The popular Tropical Chinese Restaurant employees have been using donations to deliver warm food to health care employees in Miami-Dade County.
Donors had been leaving cash donations in a jar that the restaurant employees had left on a table outside at the Tropical Park Plaza, 7991 SW 40th St. No one had dared to steal the cash until Sunday afternoon.
The driver of a white Nissan dropped off a person who was wearing sports slides sandals with white socks, a long-sleeved white top and dark shorts. His face was covered when he grabbed the jar with the cash and took off running to the getaway car.
Mei Yu, the co-owner of the Tropical Chinese Restaurant, had a message for the thief: “I don’t understand. This is money intended for goodness. Why do you have to steal?” She said she wants the thief to use the money for something good.
Miami-Dade police officers are asking anyone with information about this thief to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
For more information about how to donate to the restaurant’s effort, visit this GoFundMe page.