ORLANDO, Fla. – A special needs Orlando man is seeking help after thieves stole a trailer full of lawn care equipment he uses to support himself and his mother.
Kyle Lukowski parked his trailer that was loaded with a riding lawn mower and other expensive lawn care tools outside Kingswood Apartments on Lee Road after a long day’s work. The next morning, his mother, Jennifer Sexton, noticed the trailer was missing.
“It was parked right here in this parking spot,” Lukowski said.
Lukowski usually locks his trailer in a storage unit overnight, but on the night of June 13, he left it in front of their apartment building.
“I realized the trailer wasn’t where Kyle put it, and I went back inside and said, ‘Kyle, where’s your trailer?’ He said it’s outside, ,om. You don’t see it? I said, ‘Kyle, your trailer is not out there. Why don’t you get up, we need to call the cops,’” Sexton said.
They filed a report with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, which valued the stolen items at $8,200.
Lukowski used the equipment for his business, Kyle’s Lawn Care and Handyman Services. Without his riding lawn mower and other tools, he worries about how he will make ends meet.
“It’s hurtful and I don’t know what to do after this, after I worked my butt off to make the money for it,” Lukowski said.
When he’s not working, Lukowski volunteers at Southeastern Food Bank in Ocoee. Sexton says his generosity makes the theft even more painful.
“For people to do what they did to him after everything he’s gone through in life is so, so cruel. You know, it’s almost like hurting a child or grandmother. It’s something you just don’t do,” she said.
Now, they’re turning to the community for help. Sexton set up a GoFundMe to raise funds to replace the stolen equipment so Lukowski can get back to work.
“We’re hoping there’s some good people out there willing to give us some donations, whether it be the lawn equipment that we had or anything of that sort,” Sexton said.
Lewandowski’s GoFundMe can be found here.