Dentist offers $100 reward for toothbrush's safe return

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LIMA, Ohio -- A dentist is offering a $100 reward for the return of a toothbrush.

The 14-foot red wooden toothbrush was stolen from Dr. Ruhl Warden's dental practice in this northwest Ohio city over the weekend. Warden has used it as a yard sign for about 20 years. It weighs between 80 and 100 pounds.

"Everybody sort of identified my office with it," said Warden. "Everybody's seen the big red toothbrush."

Warden, 74, said he filed a theft report Monday morning when he discovered the toothbrush was missing. He believes the rain Sunday allowed thieves to pull the toothbrush and its mount out of the ground.

The toothbrush was tilting two weeks earlier in a way that made Warden think someone tried then to grab it.

"Every once in a while, someone tried to pull it out," he said. "I could tell because it was sitting at an angle."

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