Posted 2/20/2007 05:21:00 PM by Douglas

First class ticket to hell? Stealing a truck with the words Interfaith Ministries on it:

A Meals on Wheels truck, loaded to the brim with hot food for senior citizens, was stolen Monday from a north Harris County apartment complex parking lot.

"It is frustrating. I can't imagine what they would do with that truck," said David Roberts, director of senior nutrition services for Meals on Wheels.

Roberts said the driver had just started making deliveries on his route about 8:30 a.m. when the 2004 Chevrolet truck was stolen from the Northwood Villas Apartments at 5000 Aldine-Mail Route.

"Hopefully who ever took it won't keep it and will just leave it somewhere," Roberts said.

The truck is equipped with an insulated box to keep the meals hot and the vehicle should be easy to spot, said Lou Keels, communications manager for Interfaith Ministries. The vehicle is worth about $35,000.

"The words 'Interfaith Ministries' are painted across the truck in big black letters," Keels said.

Keels said the driver had just started making deliveries on a route that provides a hot lunch to 85 people.

The truck's engine must be left running to operate the heating equipment that keeps the meals hot.

"He made a delivery and when he came back the truck was gone," she said.

What in the corn-bread hell is this world coming to? What do you even do with food for 85 people, that you've stolen? That's not going to buy a lot of crack.