Behind the Badge
Mission Viejo deputies surprise girl whose school backpack was stolen from mother’s car
0The thief stole items from an unlocked vehicle in Mission Viejo. Kopitzee Thornton was upset she had run inside her home and left her black SUV unlocked. By the time she returned to lock it around 9 p.m. on March 22, the thief had made off with some random items: Laundry detergent. Tax documents. Makeup. But it was her daughter, Regan, 9, who especially was bummed. Gone was her beloved school backpack designed to look like a corgi — a dog breed she’s wild about. The fourth-grader doesn’t have a dog, but she sleeps on corgi butt pillows. There were…
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