Two siblings in Chesapeake had the money stolen from their lemonade stand.
Chesapeake Police stated the incident occurred around 11:50 a.m. in the 1000 block of Bells Mill Road.
In surveillance video, a silver Toyota four-door sedan starts to slowly approach the two children and a man comes out of the car. Rebecca Caldwell, a 10-year-old, told WAVY she started to pour him lemonade when he quickly grabbed the jar with their money and took off.
“We already got $40. It seemed pretty good, and then the guy came,” Rebecca said. “He acted really nice. He was just saying, like, ‘Nice, y’all are doing a lemonade stand.’ And then he was getting pretty close, but my back was turned so I didn’t really realize.”
Police described the man as a white male in his mid-thirties with a goatee and tattoos.
Rebecca and her younger brother Josh Caldwell ran inside and told their mom they had been robbed.
Rebecca and Josh are not letting a thief stop them from selling more lemonade. They will hold another lemonade stand next Saturday, Aug. 24, on Bells Mill Road from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Make sure to support their next lemonade stand!