The race to find a thief: Berlin police investigating after Torch Run signs were stolen
BERLIN, Conn. (WTNH) — Anticipation and excitement surround the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics each year in Berlin.
Year after year, students line the route in front of their school to cheer on the officers.
Annual Special Olympics Torch Run begins in Connecticut
This year, there was also disappointment. The signs, which usually line Veterans Way, were stolen sometime between Monday when they were placed there, and Wednesday, when Mark DePinto, the officer who organizes Berlin's leg of the run, realized they were gone.
'He works very hard for this to come out perfect and that was like a setback to him,' Carmen DePinto, Mark's wife, said.
It was too late to replace the signs before Thursday's torch run.
The signs show the businesses and organizations which support the torch run and the Special Olympics.
DePinto's daughter Christine is one of the athletes. On the day of the race, she rides in the truck which leads the police officers through town.
'She gets excited to be part of it every year,' DePinto said. 'She gets so excited she don't even want to go to her job.'
'It's just… it's hard to understand why somebody would pull those signs out and take them for a cause as good as the Special Olympics,' Berlin Deputy Police Chief Drew Gallupe said.
Berlin police have launched a full investigation and say whoever is responsible will face larceny charges.
'We're reviewing video from surrounding businesses and we would ask anyone that has information or saw someone taking the signs or knows who took them if they would call us at the Berlin Police Department,' Gallupe said.
Berlin police say there were about a half a dozen signs stolen from Veterans Way and because of that, those businesses and organizations didn't get the recognition they deserve for supporting this worthy cause. One of them was a local fire department.
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