A trip to the trash can wound up helping Norman police with a theft investigation.
According to Henryetta police chief Steve Norman, an employee at Shoney's restaurant took some trash to their dumpster early Monday morning. When he opened the lid he found several purses and backpacks along with a number of credit cards and ID cards.
It turned out the items were among those stolen from a fitness gym in Norman sometime late Sunday night or early Monday morning.
"The criminals waited until they got to henryetta before they disposed of the evidence," Norman said. "It was on their way and those dumpsters were in a dark area where they knew they had less chance of being spotted."
The recovered items were returned to Norman police for further investigation.