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A story out of Wichita Falls, Texas, is an excellent reminder that even though there are people who do wrong in this world, there are plenty more to step up and do good. On December 28, some teenagers entered Stone Oven Pizza and stole the employee tip jar. But they left behind a big clue the restaurant owners thought might leave them to the crooks: a tan-colored Justin Bent Rail cowboy hat.

“Last night, our crew ran into an incident where some teenagers stole the tips out of the tip jar,” Stone Oven wrote on Facebook. “However, luckily enough, they left this hat.” To help compensate the employees whose tips were stolen, the pizza joint reached out to the community on its Facebook page to recoup the losses by auctioning off the hat.

“We’re not a big fan of hats around here, however, we know the beautiful community of Wichita Falls is, and we would like to open up an auction,” the post said. “The highest bidder by Tuesday afternoon will win the prize of this authentic cowboy jicama-giga! All proceeds will be divided evenly between the three team members that lost out on Tips last night!”

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The kind folks of Wichita Falls got the bid up to $200, but some people thought the hat should be used to catch the crooks. “Yall seen Cinderella?” asked someone else. “Line up all the men in the kingdom. We’ll find that prince charming!” However, just before the pizza place would give the hat to the highest bidder, a man who was the hat’s original owner came forward.

“What this attention also did was allow us to find the original owner of the hat… not the teenager that dropped it, but the gentleman whose truck was broken into that those kids had stolen it from,” Stone Oven wrote. "While the owners of Stone Oven were prepared to meet this man in mutual combat to defend the wages of our team… It was the team members themselves that decided this man’s head was indeed looking cold… we will be returning the property to its’ rightful owner… do not worry the employees have been given $50 bonuses for altruism and compassion."

The beautiful thing was that even though they couldn’t auction off the hat to help the employees, some community members donated a couple hundred dollars for them to split. “Over the last couple of days we have gotten some amazing responses to this post, and the community has opened up their hearts to our employees,” Stone Oven wrote in a December 30 update.

In the end, the employees got their money back and the truck’s owner got his cowboy hat returned. The only loose end is that the thieves are still on the loose. However, Ryan Thomas, the co-owner of Stone Oven, doesn’t want them to go to jail, but maybe a little extra help in the kitchen will do. “I’d rather somebody make them come back and wash dishes for eight hours straight or something,” he told Today.com.

If you’re in the area of Wichita Falls, Texas and would like to help out the local community, Stone Oven is currently accepting donations for its sock drive. The drive was created to help people experiencing homelessness and those in need with socks, gloves, hats, beanies, or whatever else they may need to make it through the winter.