bucket of cash donations meant to help a student's trip to study overseas.

Forty-two-year-old Bobby Lloyd Mestas was arrested on charges including burglary, complicity and theft.

Mestas is accused of taking a donation bucket from a liquor store on Dec. 4.

Police estimate the bucket contained between $500 and $800.

Authorities say Mestas left in a van driven by another man. A liquor store clerk took down the van's license plate number but officials say the plates proved to be stolen.

Mestas was arrested after a deputy spotted him beside the road in a van that had run out of gas.

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HP said on Tuesday, Dec 25 at 9:39 PM

So glad they caught him. Jerk

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