JENSEN BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Everyone knows the story of how the Grinch stole Christmas \u2014 going around and stealing toys from children.<\/p>\n
Well, that\u2019s almost what happened in Martin County. Except this time it wasn\u2019t the Grinch, it was a woman in a Santa hat.<\/p>\n
It happened at Barbeque Beer Co. in Jensen Beach around 7 P.M. on Friday during a Christmas party.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video captured a blonde, middle-aged woman in a Santa hat drag a box of toy donations out of the restaurant. Once outside, video shows a little girl approach the woman and ask what she\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n
“She had handed somebody a toy from the box and acted like it was from her, and got a hug from the child,\u201d said Christine Dicondina, a manager at Barbeque Beer Co.<\/p>\n
In the video, the woman alludes to taking the donations “to the fairgrounds,” where non-profit United Way is currently hosting their Holiday Project <\/a>for Toys for Tots.<\/p>\n The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed the woman is not with United Way and that box never made it to the fairgrounds.<\/p>\n “I think she owes community apology, especially people that Elev8Hope. Those families that were counting on this for their Christmas and to make it a little bit brighter,\u201d said Dicondina.<\/p>\n The box of toy donations was for non-profit Elev8Hope<\/a>, a hospitality house for kids and families experiencing crisis or homelessness.<\/p>\n Sheriff\u2019s officials say the woman drove off in what they describe as a black Kia SUV.<\/p>\n If you have any information on who this woman is or where she might be, you\u2019re asked to call the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n