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Janice Morse reports:

Apparently the thief didn’t have a sweet tooth.

Whoever stole a truckload of Little Debbie snack cakes from Warren County on Friday has apparently ditched the treats. Dozens of brown cardboard boxes packed with Little Debbies were found this afternoon at a business in the 1900 block of Dalton Avenue, police said.

And, alas, “someone left the cake out in the rain,” just as in songstress Donna Summer’s 1978 hit, “MacArthur Park.” Tuesday’s discovery of the dumped boxes followed a rainy Monday. That’s why the goods couldn’t be salvaged, said Warren County sheriff’s Sgt. Brandon Lacy.

Tristate Crime Stoppers contacted Warren County investigators about the discovery of the boxes this afternoon, Lacy said. Then authorities contacted the truck’s owner and verified that the discarded items were his, Lacy said.

Authorities are still searching for the unmarked truck and trailer, which went missing Friday from a parking lot at Shell gas station, 9791 Mason-Montgomery Road, Deerfield Township.

The license plate on the red 2012 Dodge Dually truck is PHV-6854.

The plate on the black 2008 enclosed trailer is TPM-7423.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jerry Niffennegger: 513-695-2525, or Crime Stoppers: 513-352-3040.

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Photo: Warren County Jail

A Symmes Township woman has been indicted for robbery and escape on charges stemming from a Dec. 1 incident at the Kroger store in Deerfield Township.

Warren County prosecutors say that Loretta D. Foster, 29, was shoplifting a cart of groceries at the store on Terra Firma Drive off Mason-Montgomery Road when she bit a Kroger loss prevention officer while trying to flee the scene, raising the charge from theft to robbery.

Warren County sheriff’s deputies arrested Foster and detained her in the rear of a police car.  Police say Foster freed herself from the handcuffs and asked for the window to be rolled down, claiming to be ill.  She then escaped from the vehicle.

Foster appeared in Warren County Common Pleas Court Wednesday, where a judge set a bond of $50,000 in cash or bail bond.  She’s scheduled to be arraigned on the charges on Jan. 20.

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Papa John’s Pizza will hold a one-day fundraiser today, with proceeds benefiting the family of fallen Warren County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Dulle.

Forty-one Papa John’s stores in the Greater Cincinnati area will donate 10 percent of their entire day’s sales on June 21 directly to the Dulle family. Papa John’s has one location in Mason at 5612 Tylersville Road.

The Warren County deputy was killed May 10 as he attempted to deploy stop sticks to stop a fleeing vehicle.

He leaves behind his wife, Abbie, and three children: Madelyn, 10; Emma, 7; and Jackson, 4.

Madelyn, also known as Maddie, is battling a rare form of childhood cancer. Maddie’s Hope, a nonprofit organization, was formed in 2004 to honor her and to raise money to help in the fight against cancer.

For more information, call the Mason Papa John’s store at 513-459-0400.

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Papa John’s Pizza will hold a one-day fundraiser on Tuesday, June 21, with proceeds benefiting the family of fallen Warren County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Dulle.

Forty-one Papa John’s stores in the Greater Cincinnati area will donate 10 percent of their entire day’s sales that day directly to the Dulle family.

Papa John’s has one location in Mason at 5612 Tylersville Road.

The Warren County deputy was killed May 10 as he attempted to deploy stop sticks to stop a fleeing vehicle.

He leaves behind his wife, Abbie, and three children: Madelyn, 10; Emma, 7; and Jackson, 4.

Madelyn, also known as Maddie, is battling a rare form of childhood cancer.  Maddie’s Hope, a nonprofit organization, was formed in 2004 to honor her and to raise money to help in the fight against cancer.

For more information, call the Mason Papa John’s store at 513-459-0400.

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Several road closures are scheduled in Mason today due to the number of police officers, officials, and guests expected to pay their respects to Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Dulle.

Funeral services for Sgt. Dulle will be at noon at Christ’s Church at Mason on Saturday. A procession is expected to leave the church between 1 and 2 p.m. and travel north on Mason-Montgomery Road, then right on Main Street/U.S. 42 to Lebanon.

Once the procession begins, northbound Mason-Montgomery will be closed from Cedar Village Drive to Main Street. Southbound Mason-Montgomery will be closed at Western Row Road.

No traffic will be permitted to cross Mason-Montgomery Road or Main Street/U.S. 42 while the procession is going by.

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