Community rallies to replace money stolen from DAV Forget-me-not donations

Community rallies to replace money stolen from disabled vets
Daniel Tepfer, Staff Writer
Published: 11:19 p.m., Friday, July 2, 2010

FAIRFIELD -- The theft of money collected by disabled veterans outside a local supermarket has prompted an outpouring of community support to replace the stolen donations.

"It's just a heart-breaking story," said the Rev. Dr. Alida Ward of the Greenfield Hill Congregational Church.

The story unfolded Wednesday afternoon as Timothy Kelly, a local Vietnam War veteran, was collecting donations for the Fairfield chapter of the Disabled American Veterans outside the Super Stop & Shop on King's Highway Cut-off when police said 35-year-old Sean Smith, of Black Rock Turnpike, snatched the donation jar.

"I went to hand him a flower, a Forget Me Not, and he said, `Thank You,' and ran off with the donation jar," Kelly later said of the incident.
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Community rallies to replace money stolen from disabled vets