Fla. thieves steal Christmas display, move it a block away

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Guadalupe Valdes, 18, one of two people arrested in Sweetwater, Fla. for stealing a neighbor's Christmas display

(Credit: CBS Miami)

(CBS/AP) SWEETWATER, Fla. - Authorities say two South Florida women stole some rather unique Christmas decorations from a neighbor's yard about a block away, and put them in their own yard.

Yes, they got arrested.

CBS Miami reports that according to Sweetwater police, Guadalup Valdes, 18, and Yamil Sarabia, 32, were both arrested.

Authorities were looking for a third person in on the theft.

Police say $500 of decorations were taken, including Mickey Mouse on a horse, hugging penguins, Snoopy on a doghouse and Santa on a sled.

(Mickey Mouse on a horse? Who wouldn't want that?)

Miami television station WSVN reports surveillance cameras caught the two women taking the decorative display from the neighbor's lawn.

Valdes is charged with grand theft in the third degree.

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by Mike30326 December 12, 2011 10:53 PM EST: Pretty dumb I would say. Reminds me of the guy that burglarized his neighbors house and soon after had a garage sale with the victims belongings on display in his yard. Pretty stupid.; Reply to this comment


by wlhoppers December 12, 2011 11:27 AM EST: How stupid can you get? Glad charges are being pressed against at least one of them; Reply to this comment


by OrangPuteh December 12, 2011 11:15 AM EST: Christians can justify anything.
Ain't religion grand?; Reply to this comment


by Well_You_Aint_Me December 12, 2011 10:20 AM EST: Obviously not as bright as the displays they stole.; Reply to this comment

by Weallhaveone December 12, 2011 10:12 AM EST

What is it with some people, they are walking ads for birth control.

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by wlhoppers December 12, 2011 11:26 AM EST: Gotta agree with you Weallhaveone

and it has nothing to do with picking on Christians rharrin....