Donations replace Girl Scout cookie money

CARY, Ill., March 22 (UPI) -- Leaders of an Illinois Girl Scout troop said at least $1,500 in donations have poured in since the theft of $417 in cookie proceeds.

Lynn Rogers, one of the four leaders for Troop 1347 in Cary, said the money was taken while the girls were packing up their cookies Saturday outside of a store in preparation for another troop to come in, The (Arlington Heights, Ill.) Daily Herald reported Tuesday.

Rogers said at least $1,500 in donations have since poured in, including a few for the full amount stolen. Cary Police Chief Steven Casstevens was one of those who gave a $417 donation.

"I just felt it was the right thing to replace that money," Casstevens said. "If it gets replaced two, three or four times, it's that much better because it's a worthy cause."

Casstevens said recovering the original money could prove difficult as no witnesses reported seeing anyone acting suspiciously and there are no security cameras outside of the Walgreens store on Northwest Highway.