Hospital Thief Steals More Then Money

A father is robbed of one of parenthood's great moments when his newborn's first photos are stolen from a hospital parking garage.

Yale Gurney, a professional photographer, husband and now father, was at New York's Presbyterian Hospital on April second for the birth of his daughter.

Around 10:15 PM that night, Yale went down to the hospital's parking garage, loaded down with baby gifts from his family and friends. While signing the parking bill, he remembers he had to put everything down. It wasn't until he had gotten into the car fifteen minutes later that he realized he had left his computer and his father's cash gift of $1,500.00 at the parking garage.

Yale called the parking garage as he rushed back. But when he got there the parking garage said they didn't have his items, even as he checked the entire booth. Yale even went up to his wife's hospital room to check and see if he'd left the items there, but no luck. At this point there was nothing left to do but report the missing items to hospital security.

A few days later Yale received a call from hospital security saying they had found his computer. They said the two people who had taken the computer and money actually worked for the parking garage. One of them had come forward, stating that the other one had stolen the items and given them to him. He spent the night in jail after admitting to stealing $400.00, but not $1,500.00.

When Yale got his computer back he found that the thief had erased all of his baby pictures and replaced them with pictures of himself and his family.

That's when the parking garage manager told Yale there would be no problem in getting the additional $1,00.00 back and that he would be working on it. But then the parking garage manager changed his mind, now telling Yale, he would only get the additional money if he could provide a receipt for his father's cash gift.

Even threats to call the media didn't change the garage manager's stance, so Yale called Help Me Howard. First Howard called the the parking garage manager and then he called the hospital. One day later Yale received a phone call from the hospital stating that a check for $1,000.00 was waiting for him.