-- A Tuscaloosa thief stole more than 3,000 pairs of shoes that Valley View Baptist Church planned to send to needy people in Honduras,

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The shoes were stolen from storage units two weeks ago, the report says, after the church's congregation collected the shoes over the course of several months. So far, they have replaced more than half of that amount.

The report says the first $10 donation to replace the shoes was from the Tuscaloosa Police Department officers who filed the initial report of the theft.