Thief targets 11-year-old's popsicle business

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KMGH) — Asher Swann is simply known arsenic The Popsicle Man successful his Colorado neighborhood.

"I spell to a batch of softball games, a batch of shot games and a batch of shot games," the 11-year-old said. "I’ve ever dreamed of having a palmy business."

The young entrepreneur was astatine a parkland past weekend. Sales started disconnected beardown during a shot scrimmage erstwhile helium spotted a person successful the park. Swann said helium near the wagon nether the histrion truthful it would beryllium successful the shade, but soon his 6-year-old member started moving towards him crying due to the fact that idiosyncratic stole the cooler and currency box.

"I came up there, the cooler is gone, each of the wealth is gone, the wagon was inactive there. They conscionable took everything successful the cooler and the $40 of cash," Swann said.

He was devastated, and helium couldn't judge idiosyncratic would bargain from him.

"I thought erstwhile it happened they could spot it was owned by kids. I don’t cognize wherefore they did it," Swann said.

His parents helped him record a constabulary report, and they created a station connected the societal media tract Nextdoor. His ma wanted to cognize if anyone saw the theft oregon had immoderate information.

Someone yet located the cooler and a breached currency container successful the area.

As the station continued circulating connected Nextdoor, comments started pouring successful on with donations to assistance Swann regenerate the stolen items.

"I conscionable loved each the bully comments. I felt truthful overwhelmed with joyousness and happiness knowing that the assemblage has got my back," Swann said.

Swann is thankful for the help, but helium said helium doesn't consciousness close keeping each the wealth that was donated.

"All that worldly is excessively overmuch for what I lost," Swann said. "When my worldly got stolen I thought, 'Man, the satellite has a large acheronian broadside connected it,' but past erstwhile each the comments came pouring successful I was like, 'Well, there’s a batch much bully than determination is bad.'"

He is utilizing a information of the donations to marque his concern full again. Then, helium plans to springiness the remainder of the wealth to the Arapahoe County Fraternal Order of Police for their Benevolent Fund Motorcycle Ride.

"They shouldn’t bargain from a young entrepreneur similar myself," Swann said. "They knew it was wrong, and that’s what I didn’t similar astir it."

Swann is not easy deterred due to the fact that helium has large plans to prevention up wealth for his archetypal car and college. He said helium would truly similar to thrust a achromatic Lamborghini, and helium wants to prosecute a vocation successful existent property development.

For now, The Popsicle Man is focusing connected juggling 5th people and being a budding entrepreneur.

This communicative was primitively reported by Liz Gelardi connected KMGH.com.