# What kind of animal steals toys donated for charity? Police reveal it's one of their own.

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**Created:** [December 21, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203 "2019-12-21T21:58:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203/1 "2019-12-21T21:58:58Z")

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Toys donated for charity have been disappearing from the offices of the Franklin, Massachusetts, police department. Officers doggedly pursued their suspect and finally caught him in the act. It turns out the pawpetrator is a police department employee identified as Ben Franklin. Why have no charges been filed against this cur? Apparently he’s some kind of golden boy. The police are protecting one of their own, fur crying out loud! Howl justice ever be done? [More details here](https://www.boston25news.com/news/franklin-police-dog-stealing-toys-donation-bin/3PZDTKQJWVGTZFOWVWJ7I6AW4I/)

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203/2 "2019-12-21T22:10:45Z")

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Dog-gone it! That shouldn’t be pawmissible!

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203/3 "2019-12-21T22:11:05Z")

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lol i smiled for the first time in days

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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203/4 "2019-12-21T22:14:24Z")

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It’s a logical conundrum:

All dogs are good dogs;  
Stealing toys from kids is bad;  
A dog stole toys from kids,  
Ergo,  
A good dog is bad.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203/5 "2019-12-21T22:38:21Z")

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Saw that on the news last night. I like the video of them chasing him around the station with a basket in his mouth!

Rascal!

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203/6 "2019-12-22T05:28:51Z")

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Shameful! He should be hounded out of the community!

But kudos to the Franklin police department for their dogged pursuit of the case. I’m sure it involved hours of work by the crime Lab.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203/7 "2019-12-22T11:18:38Z")

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K-9 privilege is real y’all!