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WLKY’S CAROLYN CALLAHAN SHOWS US MORE VIDEO OF TH CRIME. CAROLYN: THE MAN STOLE MORE THAN $27,000 WORTH OF ELECTRONICS FROM THE SCHOOL, ELECTRONICS THESE STUDENTS USE EVERY DAY. BUT THE EDUCATORS HERE ARE USING THIS AS A LESSON IN COMPASSION. >> HE STOLE FROM CHILDREN, HE STOLE FROM CHILDREN. CAROLYN: SOME LESSONS AREN’T EASY. >> THIS IS A FAMILY. THESE ARE OUR KIDS AND YOU HURT WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE HURT. THIS IS THE FIRST LOOK STAFF AT ST. NICHOLAS ACADEMY GOT AT THE MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM THEM. HE SHOWED UP MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT TUESDAY TRYING TO FIND A DOOR HE COULD OPEN. >> HE LEFT AND CAME BACK TWO HOURS LATER PUSHING A SHOPPING CART. CAROLYN: THIS TIME HE DIDN’T LEAVE EMPTY-HANDED. IN LESS THAN AN HOUR HE NEARLY CLEANED OUT THE SCHOOL LAB, TAKING MORE THAN 20 IPADS, 30 CHROMEBOOKS AND MORE. >> HE STOLE OUR AMERICAN FLAG AND LINED THE CART WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG SO THAT THE CABLES AND HEADPHONES AND MICROPHONES WOULDN’T FALL OUT, AND THEN HE USED OUR LIBRARY RUG TO HOLD IT ALL IN. CAROLYN: A NEARBY BUSINESS MANAGER CALLED TO SAY THEY HAVE VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE MAN LEFT ST. NICHOLA >> HE MET A FRIEND AT THE CORNER OF SOUTHSIDE AND NEW CUT WHO WAS ON A RED MOPED AND THEY TIED THE MOPED AND THE CART TOGETHER AND TOOK OFF DOWN 3RD STREET. CAROLYN: AS SOON AS WORD SPREAD, PEOPLE STARTED HELPING OUT OTHER SCHOOLS SENT IPADS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CHECKED IN, AND STUDENTS MADE SURE THEIR TEACHERS WERE OK. >> ULTIMATELY NO ONE WAS HURT AND SO IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY ANGRY AND WE CAN BE SAD, BUT WE CAN ALSO BE GRATEFUL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO US. CAROLYN: IT’S TURNED INTO A LESSON ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND MOVING FORWARD. >> THE KIDS SEEING THE MODELING OF PEOPLE RESPOND TO SOMETHING THAT’S A BAD THING, THAT’S THE LESSON WE WANT TO TEACH, THAT’S WHAT WE WANT THE KIDS TO TAKE FROM THIS.

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Someone stole more than $27,000 worth of electronics from St. Nicholas Academy on New Cut Road. "He stole from children," St. Nicholas Academy Principal Kathy DeLozier said. Surveillance video showed someone walk on the property late Monday night and leave minutes later. "He left and came back two hours later, pushing a shopping cart," DeLozier said. In less than an hour, the person nearly cleaned out the school lab. More than 20 iPads, 30 Chromebooks, accessories and more were stolen. "He stole our American flag and lined the cart with the American flag so that the cables, headphones and microphones wouldn't fall out. Then he used our library rug to hold it all in," DeLozier said. A nearby business manager called and said he had video of what happened when the man left St. Nicholas Academy. "He met a friend at the corner of Southside and New Cut who was on a red moped. They tied the moped and the cart together and took off down 3rd Street," DeLozier said. People started helping St. Nicholas Academy when they heard what happened. Other schools sent iPads, community members checked in and students made sure their teachers were OK. "No one was hurt and so in the grand scheme of things, we can be justifiably angry and we can be sad, but we can also be grateful because the community has been incredible to us," DeLozier said. The situation turned into a lesson on community support and moving forward. "The kids seeing the way people respond to something that's a bad thing, that's the lesson we want to teach. That's what we want the kids to take from this," DeLozier said. Louisville Metro police are investigating. Anyone with information should call the anonymous tip line at 574-LMPD.