Man Steals Funds Raised To Cover Boy's Funeral Cost

Two days ago Glendale, CA man was arrested for allegedly stealing a jar that was set in a store to raise funds to cover the funeral cost of a six year old boy.

The community is shocked on the nature of the crime. The man says he did not know the money was being raise to cover a young boy's funeral cost. He says he spent the money on food and related expenses.

Glendale Sgt. Tom Lorenz tells AP that Arthur Madoyan, 25, was arrested on Tuesday and still remains in jail. According to the policeman the owners of El Mexicano Meat Market Emilia and Ramon Parra "set out a donation jar last week to help a Los Angeles family that couldn't afford $1,800 in funeral costs for Eduardo Morales-Pena, who died last week."

The boy died who was battling a rare type of leukemia died on August 11 while waiting for a bone-marrow match. Veronica Rocha, reporting for the Glendale News-Press, writes that at the time of the theft the donation jar contained 300 dollars. After the theft the owners of the store shared with the police the video surveillance footage, which led to getting the suspect under custody.

The police Sgt. tells the newspaper that the department helped to raise 500 dollars toward covering Eduardo Morales-Pena's funeral cost.

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