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VETERAN: Stolen tools burden family

| December 12, 2025 1:00 AM

I am a husband, a dad, a veteran and a small business owner, working part time while also running a construction/property management company. Work slows during winter, making finances pretty tight around the holidays. 

On Dec. 5th, around 3:30 p.m., I accidentally left work with my tailgate down, taking 4th Street from downtown Cd’A to near the split by Dave Smith Frontier Sales. When I took off from the stop light, my orange Home Depot bucket fell from my vehicle — with power tools, hand tools and multiple power tool batteries inside. A passerby alerted me, and I turned around at Denny’s. 

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