Shoplifter Fesses Up ... 37 Years Later

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A German shoplifter has fessed up ... 37 years after snatching $15 worth of stuff from a souvenir shop in Norway.

In 1970, the man shoplifted several items from a store in the small mountain town of Lom while he was traveling in Scandinavia with his young brother and girlfriend, now his wife, according to the Associated Press.


Seeking to make amends, he recently sent a check for $375 to the town and asked them to find the shopkeeper, Mayor Simen Bjoergen said on the town's Internet site on Thursday.


"For many years, my conscience has bothered me. With the enclosed check, I hope to free myself from that and request your help," wrote the German, whose name was not released. "I would also like to ask for forgiveness for the wrong I did so long ago."


Lom, a town of about 2,300 people, is 155 miles north of Oslo.


The man said he shoplifted about $15 worth of items from the store, which he recalled only as "a souvenir shop with a big parking lot." He asked Bjoergen to find the shop owner and give him the check, and if that was not possible to use the money for a good cause.

Bjoergen finally found retired 78-year-old shop owner Gabriel Lund, who owned the Fjoset gift shop in 1970, and gave him the check.


In a letter to the German, the Mayor said Lund asked him to say "that he forgives you" and that he had given the money to the local retirement home to do something nice for its residents.

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Better late than never, I guess.