[Walt.]

OK... got most of the usual reactions. It was probably taken a confused person (or with dementia), some sort of karma will get them someday, nobody would steal something like an old practice ball caddy (nobody shoplifts at the dollar store?), there is easy access by outsiders, and "the Villagers are honest!!"
Isn't it time for "we have to be more careful about who rents!!!"
When anyone mentions a theft or some wrongdoing we get this knee-jerk reaction as if to mention it is condemning the entire Villages. It's starting to sound like "it's a religion of peace" whenever there is a terrorist bombing.
Oh... now someone will get upset "how can you call the Villagers terrorists!!"