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$10K in Wedding Presents Stolen After Couple Leaves Gifts Outside Overnight

Sep. 29, 2012 9:20am
$10K in Wedding Presents Stolen After Pennsylvania Couple Leaves Gifts Outside Overnight

Amy and Jason Wright said they woke up the morning after their wedding reception to find their $10,000 worth of presents had been stolen. (Image source: Morning Call)

What was a dream wedding quickly became a nightmare for a Pennsylvania couple when they said they awoke the next morning to find all their presents had been stolen.

Amy and Jason Wright had a reception on a friend’s farm last weekend complete with a horse and carriage. When they started to clean up the next morning, they noticed their gifts had vanished.

“Somebody had come and taken all of the wedding gifts,” Amy Wright told WFMZ-TV. “Every last card was gone, the boxes, the gift bags.”

The gifts had been set up under an outdoor tent and then left out unattended after the party broke up and everyone went to bed.

“We noticed there were no gifts on the table [in one tent], and we said, well, somebody must have moved them into the house,” Wright told the Allentown Morning Call. “We checked with our friends, and no one seemed to know what happened to the gifts.”

She and her host got into a golf cart to scour the 25-acre farm and soon came upon torn-up gift bags and empty card envelopes. In order to make a police report, they first had to know what was stolen.

“We had to call every one of our guests to ask them, for the police report, what did they give?” Wright told the newspaper. “It was embarrassing. Everyone had to call their banks and cancel checks or cancel gift cards.”

In all, the total came to about $10,000 in cash and presents. The couple has offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever is responsible.

“It’s such a nightmare,” Wright said. “This is so emotional for everybody. Who would do this?”

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  • RodT82721
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:12am

    That has to ruin your day, waking up after the party and all your stuff’s gone. What a bummer.

    However if you think you are on a 25 acre “farm”, you have a lot to learn, and this is one of life’s little lessons that smart a bit. But maybe it will save you a lot more stuff in the future.

    If there is something of value that’s not red hot or nailed down, someone will try to make off with it. We are enjoying the culture of “do what feels good”.
    Half our citizens have no idea what income tax is, or where their freebies come from.

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    • SocialistSlayer
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:24am

      obama needed the money for his new health tax plan. call the irs – they no where the money is!

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    • busterpuddles
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 12:53pm

      Well put.

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    • ron2win
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 2:27pm

      Get the names of every lying lybril in town ,then check and see what they have donated to obama .Oh check your name too. They just might have donated all your money gifts and presents to O in your name.Woulden’t surprise me !

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    • desertspeaks
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 3:40pm

      This must be one of obama’s newest scheme’s to bring in $ for his campaign! If you dont have any money to give to obama’s campaign, STEAL THE MONEY AND SEND IT IN!!

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    • TheBurningTruth
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 4:01pm

      Used to work for a company headquartered in Allentown. I once drove through the city instead of around it. I’ll bet the occupants of those row houses are enjoying new blenders, silverware and other appliances as they read their Morning Call paper. Oh yeah, they look an awful like Barry’s son would, if he had a son.

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    • Honestybefore truth
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 8:57pm

      While those that stole the gifts are are obviously culpable, leaving something valuable out in plan sight…
      Well, Stupid is as Stupid does, and apparently there’s no cure for it.

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    • tickedsenior
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:14pm

      Didn’t Obama ask couples getting married to tell their guests to give him a campaign donation instead of a gift…. well…. someone thought you might want to do that and now you lucky couple you, have donated $10K to Obama’s campaign. Maybe.

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    • Roberto G. Vasquez
      Posted on September 30, 2012 at 12:14am

      Fools and their money are soon parted! Nothing new about that.

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    • TRUMPETCALL
      Posted on September 30, 2012 at 8:45am

      Waaaah Waaaaahhhh

      Well…. They won’t be doing THAT again !

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      TRUMPETCALL  
    • DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
      Posted on September 30, 2012 at 10:26pm

      What does the acreage have to do with whether its a farm or not? You sound like a government subsidized(free-loader), big ag, gmo, death farmer. I’d put 5, 10 or 25 acres of quality up against 100 acres of dog vommitt anyday. “Farm”… freakin snob.

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    • Lothmar
      Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:04pm

      “We noticed there were no gifts on the table [in one tent], and we said, well, somebody must have moved them into the house,”

      Wait, so you’re admitting you also leave your doors unlocked?

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  • keenwhiz
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:06am

    stupid and naive

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  • Bluefish49
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:02am

    Like my Grandpa used to say….when your stupid you gotta be tough….but seriously didn’t anyone in their family not think to collect and stash the gifts for them as they most probably had their minds on something else?

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:49am

    Well, personally I would have secured the gifts, but way too many people are a bit careless and too trusting, IMO. I know people who tend this way–and they have things stolen as a result.

    I grew up in a home with careful parents who locked doors, etc.

    Some people seem to live this life as if nothing bad could ever happen to them–until, of course it does.

    This couple has learned a hard lesson–well, I hope for THEIR sakes they learned it!

    NO place is completely safe–”personal farm” or whatnot. And sadly, it may just have been an “inside job.” :( (Which also means items could have been taken anyway. . .) They should have been left under the charge of a trusted person. But hindsight IS 20/20!

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    • manandwolf
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:03am

      safety is an illusion, and i couldnt stop laughing when i read this, who is that stupid. Probably DEMs or LIBs who live in a bubble and think their @#$% smells like roses. I m sure they will raise their children like “artifacts” flawless and perfect who deserve trophies for trying.

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:29am

    No sympathy from me.

    If you’re dumb enough to leave $10,000 worth of things and cash sitting in your front yard overnight then you’re dumb enough to lose them.

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    • paulwbrown
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:38am

      Exactly my thoughts. Well, they did not pay for them and might even expect replacements!

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:53am

      Perhaps evidence that people have less respect for things given to them, than things they work for themselves.

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    • wheresmysandybeach
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:13am

      I would have loved to to listen in on those calls to the guests! Stupid is as stupid does!

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    • VotersOfNY
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 1:25pm

      Maybe they did it themselves to double their take.

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  • zanbuscus
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:27am

    *sigh* On the one hand, it may have been rural enough that they felt safe enough to leave them outside. On the OTHER hand it’s the job of the best man and the bridesmaid to take care of the gifts. So I can’t blame this couple. Whomever did the stealing is going to hell. I’m a firm believer in the 10 Commandments. To steal is to lose your soul. They will pay dearly for that theft. I do feel sorry for the couple tho.

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    • JustPeachy
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:40am

      Kind of a “gain the whole world, but lose your own soul” kind of thing?

      Maybe. But as long as there is life, there is still time for whoever to repent and be forgiven.

      However, for now, whoever took these items likely does NOT know God and is in NEED of Him, whether he/she/they know it or not. To “gain” a few trinkets from what this world has to offer and lose eternal “gain” is the saddest state I can imagine!

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    • WATER-THE-TREE
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 1:23pm

      They just need to keep an eye on the pawn shops and the culprit will show themselves. But One more time- STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!! dumbasses

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  • blackfeather
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:22am

    …I shoot weddings, and …always…ask that someone be assigned to watch the “gift table”.

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  • Tepeyac
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:21am

    I give their marriage two years tops! They go on vacation and one returns home without the other!

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  • watashbuddyfriend
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:17am

    I sure hope the ones who stole the gifts will enjoy them, or the money they get out of the sale!

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  • RIGS
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:14am

    I will bet you that the thief was at the wedding and was a LIBERAL looking for a free take away.

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    • lifeisgreat
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:24am

      It’s a looney liberal believing in redistribution.

      Ecclesiates 10:2
      The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:54am

      Actually, anytime announcements are made, publically (newspaper, radio, TV, Twitter, etc.), there is a great risk of attracting unintentional and unwanted attention! It is better for public announcements to be by invitation BEFORE the event, and public annoucements to be made AFTERWARD. This can be difficult for things like funerals, but shouldn’t be a problem for weddings and birth annoucements. The farm dogs were probably corralled in the house to keep them from eating leftovers, which if chocolate, can easily kill them.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:13am

    Sorry…. If you are stupid enough to leave them outside, you are stupid enough to lose them.

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    • gryffn
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:37am

      They were on private property. And leaving them outside is no free pass for a thief. If you take something which does not belong to you, it is ON YOU! Stop blaming others people for your bad behavior.

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    • DDD
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:04am

      Gryffn, So do you go to bed with your doors unlocked, or better yet your doors and windows WIDE OPEN? Your argument is nonsensical. Let’s talk “reasonable protection” for your property. This couple did a stupid thing by not taking reasonable steps and care of their property. No one here is talking about the thieves who took the property. They are a separate issue.

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    • Capt_Gregg
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:10am

      Leaving the gifts unattended in a tent outside all night is akin to leaving the keys in your unlocked car in your driveway.

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  • Mapache
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:09am

    Stupid pays

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  • Dannytheman
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:56am

    I feel terrible for their loss. But they were stupid.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:12am

      They will have children, too. Oh, my goodness.

      Are the democrats?

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:21am

      Sounds as though that these two were in a rush to get into bed!! Had that been me, frankly I would be to embarrassed to tell anyone. I feel nothing for these two idiots. Its all their parents fault. They never taught those two nitwits to clean up after themselves. These two will one day be in the news some day. “Parents leave child in car seat in auto over night. Child missing.”

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:55am

    People have to put steal cages around their AC units as people steal them off their houses. People switch tags on packages to get the expensive items at a cheap prices. People will steal a 20K worth of live copper wire to sell for $200 of scrap value.

    This could have been an inside job if it was on a farm but people look to see what was new and what they could take. They saw a wedding and knew there was something there one could take and the gifts where the best day they had. Of the 10K worth of stuff stolen they might get $1000 at a pawn shop or the stuff will end up in the gutter as it is not worth any in re-sale.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:38am

      How about the hired help? Florist, caterer (temp help?), someone knew the gifts were left outside-my bet-hired help for caterers, florist would have gone home. Bet they catch the idiot that did this quick, too much stuff and they will try to use cards or cash a check. Live and learn, not safe on 25 acres, where is safe?

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  • booger71
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:54am

    My first thought is one of your “friends” took them.

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  • Melika
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:53am

    They vote, and they will be breeding.

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    Melika  
  • doglady
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:51am

    Didn’t they tell Obama they were going to send them to him.

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  • Gary_K
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:49am

    I do not feel sory for them as it was really stupid to leave everything out overnight.

    It will be getting much worse as the economy tanks.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:48am

    Sorry for the loss of the gifts, but in this case they should have been brought inside or secured somehow. If anything, look in the White House for new ‘gifts’ given there.

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  • ChiefGeorge
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:48am

    Thieves don’t care its your special day! The work 24/7 albeit as a collective (no pun inteneded)!

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  • AlwaysAmazed
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:47am

    This is a test.

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  • TheEndIsComing
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:37am

    I think George W. Bush took them.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:32am

    Obama sent a team over and took them. He thought he would pawn them and then add the money to his campaign fund.He is sure they will thank him later.

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  • loriann12
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:32am

    I’m sorry but if you’re that stupid, you deserve to have your presents stolen. I have no sympathy. Who leaves gifts unattended over night?

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    • TAXEVERYONE
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:53am

      Lori, you are such a sensitive caring person.

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:53am

      …and OUTSIDE????

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    • Mapache
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:11am

      Of course, isn’t the best man and maid of honor supposed to run interference for the couple and make sure these thing don’t happen or are they there just to get drunk, hook up and make stupid toasts.

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    • The Jewish Avenger
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:15am

      on a 25 ACRE FARM….

      TWENTY FIVE ACRES…

      theif should’ve been rotting in a cell not spending stuff..

      I have 1,000′s of dollars of stuff on my lawn… wonder why the drug addicts arent stealing from me?

      Oh yeah, they know why…

      The idea that people call them stupid for leaving stuff on their personall property just ****** me off.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:38am

      I’ve had to learn hard lessons in life, too. Bet they don’t make that mistake again. I was naive, but not that naive. Really, who leaves that amount of presents just in a tent outside? In today’s economy? In the 80′s I worked for a fireworks stand out of a tent. Every night we loaded the product up and took it away, and then restocked in the morning, it’s common sense to not leave anything valuable outside unattended. If you are having a wedding outside (or a reception), don’t assume someone else is going to look after your presents.

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  • Oneirishman
    Posted on September 29, 2012 at 9:31am

    Democrats or Republicans?

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