CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A man has been arrested for stealing a lemonade stand cash jar from two kids in Chesapeake.
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, Chesapeake Police said they located and interviewed 19-year-old Esteban Santillan. They charged him with petit larceny for the theft.
A week later on Sept. 9, Chesapeake police say the petit larceny charge will be amended, as Santillan now faces a felony grand larceny charge for stealing U.S. currency valued at $5.00 or more from a person.
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 10-year-old Rebecca Caldwell and 8-year-old Joshua Caldwell held a lemonade sale in their driveway on Bells Mill Road, as they often do.
When their mom stepped inside, surveillance video shows a man pulling up in a car, approaching the children and then grabbing their jar of money.
The Caldwells say the man acted like he was going to buy some lemonade before driving away with $40 in cash.
Two security cameras captured the theft, one at the end of the driveway and another in the front of the house. The second camera got a good shot of the car pulling up, which they used to report the incident to the police.