GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - Anthony and Jennifer Smith left for their Florida honeymoon earlier this month thinking they'd have plenty of cash gifts to tally up after their trip.


But when the newlyweds returned, some bad news was waiting: Most of their wedding money was stolen by an envelope-snatching thief who crashed their reception without anybody noticing.

"You never think it's going to happen, you know, to you," Anthony Smith said Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "You're celebrating, having a good time, and then you go on your honeymoon and you find out some guy just decides he needs to take everything."

The well-dressed man is believed to have made off with as much as $1,500 in cash gifts, police said.

He was recorded on a surveillance tape approaching a box containing gift envelopes at the Smiths' Aug. 17 wedding reception. He first approached the box with an envelope of his own, but rather than put it in, he walked away. Then he returned and grabbed the box's envelopes.

"He just went straight for the money," Jennifer Smith said.

The thief even knew to wear a blue and burgundy outfit — just like the clothes worn by members of the wedding party, she said.

"Maybe he found out from a guest?" she said. "We're not exactly sure."

That sux....certainly sounds like an inside job.

So. I haven't been to a wedding in years...they leave a box somewhere for people to leave cash gifts or gift certificates for the newly weds? That about right? If that's the case then they got what was coming to them. It sucks that it happened, but common sense should have kicked in and they should have realised that there are that kind of people out there.

Lesson learned.

Dude. That isn't right. I feel bad for the newly weds. I hope they the person who did it.

What a crappy thing. I seen this on the news yesterday, the couple didn't seem that upset. Knowing how I am, I would have put a chair through a window.

I'm surprised too about the box..Usually the bride has a separate bag to accept the envelopes and then can't wait till the wedding is over to count it...Among other things....

In our weddings the money is given DIRECTLY to the couple, no chance you can steal the money if its glued to teh guys outfit. WHO LEAVES IT IN A BOX?