GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) — It was a marriage day catastrophe as safety cameras captured a heartless wedding ceremony crasher stealing tens of 1000’s of {dollars} meant to assist a brand new couple begin their life collectively.
On Saturday, George and Nadeen Farahat had been celebrating the most effective day of their life. The Orange County couple acquired married and had been partying properly into the evening on the Renaissance Banquet Corridor in Glendale.
Little did they know, there was an uninvited visitor scoping the place out. A marriage crasher who was caught on safety cameras ran off with their present field filled with tens of 1000’s of {dollars} in cash and items, bringing to celebration to a halt.
“As quickly as we came upon what occurred, you already know, the music shut down, all the pieces instantly stopped,” the bride, Nadeen, informed Eyewitness Information. “I ended up sitting on the dance ground sobbing with my buddies and cousins round me.”
The thief was there for a minimum of 90 minutes — displaying up round 11 p.m., strolling round, passing relations of the bride and groom, going to the toilet, and at one level, even ordering a drink on the bar.
“It’s extremely courageous. I feel he even tipped the bartender,” the groom, George, mentioned.
“He is watching the dance ground. He is watching our household. It is so scary to look again and see that there was a stranger at such a personal occasion, and such an intimate occasion. It is such a violation,” Nadeen mentioned.
The person ran the field down a again hallway resulting in an alleyway, the place a getaway automobile was ready.
After speaking with their practically 300 visitors, the couple estimates that the thief made off with between $80,000 and $100,000.
Glendale police are actually investigating, and the couple is providing a $5,000 reward for suggestions that result in an arrest.
Within the meantime, they’re making an attempt to maintain some perspective regardless of the inauspicious begin to their marriage.
“I feel an important factor is that everybody is secure. We attempt to deal with the positives of that day. We had a beautiful ceremony at our church. We had a extremely enjoyable celebration with our household and buddies, and we had been in a position to rejoice up till the incident,” George mentioned.
“Somebody mentioned that, ‘When it rains in your wedding ceremony day, it normally means good issues are to return,’ so when somebody steals cash, and your field, and all the pieces in your wedding ceremony day, we’ll observe that very same development. We’re simply actually grateful,” Nadeen mentioned.
The couple mentioned they don’t seem to be on the lookout for donations or a GoFundMe account to make up for the misplaced cash. As a substitute, they simply need the person caught, they usually need different {couples} to know the risks of getting a lot money and different items available at a marriage.
It was not instantly clear if police know who the suspect is. Anybody with info on the case is inspired to contact Glendale police.
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