Elmore SPCA reports bottle theft from donation boxes; Community steps up to help [Video]

THEY SAY THE SEARCH WON’T STOP UNTIL EASTMAN IS FOUND. A WELL-KNOWN ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE IN NORTHERN NEW YORK…IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING áBURGLARIZED. NBC5’S BENNY NEZAJ TELLS US HOW THE COMMUNITY IS STEPPING UP TO HELP. (áááAS-LIVE INTROááá) ELMORE SPCA SAYS DOZENS OF BOTTLES FROM THESE DONATION BOXES BEHIND ME WERE STOLEN THIS PAST WEEKEND. DESPITE THE FOUL PLAY, MEMBERS OF THE ANIMAL RESCUE AND THE COMMUNITY ARE MOVING FORWARD. (áááVOááá) STAFF AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER SAY THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY NEIGHBORS THAT SOMEONE IN A BLACK VEHICLE WAS TAKING BOTTLES OUT OF THE DONATION BOXES ON SUNDAY MORNING. (áááSOTááá) REBECCA MOSS- PATNODE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ELMORE SPCA 19;14;50;09 – 19;14;54;22 “it is frustrating on not only a financial level but a personal level too.” (áááVOááá) FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, ELMORE HAS BEEN COLLECTING BOTTLES FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH AN INITIATIVE LED BY AN 89-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER JACK COSTE. AS …