Local Animal Rescue Needs Help IDing Woman Seen On Surveillance Cameras

CONCORD, N.C. – Security camera video shows a woman pull right into the Princeton’s Meow rescue in Concord, park, and walk up to the porch. She takes a bag of cat food. She returns moments later for a box of litter. This was Sunday morning just after midnight. She was also seen on surveillance video on Easter Sunday in what appears to be a black apron. Her hair looks to be tied back in a scrunchie or hair bow. She took 70 pounds of cat litter.

“It’s not necessarily the monetary value. It’s that these are things that that we need for the animals that are entrusted in our care,” says Judy Sims. Sims is the executive director of the Humane Society of Concord. Princeton’s Meow is part of that. Sims says, “We are not sponsored by the city or any other municipality or state. Everything we get is from donations, adoption fees and grants.”

Sims took WCCB News @ Ten anchor Morgan Fogarty inside the rescue to meet some of the cats and see more of what the community donates. It’s generous and it’s crucial. She says, “We depend on our community to help us.” Just last Thursday, Sims tells WCCB the city of Concord installed a new street lamp, which lights up their parking lot. Before, only their porch was lit. When the woman took items off the porch in Easter, they could only see her when she was on the porch. Now, Sims says, “We could see her vehicle. We could see her face. We could see that it was the same woman who had stolen from us before.”

Her vehicle stands out. Police tell Sims they believe it’s a white Chevy HHR. Sims wants the woman to stop. She hopes someone recognizes her and calls police. But she also has an offer for her. She says, “We have a community food bank which is very well stocked, again provided by donations from the public, and we would give her what she needs. All she has to do is just come over and ask.”

There are signs posted all over the porch that let people know they’re being recorded. If you recognize the woman in the video, please call Concord Police.