Thanks to a high desert community and the power of social media, an 8-year-old boy's beloved go-kart was returned home after it was stolen by a Craigslist thief.
Michael McCullen of Temecula wanted to sell his motorized go-kart to buy himself a laptop computer for his homework.
"I rode it a lot and I really loved it," Michael said. "It really meant alot to me because I've had it since I was three."
Michael's family put the go-kart on Craigslist for $650. On Wednesday night, they got a call from someone in Victorville asking if it could be delivered.
"So we said, sure, we'd been waiting awhile to sell this, and he would pay us a few extra dollars for driving up to Victorville," said Steve McCullen, Michael's father.
Michael and his dad left their home in Temecula and made it to Victorville at around 9:30 that night.
"A kid appeared, I thought from the house, but I guess he had come from around the corner," he said.
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Steve said the young man got onto the go-kart and drove it around the cul-de-sac for a few seconds, before suddenly heading out to a nearby field.
"And he's gone, nowhere to be found," he said. "I looked at Michael and said, 'I'm so sorry, buddy, but we just got the go-kart stolen from us.'"
"I was just in tears. I mean, I couldn't stop crying for quite awhile," Michael said.
For Michael's mom, those tears quickly turned into anger. Leslie McCullen immediately posted a message on Facebook, along with a picture of the go-kart, and asked for help in finding it.
The response was overwhelming.
The post was shared thousands of times on Facebook, and eventually reached Sergio Silva, who said he saw the post and happened to find the go-kart abandoned in a field near his Victorville home.
Leslie was grateful for the Victorville community.
"They really came through for us. They've shown my son that there are good people, and there a lot more good people than bad," she said.