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08-02-2005, 06:39 PM
Woman Blames Newspaper Typo For Theft
Ad In Lawrence, Kan., Paper Had Wrong Address
UPDATED: 12:39 pm PDT August 2, 2005
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A Kansas woman who had her possessions stolen blames the city's newspaper.
Kris Bryan said the Lawrence Journal-World printed a mistake in a street address, causing her apartment to be cleaned out by thieves, reported KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo.
Bryan said she returned home after work one day and saw strangers loading up her belongings into their vehicle. When she asked what they were doing, they showed her a classified ad in the newspaper. The public notice stated that all things at 1319 Tennessee St., Apt. 3, would be thrown away if unclaimed.
"It was just a real shock," Bryan said. "I was freaking out. I told them that's my apartment -- there's been some mistake."
It was a one-digit mistake -- the newspaper ad should have read 1339 Tennessee St., the television station reported. The ad was placed because a woman in that home passed away and no one had claimed her belongings.
Bryan said the people she confronted returned her things, but her TV, DVD player, movies, furniture and a 7-week-old kitten had already been taken from her apartment.
"I was crying, bawling," Bryan said.
She said she wants the newspaper to pay $3,500 for the stolen items, but that can't replace her lost kitten.
"Sometimes you can't get away with your mistake, especially when someone gets hurt because of them," Bryan said.
Ad In Lawrence, Kan., Paper Had Wrong Address
UPDATED: 12:39 pm PDT August 2, 2005
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A Kansas woman who had her possessions stolen blames the city's newspaper.
Kris Bryan said the Lawrence Journal-World printed a mistake in a street address, causing her apartment to be cleaned out by thieves, reported KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo.
Bryan said she returned home after work one day and saw strangers loading up her belongings into their vehicle. When she asked what they were doing, they showed her a classified ad in the newspaper. The public notice stated that all things at 1319 Tennessee St., Apt. 3, would be thrown away if unclaimed.
"It was just a real shock," Bryan said. "I was freaking out. I told them that's my apartment -- there's been some mistake."
It was a one-digit mistake -- the newspaper ad should have read 1339 Tennessee St., the television station reported. The ad was placed because a woman in that home passed away and no one had claimed her belongings.
Bryan said the people she confronted returned her things, but her TV, DVD player, movies, furniture and a 7-week-old kitten had already been taken from her apartment.
"I was crying, bawling," Bryan said.
She said she wants the newspaper to pay $3,500 for the stolen items, but that can't replace her lost kitten.
"Sometimes you can't get away with your mistake, especially when someone gets hurt because of them," Bryan said.