A Clemson parent helping his daughter move earlier this month was charged by university police after an item was removed from a Goodwill donation bin, according to police. He was charged with petit larceny for items valued under $2,000, according to the police report.

Parent Steven Carl Lambert pulled up to one of the Goodwill bins available around campus during students' move-out on May 3, and he dropped off a chair for donation but also removed an orange fabric cooler bag with a Clemson tiger logo from the bin, according to the Clemson University Police report.

The campus police were already monitoring the bins around the Calhoun Courts area as housing officials had been "running cars off" from them earlier in the day, the police report said.

Before arresting Lambert, the police called Kathleen Baerga from the local Goodwill, who said she did want to press charges if items were taken from the bins, the police incident report said.

When reached by phone on Wednesday, Lambert said he had no comment on the incident.

“Mr. Lambert denies taking the cooler with the intent to permanently keep it," Lambert's attorney John Mussetto said in a statement by email. "Mr. Lambert enjoys the presumption of innocence and we look forward to resolving this matter through the court system.”

Crystal Hardesty, director of marketing for Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina, said Clemson University has partnered with Goodwill for at least a few years to provide bins during students' move-out at the end of the spring semester.

Hardesty said that Goodwill often has items stolen from donation locations.

"That is something we have to deal with in many different locations across the board," Hardesty said. "We take our stewardship responsibility seriously in protecting donations and supporting our mission as intended."

While she declined to comment on the specific incident, Hardesty said that donations during college move-outs are important to Goodwill. Most of their donations are made around the winter holidays, so the items collected during move-outs in the spring come during a lull.

Once an item has been placed in a bin, the organization believes they have a responsibility to use it as intended, by processing it, selling it and funneling the money into their job training programs, Hardesty said.

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According to the university police report, the Clemson bins were clearly marked for Goodwill.

Lambert was released on a $257 bond, according to the Pickens County Public Index.