Wallet stolen at church, veteran has life turned upside down

Veteran's life turned upside down after wallet is stolen from church
The Trentonian
By Penny Ray
POSTED: 12/31/13

TRENTON — On a Sunday last month, Yvonne Harris-Johnson began the day in a joyous mood, with plans to worship at a church in Trenton. But she had no idea that her life would be turned upside down before lunch.

Harris-Johnson attended the 8 a.m. service that day, and afterward she stood at a podium in the church foyer and greeted people as they arrived for afternoon worship. She left her purse, Harris-Johnson says, next to a bench in the foyer, no more than four feet away from the podium. And in that purse was her wallet, which contained five credit cards, two debit cards, her driver’s license, her military identification card, and her car keys. The wallet also contained her husband and son’s social security information.

“I’m the secretary in the house,” Harris-Johnson said in a conversation Tuesday. “When I call the doctor’s office, they ask for my family’s information. So, I keep it all in my wallet.”

Harris-Johnson, who is a retired veteran of the U.S. Air Force, says she stood at the podium for about 15 minutes before a deacon asked her to move her car. So, she grabbed her purse and then ran outside to her vehicle. And that’s when she realized that her wallet was missing.
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