BOSTON (WHDH) - A man walked into a Beacon Hill convenience store Wednesday morning and stole an Animal Rescue League donation jar.

Surveillance cameras at Beacon Capitol Market on Myrtle Street captured a man wearing a white shirt and backwards hat walk into the store, buy a couple of sodas, and eventually grab the money intended for the animal charity.

“It’s just a shame when something like that happens,” said Michael DeFina of the Animal Rescue League of Boston. “I mean, these people are collecting out of the goodness of their hearts and their compassion for animals.”

The neighborhood convenience store has raised thousands of dollars for the charity over the last decade.

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