{"id":33411,"date":"2013-03-22T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T01:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=33411"},"modified":"2013-03-26T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T20:45:02","slug":"baseball-burglary-has-happy-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/03\/22\/baseball-burglary-has-happy-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball burglary has happy ending"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jonathan is presented with brand new Nike cleats from John Laferney, director of baseball operations for Lancaster JetHawks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 Jonathan Cornish<\/strong>\u2019s budding baseball career was set back this past Valentine\u2019s Day when burglars broke into his mother\u2019s vehicle and stole all his equipment.<\/p>\n

Thieves made off with the 14-year-old\u2019s baseball bag, which contained about $1,400 worth of equipment, including his bats, cleats, and limited edition baseball glove \u2013 a birthday gift from his uncle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was mad,\u201d Jonathan said. \u201cLike, \u2018all my gear is stolen, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to use now to play.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis team was sharing stuff with him, and his coach bought him a bat,\u201d said mother Debra Schmidt. \u201cThe family began to replace stuff, little by little.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jonathan accepts his donation as deputy Miguel T. Ruiz looks on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The family filed a police report, and held out hope that the items would be recovered. They almost caught a break this week, when Lancaster Station\u2019s Burglary Suppression Team recovered more than 100 stolen items from a Lancaster motel room. (Read more here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cSome baseball equipment was recovered, however, when Jonathan went to go to try and identify his equipment, it turned out not to be his,\u201d said deputy Miguel T. Ruiz of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

Jonathan left empty handed, but his story touched deputies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deputies did recognize Jonathan as an outstanding citizen, a good kid\u2026 so they felt it in their hearts to try and help Jonathan out as best as possible,\u201d Ruiz said.<\/p>\n

The deputies reached out to local organizations for help, and the Lancaster JetHawks answered the call.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we heard about this story, we knew that we wanted to reach out and help out in any way that we could, because baseball is such a huge part of the community,\u201d said William Thornhill, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Lancaster JetHawks.<\/p>\n

Friday morning, the organization presented Jonathan with a pair of brand new Nike cleats, a brand new baseball helmet, a JetHawks cap and tickets to an opening game.<\/p>\n

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(L to R) Mother Debra Schmidt, Jonathan and brother Conner Cornish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe thought it would be important to get you back onto the field so that maybe one day we\u2019ll be seeing you out on this field with the Jethawks,\u201d Thornhill said to a grinning Jonathan.<\/p>\n

Jonathan\u2019s debut on the JetHawk\u2019s field will come a lot sooner than expected. The teenager has been invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch on opening night on April 4, as the JetHawks kicks off its 2013 season. Jonathan was also given tickets for his entire family to come out and watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you a lot for helping me out, it\u2019ll be fun, I can\u2019t wait for that,\u201d Jonathan told Jethawks officials.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, authorities are still on the hunt for Jonathan\u2019s stolen items.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Burglary Suppression is still looking hard, they do have some suspects in custody,\u201d Ruiz said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to try and bring back a good baseball season for anyone else who has lost or missing items.\u201d<\/p>\n

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