Hews went on to say, "$1,000 papers are worth over $1,000, so this is a big deal. And I am especially angry because this denies our La Mirada readers who get the paper at their business, and who have local residents come in to their business for the paper, in reading this week's paper. We have a large following at City Hall, the Resource Center, Splash! and the Senior Center they will be especially upset".

"Yes they could have been taken for recycling", Hews said, "but why would they leave over 1,000 of the Cerritos newspaper behind? It is very suspicious".

Hews said that he has filed a report with the LA County Sheriffs and they will follow up with the case. "The investigating officer thought it very suspicious too that other papers were left behind. "She asked if I thought I had any suspects in mind, and I did give them a couple names", Hews said. He also noted that the the recycle value of the 1200 copies would only be around $3.

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