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Video: Rash of donation bin thefts hits Puget Sound area

Aug 3, 2016, 3:11 PM | Updated: 3:21 pm

When Ryan Mulder came across a charity donation bin in Mill Creek, he had a sense that something was awry.

That could be because instead of donations going into the bin, they were flying out. Mulder caught a theft in action. A woman had crawled inside the donation bin, threw donated items out, and skillfully crawled out of the bin with ease. Check out the video above: The woman performs a roll and a smooth landing worthy of professional parkour artists.

According to KIRO 7, such thefts from donations bins are common around the Puget Sound. KIRO 7’s Gary Horcher reports that charity workers have stopped making police reports because the donation bin thefts have become so common. Some charity workers have even found people inside the bins when they make a collection.

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