Teddy Returns! Austism Awareness Bear Back At N.J. Diner After Being Stolen
CLIFTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- An autism awareness teddy bear is back where it belongs after being stolen from a diner in New Jersey.
The bear has been returned to Allwood Diner in Clifton.
Surveillance video showed the bearnapper walk into the diner earlier this week and then back run out, carrying the large stuffed animal.
We wanted to update everyone on a positive development in the saga of Teddy our autism bear! It is our pleasure to...
Posted by Allwood Diner on Wednesday, October 3, 2018
The owner said it was a "youngster making a not-well-thought-out-prank."
"To him it was just a stuffed bear, but he quickly realized what this bear meant to Allwood Diner and the Clifton community," the diner said in a Facebook post.