“New Smyrna Beach Says No To Drugs,” the sign read, tempting the thief to steal it in a “fit of youthful exuberance” sometime in the late ’80s, the Florida city’s police department said in a post on Facebook.
“No statute of limitations on a guilty conscience,” the New Smyrna Beach Police Department wrote on Facebook, after receiving a package in the mail with the large metal sign. Taped to that sign was a money order for $50 and a handwritten note, which read:
“Fathers of NSB, Please accept this sign and funds to reinstall it, as well as my apologies. Sometime in the late 80’s, I stole this sign in a fit of youthful exuberance. Forgive Me!”
Police aren’t exactly sure what to do with the sign now, however.
“Maybe we’ll keep it in the police department as a reminder that people can change,” a lieutenant told WKMG.
