Creep with the world's worst haircut caught red-handed stealing from a little girl's lemonade stand
By Emma Richter
Daily Mail
Nov 6, 2025
Esteban Santillan, 19, confessed to stealing $40 from a lemonade stand run by two children in August 2024 during a traffic stop, recent court documents said
A brazen Virginia man who was caught stealing money from a children's lemonade stand has confessed to the crime, according to court records.
Esteban Santillan, 19, was seen on video snatching $40 from the stand that Rebecca and Joshua Caldwell had set up in front of their Chesapeake home on August 15, 2024.
Santillan, sporting an embarrassing bowl cut hairstyle, was spotted pulling up to the table in a white Toyota sedan before he politely walked toward the children and smiled.
The 10-year-old and her eight-year-old brother popped out of their chairs, ready to happily serve a customer, but that's when Santillan quickly grabbed their money jar and darted.
Santillan's evil snatch was caught on camera.
The siblings were seen running toward their home and to tell their mother what happened.
Santillan confessed to the crime during a traffic stop with police, according to court documents recently obtained by WAVY TV 10.
The crook was initially charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, but prosecutors decided to ramp up his charges.
He was seen swiping the money jar on August 15, 2024 while Rebecca and Joshua Caldwell sold lemonade in their Chesapeake, Virginia community
He was hit with a grand larceny charge - which is a felony in Virginia.
'Santillan confessed to the incident and was positively identified as the male in the video surveillance footage,' court documents read.
After getting robbed, the Caldwells received an outpouring of help and compassion from the community, who went on to raise more than $6,000 for the children.
Just 10 days after their money was stolen, people from across their community showed up to support them at a new lemonade stand.
Local adults not only felt bad for them but were angry with Santillan for putting them through this.
Kyle Lippiatt, who came out to support them, told the outlet: 'What kind of jerk comes and steals money from some kids?'
'What this guy did to these kids is ridiculous, so we gotta show our support,' Jason Miller, another customer, said at the time.
After hearing the horrible news, Steve and Aimee Stefanik drove nearly 40 minutes from Hampton to show their support.
'Something like that shouldn’t happen to kids like this,' Steve said as he and his wife each donated $100.
'They’re out here working. We have kids of our own. We wouldn’t want something like that to happen to them,' Aimee continued.
Within the first hour of opening their stand, Rebecca and Josh started to not just get paid for the lemonade, but received a slew of cash donations.
The brother and sister ran inside to tell their mother what happened as soon as Santillan stole their hard-earned money
Santillan was seen smiling at the children just before he robbed them that day
After four hours, the siblings made out with $6,200, their mother, Annetta Caldwell, told the outlet.
She said the proceeds were set to go toward Rebecca and Josh's sister's mission trip.
Some of it went toward a four-wheeler for Rebecca and dirt bike for Josh, the mom added.
Court documents revealed Santillan had only lived with his brother in Chesapeake for about 18 months when he robbed the children.
The rest of his family lives in Connecticut.
He was due in court Wednesday but did not show up because he was receiving medical treatment, the outlet reported.
The Daily Mail contacted Santillan's lawyer for comment.
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