Cell phones for soldiers stolen

Cell phones for soldiers stolen
The Associated PressPosted : Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 6:25:12 EST

WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Police say a thief made off with 500 old cell phones that were intended for the Cell Phones for Soldiers charity on the evening before Veterans Day.
Rick Bruce says he was inside the Weymouth Elks Club on Monday night preparing for a drive for the CarePacks organization, which sends supplies to troops oversees.
The phones were in his car outside. Bruce, whose son is serving in Iraq, had been collecting them all summer and intended on donating them to Cell Phones for Soldiers, the Norwell nonprofit that recycles old phones to purchase phone cards for military personnel.
When Bruce went outside, his car, and the phones, were gone.
He called the theft “heartbreaking.”
Weymouth Sgt. Richard Fuller says police are investigating.