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Man runs Facebook group that supports him stealing from children

Mon, 2008-06-30 11:58.
Local News

He steals from kids and puts the videos up on Facebook.

Matthew Straw from Georgia is behind the group called "For every 10-thousand people that join this group, I will steal from a child", and he really does.

He tells us, "So far, I've taken a stuffed kitten, a two-wheeled skateboard, an "Ariel" chair from a birthday party...the two-wheeled skateboard was on Christmas morning."

Straw tells us he knows he shouldn't do it, but he finds it funny.

He says, "I say on my webpage - it's not good, it's mean-spirited, it's evil - it's not something that I would agree with on a day-to-day basis.  But when I watch the videos, I laugh.  I think it's funny just like about 6,000 other people do.  They think it's hilarioius."

Straw says about half of his supporters are from the Vancouver and Kelowna areas.

To date, he has posted six videos on his Facebook group page for members to view.

Denise Wong - Astral Media Radio News (Kelowna)