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SALT LAKE CITY — With the help of a few new tips from the public, police detectives were working Thursday to identify two women who stole a donation jar from a Tonyburgers restaurant last week.
Surveillance video from the Salt Lake City restaurant, 613 E. 400 South, shows one woman distracting an employee while the other stuffs the donation jar under her coat and walks out.
"These girls had come in and asked for a Band-Aid, and when the person at the register went to go grab it, they had taken the jar," said Laura Carver, who was raising the money for a humanitarian trip to Nicaragua.
Carver estimates there was between $150 and $200 in the jar.
On Thursday, KSL News spoke to viewers who said they recognized the two women and tipped off police. Investigators said they were working those leads but had not made any arrests Thursday.
This may not be the only donation jar stolen from an establishment in a week. Workers at a Beans and Brew in downtown Salt Lake City are pretty sure the same women took their tip jar Wednesday, the same way. They gave the video to police Thursday and a detective is working the case.
"He's reviewing the video. He'll compare them to see if it's the same suspects,” said Salt Lake police detective Veronica Montoya. “If we do get the same suspects, in both cases we'll go ahead and put that out to your viewers."
Anyone with information on the identity of the women is asked to contact Salt Lake City police at 801-799-3000.
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe account* has been set up to make up for the loss of Carver's donation jar has already raised nearly $1,100 of the $3,000 goal. The Carvers say they are grateful.
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