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Melinda Lynam

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Monday's Child Boutique Burglarized

Thief smashed the shop's front window and stole the cash register.

Children’s boutique Monday’s Child was burglarized over the weekend. The thief smashed the Lee Street shop’s front window and stole the cash register. Store owner Melinda Lynam said the register only had coins in it with a value of about $5. The police advised her to leave the cash register drawer open at night with the money clips facing upward so that it’s clear there is no money in the drawer. The store’s alarm system was not triggered when the burglary occurred. “I’m just glad that they didn’t ransack the place and ruin everything,” Lynam said. The thief did not take available jewelry, a printer and a sewing machine as well as the many children’s items. Lynam said that several cars in the shop’s back parking lot also have been broken …

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