MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Penelope’s Closet is dealing with a recurring issue: people rummaging through donated items left outside after business hours.
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“Average 10 people a night,” Karen Robinson, store manager, said. “They just get out and help themselves. It’s a vicious cycle,” she continued.
Most recently, the camera captured a group on Sunday pulling up in a car and putting bags into their vehicle at 1 a.m. In the very back, one person was wearing a headlamp while digging through a dumpster.
Footage from this past weekend shows people going through the bags past midnight and even trying on clothes outside the store. In one video, a man shows up with a dolly and wheels away a TV.
A video from a few weeks ago shows one man taking what he wanted from the pile. As he was about to ride away on his bike, he spotted the Ring camera and took it…