eyeglasses News Archive

Burglars Steal $150,000 In Eyeglasses (CBS 46 News Atlanta)
A Buckhead store owner says burglars stole more than $150,000 in eyeglasses Friday morning. | Video | Raw Video | Slideshow

Police: 150,000 Worth of Eyeglasses Stolen (WLTX-TV Columbia)
ATLANTA (AP) -- Call it a case of the shortsighted thieves. Smash-and-grab bandits struck an Atlanta retail store Friday, nabbing what store employees estimate is $150,000 worth of designer eyeglasses and sunglasses.

Smash-and-grab crooks find new target: eyeglasses (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Smash-and-grab burglars hit another Atlanta retail store early Friday, but this time, instead of stealing high-dollar blue jeans, they took designer eyeglasses and sunglasses.

SW column: Donate specs, help Lions with a vision (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
The Lions Club has collection boxes in Gates and Chili for old eyeglasses which are then cleaned and repaired and sent to Third World countries. Lenscrafters accepts the old specs in Henrietta.

Lions group in Indian River County collects used eyeglasses, more (Vero Press Journal)
Lions International has designated May as Recycle for Sight Month. Lions Clubs all over the world will collect items, especially used eyeglasses, to be recycled.

Cops hunt robber of W. Long Branch bank (Asbury Park Press)
Police are looking for the man who robbed the Hudson City Savings Bank Monday morning, escaping with an undetermined amount of cash.

Dallas Holocaust Museum holds tragedy's relics (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
DALLAS -- The items are haunting. Tangles of empty frames of eyeglasses snatched from people's faces. Gold-plated wedding rings stripped of their ...

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