The Lakewood resident whose Talis and Tefillin were stolen from Evergreen yesterday, is crediting TLS for helping him retrieve it.
After posting the video footage on our site and on our social media, it took just hours for the case to be solved.
The victim related the following to TLS:
On Tuesday night, as I was leaving Evergreen supermarket, where I work, I stopped at customer service to grab my Tefilin where I had left it last. The Tefilin bag was not at the counter so I looked around in some other places where I thought I might have left it.
After a couple of minutes, I realized someone must have taken it. We wasted no time in looking through security footage.
We were able to conclude that a white woman had taken it. This lady had come in earlier asking for an application to fill out. She let the customer service know that she would bring back the form a different time.
On the security cameras it shows the woman come back to the store 40 minutes later wearing a hooded coat.
She went to customer service and said she had left her purse behind. The representative, suspecting nothing, handed it over to her. She then left the store and took off with a bike leaving basically no leads.
After involving shomrim and police there was really not much to do, but send around the footage of her.
Thanks to The Lakewood Scoop and everyone who reposted photos, we did get some tips.
Today, early afternoon, I got a call from the detective assigned to the case. He recognized the woman and had her in custody.
She claimed she was sent to pick up a bag for someone.
Detectives went with her to her apartment where she said the Tefilin bag was. They brought the Tefilin bag to the station, and as I’m writing this letter, the Tefilin is already in my possession. Thanks again to The Lakewood Scoop, clear footage, and everyone else involved for helping me get my Tefilin back. It’s greatly appreciated.
I am happy to hear that. Thanks for the good news.
Mazal tov may you be zoche to wear YOUR teflin mit gezuntheit untill 120
The worker should be reprimanded. Baruch Hashem it was found.
I’m glad it all worked out in the end. But it’s could have easily been lost forever. Lesson from this is to keep valuable possessions very well protected and never assume anything is safe with so many people around.
On a separate note, I am baffled at how often photos go around of missing tefillin. There is no excuse why a phone number isn’t in one’s tefillin bag. Please everyone make sure you have a phone number in your tefillin bag.
See you at shachris :)!!
First it says that she left “her” purse behind and then it says she claims she was picking up a bag for “someone”??
Can we get the woman name
Thanks to the Lakewood Police Department!
Thanks fto everyone , the tefflin are back to rightfull owner. Employers please do not give out job applications out of your work place. As you don’t know who will fill it out. Review your policy on job applications and make sure that all your employees have back ground checks. May you have much Hatzlocha in your business.
That man taking the lollipop!
The lollipops are free that’s the second time someone commented on it.