Brazen Thieves Dismantle Swing Set to Steal it

This has been going on a lot lately.Destroy play equipment in the park.This happen a lot here. We put up our State Christmas tree in front of the state house.Someone damage all the lights on the tree. This was money collected to buy the lights.Yes,they have no shame

Some people just don't care. They have no morals. I hope they find out who did it soon. What a beautiful playground, all the children must love that place.

pretty extreme to steal from children like that

I hate how some people think they have the right to take whatever they want from anyone at all. They have no soul.

What in the world is wrong with people?

wow amazing how they will steal anything.

That playground in the photo you posted is the neatest playground I have ever seen! I would love to be able to take my son there to play! That is horrible both of the thefts you wrote about! Someone taking apart a swingset to steal it is nuts. They are either taking it for the scrap metal which will only get them a few bucks..or they are taking it for their children. I would love to have a nice swingset for my kids but I can't afford it and there is a park right down the street I took them to every day when they were little. I would never steal something just because I couldn't afford my own. Theives make me sick!

That is pretty sad to steal a swing set from children from their back yard.

People are just so wicked.

LOL! Several years ago we had some neighbors across the street from us that we talked to just about every day. (The neighbors we have now we have talked to them one time and never bothered talking to them again. Waste of space, if you really want to know.) Anyway, when they were moving out of their house they had a moving truck parked in their drive for three or four days while they packed. One morning when I got up they had a second moving truck parked on our side of the street. I thought it was a bit odd that they didn't park it closer to their house, so I stepped out onto our front deck to take a look and see what they were doing. All I saw was that they had started taking apart their trampoline, getting it ready to move. Then I realized the two guys who were taking the trampoline apart weren't some of those neighbors, so I stepped across the street to talk to them. The two guys almost had the trampoline all packed up to move when one of them turned to me and told me they had forgotten a tool to remove the last bolt from the trampoline frame, so they were going to run to the hardware store and pick up whatever they needed, but they'd be right back. (Pretty and I had a trampoline, too, so I knew the same bolts were used on the entire frame.... I actually thought they just didn't like me trying to talk to them while they worked, so headed back to my own yard.) Right after the two guys drove off, the neighbor came out of his house and walked over to me, looking at the neat packages of parts for his trampoline. He grinned at me and thanked me for getting the trampoline almost ready for them to load. I told him the guys he had hired to tear it down had actually just left but they would be right back. The neighbor kind of chuckled at me and told me I was funny and started pulling the last bolt out of the frame. I helped him load it into the moving truck and I ask him why he thought he was going to need a second moving truck. (We had discussed how much room he would need for everything so there was really no need for a second truck.) He ask me what was I talking about, he only needed one truck. He really thought I had taken the trampoline apart for him... We stood there and talked about what I had seen that morning and he called the cops. I gave descriptions of the two guys and their truck... The neighbor and I decided I had come out just in time to keep their trampoline from being stolen that morning. I am amazed at the big brass ones some people have, Judy! They must make a godawful racket when they walk! SMH!

What will they do next? Seems like nothing is sacred anymore.

Some people will steal anything. Last week my neighbour was telling me that they had previously had their ornate metal gates stolen. It really doesn't take long to dismantle a swing-set though - I know because I was just given one on Freegle last week and it only took a few minutes to take it apart and carry it away and I wasn't even in a hurry!

Thieves are getting faster and a little braver.

What is wrong with people?

A few years ago, something like that happened here too .. amazing how no one saw the huge slide being transported by the thieves ..

that is... impressive work for a thief, usually that sort of theft is the easy fast to grab variety

What a ridiculous thing to do. Do they think they can sell it and make a lot of money? I hope they are caught.

That is a wonderful playground in your photo. I am amazed by how brazen thieves have gotten. Here in the U.S. it has become common for them to steal packages right off people's front porches ... especially around Christmas. Horrible!

That is brazen. Those people have no conscience to do that. I hope they find the people who took the swing set and the donation box for the church. I'm just shaking my head. Beautiful picture of the playground. Where is that playground located?

It is amazing what people can get away with, if you look like you belong, but at that time of the morning!