Two in Custody for Stealing Kids Playground Canopy, Deputies Recover in Time for School
Photo: scenes from the theft
Originally published as a Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post –
“Just after 9:30 a.m yesterday, TCSO Deputies were called to John J.Doyle Elementary School in Porterville for a report of a theft that occurred over the weekend. Through video surveillance, deputies found that a man and a woman entered the school property and stole a large 40 x 30 sun canopy. The canopy was covering a section of the children’s playground. The man and woman loaded the canopy into their truck and left.
This afternoon, Deputies conducted a follow up investigation pertaining to this case. During the follow up, Deputies found both suspects at a residence near the 400 block of S. Tulsa St. in Porterville. Through the investigation, both suspects admitted to the theft.
Deputies located the canopy in the City of Porterville and returned it back to John J. Doyle Elementary School, just in time for school to begin.
Both suspects were charged and booked at the South County Detention Facility.”
