Wig Theft

• $30K-$80K in wigs, many meant for cancer patients, stolen from Vancouver shop

  Surveillance video captured the suspect, who appears to be a woman, breaking into the store around 5 a.m. on Sunday.

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  Mar 10, 2020
  
• B.C. ‘chronic offender’ who stole kids’ cancer wigs gets 505 days in jail

  Martin Weigelt has a criminal history dating back to 1987 which includes more than 100 criminal convictions.

  Crime

  Feb 3, 2020
  
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• Woman wanted for allegedly stealing wigs made for cancer patients

  The wigs were allegedly stolen from The Life of the Party, a costume store in Fort Collins, Co.

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  Aug 14, 2019
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• ‘Chronic offender’ with 100+ convictions charged with theft of kids cancer wigs

  Martin James Weigelt's name also surfaced in connection with the return of stolen Bill Reid art from the UBC Museum of Anthropology in 2008.

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  Mar 6, 2019
• Wigs for Kids overwhelmed with support after ‘disgusting’ Vancouver theft

  "It's so nice too that something so horrible that had happened, a positive has come out of it," said Wigs for Kids chair Bev Friesen.

  Sep 13, 2018