Suspected wedding crashers arrested in Ind. theft

SEYMOUR, Ind. — Police in southern Indiana have arrested two people suspected of crashing a wedding and taking off with a wire bird cage that held cards for the newlyweds filled with cash, checks and gift cards.

Seymour Police Chief Bill Abbott says the 27-year-old man and his 24-year-old girlfriend saw the wedding reception at an American Legion hall on Sept. 19 and decided to take advantage of the situation.

Abbott says the suspects didn’t know newlyweds Aaron and Margaret Thompson Brown. The suspects were arrested Monday on felony theft charges.

Police say the thieves made off with about $5,000 in cash, checks and gift cards.

Abbott says none of the cash has been found, although most of the gift cards have been canceled and no one has tried to cash any of the checks.

Information from: The Tribune, www.tribtown.com