Bergman said for the first time in awhile, she found excitement in her life.<\/p>\n
“It’s not like I was selling it, not like I needed it,” she said. “Just the excitement of looking to see what was in that box and knowing, ya’ know what, ‘Since he didn’t want this item, this item can be donated to someone that actually really needs it,’ and that was the thought that went through my head.”<\/p>\n
The next day, Bergman hopped in her minivan again.<\/p>\n
“I had my children, and that’s when we went all day and just took boxes,” Bergman said. “I pulled right into the driveway, walked right up to the door, didn’t look for security cameras and just grabbed a box when I saw it.”<\/p>\n
Bergman hit 12 homes in two days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
She claims that a psychologist gave her a convenient and popular excuse for her thievery; <\/p>\n
Having served in Afghanistan, Bergman said PTSD could have been a trigger. She said one psychologist said her past may have played a role.<\/p>\n
“He’s, like, ‘Melissa, you were doing so much at one time and then it just stopped. So you doing this, gave you that excitement that you once had back in Afghanistan.’ That’s what I’m thinking is the correlation. You got excitement out of this just like you did in Afghanistan, but it was a different type of excitement,” Bergman said.<\/p>\n
She said she doesn’t want to make excuses for her actions and wants to apologize publicly to her victims. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thousands of veterans who suffer from PTSD didn’t steal shit yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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