Wichita Toys for Tots warehouse pillaged

Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 11:20 p.m.

For the 22 years the Rev. Mike Stockwell has been helping organize and distribute toys to the poor and needy, he's never seen anything like what greeted him Sunday morning.

Sometime between 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday, thieves broke into the warehouse of the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots and took more than 1,000 toys.

They apparently picked a lock on the barrier gate, threw open an overhead door and ransacked box after box meticulously packed and readied for distribution.

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