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[–]SpikeNLB 3940 points3941 points  (241 children)

The local news station love this stuff.

People who steal Christmas lawn decorations suck.

[–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 2764 points2765 points  (79 children)

They’re doing a piece on it. They’re playing it after they play the Grinch movie lol

[–]Ferl74 1221 points1222 points  (12 children)

Local Grinch steals Christmas. Whos at 11.

[–]zyklon 142 points143 points  (8 children)

Wait. Who is on 1st.

[–]AlastarYaboy 56 points57 points  (6 children)


I don't know.

Third base!!

[–]autosdafe 34 points35 points  (4 children)

What's on second

[–]byebybuy 19 points20 points  (2 children)

I'm tryna say what's the name of the guy on second

[–]autosdafe 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Well who's on first?


How many bases are there?

[–]gsutke476 82 points83 points  (1 child)

Holy shit. That made me laugh until I cried. Well done.

[–]DogBoneSalesman 150 points151 points  (43 children)

Can you please update us when this dipshit is arrested?

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (42 children)

I think you mean "if"

[–]Kell_Varnson 111 points112 points  (34 children)

cop " well sir, we've got all the photos and info, we will contact you if we find anything"

Guy " do you ever find anything?"

cop "no"

[–]rucknovru2 65 points66 points  (3 children)

I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab.

[–]vatoniolo 55 points56 points  (1 child)

They got us working in shifts LOL

[–]ParkingLotRanger 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Heh. Leads.

[–]nolo_me 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't hold out much hope for the Creedence.

[–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (15 children)

My mailbox was stolen not once but twice. The first time it happened it was early in the morning and some asshole ran over my neighbor's mailbox, knocked over a large metal school zone sign (flung it in my driveway) then ran over my mailbox. I guess the driver stopped, picked up my box and tossed it in their vehicle. I'm guessing they were drunk. Me and my neighbor had to replace our mail boxes and bought the same exact kind.

A few months later I went out to check my mail and my new box was gone. Someone had literally pulled it right out of the ground. I found a pair of gloves nearby so when I called the police they took the gloves to be tested. Occasionally I call them to see if there is an update. They found fingerprints on the gloves (the palm areas have rubber on them). I called again a month ago but no one has anything to tell me. I need to call again.

The last time I called the officer said the offense is considered a petty crime so the case wouldn't be looked at as quickly as other crimes. I reminded the officer that stealing a mailbox with mail in it is a federal offense. How stupid to tell me it's a petty crime. Smh.

[–]himswim28 57 points58 points  (6 children)

Have you contacted the postal inspectors? They do take it seriously. Also the mailbox wasn't your property; it is the USPS (federal) property once used, so it is a federal crime even if mail wasn't in the box.

[–]StuBeck 10 points11 points  (1 child)

The stealing of mail isn’t in his jurisdiction though.

[–]ilytb 19 points20 points  (6 children)

Sadly, this is correct. I live in a different part of the city and this is all too common. Neighborhood app has many vids of theft. Hasn't helped reduce. Fewer are decorating because of these jerks.

[–]SupremeDictatorPaul 15 points16 points  (3 children)

I know multiple people in my city that have provided the police video of the crime being committed, with clear shots of the face, the name of the person in the video, and the person’s home address. The police have yet to do anything about any of the instances.

At this point, I’m not entirely sure what they do outside of traffic tickets.

[–]nerys71 11 points12 points  (0 children)


[–]SpikeNLB 112 points113 points  (16 children)

Esp given that they have good screenshots, more then likely someone will see it that knows the guy.

[–]chochochan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let us know if they catch the bastard

[–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 289 points290 points  (49 children)

[–]Kbdiggity 142 points143 points  (8 children)

Only a matter of time before somebody who knows him sees this and turns him in.

[–]SexualPie 61 points62 points  (4 children)

you would hope. scum bags tend to associate with other scum bags

[–]Geminii27 24 points25 points  (2 children)

...who are interested in turning each other in for cash rewards?

[–]CrabGoIcey 10 points11 points  (0 children)

True but scumbags tend to piss off other scumbags who would drop a dime on him.

[–]schplat 78 points79 points  (19 children)

Ah, San Antonio, that doesn't surprise me in the least. San Antonio is like the Florida of Texas.

[–]waltsnider1 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Florida only seems like a cesspool of idiots because they're fully transparent on their crimes. Other states have the same amount of idiots, but they don't all have the same laws that make them report on them so quickly.
Source: I'm a Florida native.

[–]LargeBlackNerd 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Texas is the Florida of Texas.

[–]hppmoep 138 points139 points  (25 children)

When I was 16 some friends and I were wandering around our neighborhood. This one house had a ton of decorations including a whole damn heard of deer that were metal with lights on them. Some of them had heads that moved like they were going down to eat some grass. We instinctively created a deer orgy on the lawn. It was terrible.

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    [–]grumpywarner 95 points96 points  (0 children)

    If it was my house and they didn't break or steal anything and just made it look funny, I would laugh my ass off and probably leave it.

    [–]DawnoftheShred 34 points35 points  (8 children)

    a lot of folks around where I live have wooden reindeer like this: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YdmuWi7nL.jpg

    and it isn't uncommon to see where a prankster has set one up on-top of the other so they're humping doggystyle.

    [–]dudeman14 51 points52 points  (5 children)

    If I had a mountain of cash and nothing but time, I'd add decorations to people's yards over the years, one extra reindeer here, one extra pumpkin there, just see how far I can take it before people realize they've been duped

    [–]genieus 68 points69 points  (2 children)

    And for my next prank, I'm going to build a hospital in a poor part of China. They'll never see it coming!

    [–]scowlingsmiler 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    Kaboom it!

    [–]mrgonzalez 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Haha the look on his face when he realises he won't lose his leg as expected.

    [–]Cultjam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Friends’ neighbors house across the street had so many Santas that my friends didn’t notice the Santa fucking Rudolph.

    [–]Hyperinactivity 37 points38 points  (0 children)

    ..... My dad did this to his neighbor one time, who did not make the connection, and thought it was teens. That was immidiately twice as funny hearing her complain about youths while I had personally stood by and watched my 50 yr old dad do it.

    [–]dbar58 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    I did this. My neighbor called me out and told me to “cut the crap” my friends and I went over and apologized. He had a good laugh and told us about growing up in Connecticut and throwing rock hard snowballs at peoples windshields when they drove by. Pretty cool guy.

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      [–]blupalsandshrumpkins 14 points15 points  (3 children)

      I mean why? I can only imagine the weirdos who do that think its somehow funny? But its just really lame. Either that or they have a personal issue with the person and its some kind of revenge. Either way... petty and lame.

      [–]Montallas 16 points17 points  (1 child)

      Or they want decorations for their own home but can’t afford them, or think they can sell them for money.

      [–]PM_Me_Your_Chaps 1743 points1744 points  (58 children)

      As someone in the business, those are some good quality low light shots.

      [–]Synighte 1119 points1120 points  (13 children)

      What business? The stealing of lawn ornaments business?

      [–]bro_salad 461 points462 points  (9 children)

      Bake him away, toys!

      [–]Benlammah 100 points101 points  (8 children)

      Uh, what did you say chief?

      [–]I_look_just_like_you 77 points78 points  (7 children)

      You heard the kid.

      [–]iarev 47 points48 points  (5 children)

      You heard the kid.

      Do what the kid says.

      [–]Kawaii_Neko_Girl 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      I assume it's photography business

      [–]Caidryn 160 points161 points  (33 children)

      As a fellow person in the security camera business, by damn do I have to agree. It's pretty impressive in multiple respects. I assume the three cameras on the house (I might actually sell and install the exact same model, but it's a fairly common design, I suppose) are the ones that got the shot, and I'd assume they're likely relatively wide angle. We generally use 2.8 mm's for that sort of layout.

      So not only am I impressed with how clear the IR's are (though it's likely he was right under one of the cameras, completely ignoring the red glow.), but I'm blown away by how clear the image remained when printed out on huge posters for the world to see.

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        [–]Caidryn 15 points16 points  (0 children)

        I mostly work for businesses and such, and tend to use business grade cameras. The singular exception for my company is the homes of business owner clients that have built a relationship with us, so I'm not overly familiar with home grade systems and the like.

        I know that Sam's Club offers 4 camera self install systems for around $300 - $500 if memory serves, but that's install yourself and such, and generally on the lowest end for picture quality and the DVR.

        That said, if your only goal is to see the faces of those coming and going and you aren't worried much about quality or actually recording the footage, only seeing it live, your price should be doable. I'd do a search, either on google or amazon, for "Doorbell Camera" and see what you pull up. You should be able to find something easily installed and in your price range.

        Best of luck!

        [–]Sterling-Archer 10 points11 points  (3 children)

        75-100 will only get you the cameras.

        I use a lot of these

        Or maybe you prefer one of these

        Then you can either buy an NVR or run this software on a dedicated PC: http://blueirissoftware.com/

        Alternatively, you can just buy whatever Costco is selling today and it will probably be just fine.

        [–]Knowakennedy 25 points26 points  (17 children)

        Idk what the pros are gonna recommend but I bought an Annke 4 camera system and installed one above each door and one just surveying my backyard for $200 + some extension cable I ended up getting. It's got email alerts when the motion sensors are tripped 1080p and IR not quite as good as OP but good enough. All in all I'm super satisfied and if I want to add more cameras I can via an ip camera option.

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          [–]Knowakennedy 45 points46 points  (10 children)

          Oh it's insecure as shit but if you wanna look at my bushes be my guest.

          [–]thrawne 10 points11 points  (3 children)

          This is no bullshit. My Swann has come under scripted attack a couple times. I just change the ports and that has taken care of it. Good passwords, non standard ports kids.

          [–]Darathin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Swann sells rebranded hikvision devices, and they don't post firmware updates. Good passwords won't save you from exploits that don't require logging in. If you know how or have a friend that can help you, it's better to keep those devices on an isolated subnet and use a tunnel for remote access.

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            [–]Caidryn 30 points31 points  (2 children)

            The fact that it's in black and white suggests the cameras were in infrared mode. They have little red LED's that look like they aren't casting much light, but are, which is what it's using to make the picture there.

            Sometimes extra lights can be nice, but more often they actually interfere. Tail lights on cars look like headlights...

            For cameras with true day/night though, any light helps, and those are in color down to ridiculously tiny amounts of ambient light. They're also stupidly expensive.

            [–]viciousbreed 8 points9 points  (0 children)

            "Hold still, I have to use a low shutter speed for this! I can't keep moving my tripod like this!"

            [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)


            You can see the video a little in this clip

            [–]abluersun 768 points769 points  (105 children)

            What's the endgame in stealing lawn decorations? This guy looks way too old to be some douchey teenager playing a prank. Is there a market for stolen decorations?

            [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 527 points528 points  (50 children)

            Not sure. Someone stole a pitcher for my blender from my front porch-they just like stealing things over here.

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              [–]atsparagon 549 points550 points  (2 children)

              Mister Steal Your Grill

              [–]Dogsy 51 points52 points  (0 children)

              Her name was Patty...

              [–]Chief_Givesnofucks 72 points73 points  (1 child)

              Fast food.

              [–]Lillipout 42 points43 points  (0 children)

              Those grills don't have wheels for nothing.

              [–]-susan- 12 points13 points  (0 children)

              this has happened to me, but they just took the bbq (we were eating the meat and letting the bbq cool down). after that, I chained my next bbq right to the railing with a bike chain

              [–]reyvalera 29 points30 points  (2 children)

              Sorry to hear that. I thought this only happens in 3rd world countries. Anyway, a bunch of decades back, in the old country when life was very different than today, my grandpa was cooking rice. Went for a bio break and when he got back to the kitchen, somebody stole the whole pot with an almost cooked rice. Obviously, he was very upset as now, not only does they don't have rice for him and the family, they don't have their only cooking pot too!

              Funny thing is, the next day, they saw the pot back in the stove with a couple dried fish inside. The thief went back and repaid the rice.

              Moral of the story, be vigilant on your food! Not because it is not cooked yet it doesn't mean it will not get stolen!



              Watch a few videos of ghettos in inner-cities and it'll be hard to tell the difference.

              Or better yet, peruse the top posts of all time in r/trashy.

              [–]TotallyNotAChick 25 points26 points  (7 children)

              People like to seal things just because they can. I accidentally left the windows down on my truck once. I never kept anything in that truck, except an air freshener and a pen. They took both.

              [–]meowsticality 21 points22 points  (3 children)

              My dad once left his windows rolled down by mistake with nothing in it but a 2 day old McDonald’s beverage

              They took the drink

              [–]FPSXpert 6 points7 points  (2 children)

              I once had someone at a trampoline park a good 5 years back steal a half full cup of mountain dew. Like dude, you really wanna deal with whatever backwash and germs and shit other people might have?


              Best smelling pen EVAR!

              [–]wyvernx02 38 points39 points  (9 children)

              Why was the pitcher for your blender on your front porch?

              [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 46 points47 points  (7 children)

              It was in a package to be fair. But I figured they’d return it once they found out what it was. Now I’ve got a non working blender :((((

              [–]kactapuss 36 points37 points  (1 child)

              Nobody is ever going to return things like that because there is too much risk in holding onto stolen stuff any longer than necessary

              [–]centran 11 points12 points  (0 children)

              If it isn't something they can resell they'll just chuck it in your neighbors bushes usually. Porch pirates were real bad this year.


              If you were being unfair, what would it be in?

              [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 9 points10 points  (1 child)

              The person could have thought it might be a good package instead of a pitcher.

              [–]uncle_stinky 5 points6 points  (0 children)

              everywhere - people just like to fuck your life up

              granted, momentarily and minor, but fuck sake - you want to blend some shit right now, not after a trip to Target

              [–]mostlikelyatwork 20 points21 points  (2 children)

              I'm guessing crazy people without impulse controls. I have what I refer to as a "chaos imp" on my shoulder. I once saw a crate of apples in the back of someone's car. Now I actually don't like apples. But the imp spoke. "You should bust out their back window and steal that crate because they'll come back and see that someone broke into their car for fruit." I didn't do it. But I did have to have the thought argument that in addition to the law breaking and dickishness, I would be carrying a heavy crate of a thing I don't want to who knows where. For literally no gain for myself.

              I'ma say whomever got your blender pitcher lost that fight with themselves. I'm sorry for your loss.


              Sometimes there is no logic in theft. Somebody was going around town here stealing from all the tiny local businesses who could barely financially handle theft. Turns out he is high up in admin at the local hospital making a ton of money.

              [–]halfdeadmoon 23 points24 points  (0 children)

              Dude probably has shoplifted his entire life and gets away with it more easily now because he doesn't fit the profile.

              [–]bluerose1197 20 points21 points  (14 children)

              A few years back my dad put out a nativity that got stolen. He zipped tied the box it came in to the fence rather than buy a new one. I think people either steal because they don't like the decorations or just because they can.

              [–]lolzor21 14 points15 points  (0 children)

              Jokes on them, they have to put them away till next year, chumps!

              [–]CaptnCarl85 20 points21 points  (4 children)

              My brother used to do it in his spare time. He stole all the black lawn jockeys in an upscale Massachusetts neighborhood. His friends would make like an Ocean's 11 type of game plan ahead of time. I tried to stop him, but he's very willful.

              After they had a haul of 3-4, they'd smash them in the backyard with sledge hammers.

              He kept all the local news clippings of his capers in a super secret scrapbook.


              Well to be fair, those black lawn jockeys are offensive. Not only that, they're ugly.

              [–]Squirtclub 4 points5 points  (1 child)

              This was (however long the statute of limitations is for theft) years ago, kids would take anything from cars that weren’t locked. Ended up with a ton of Garmins, cds, etc. Had no intention of selling them, were just a bunch of dicks.


              Probably because they don't want to pay ~$100 for one set. I save my money for Christmas Decorations by buying them AFTER Christmas, and use them the next year.

              [–]5_sec_rule 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              The market is ebay

              [–]Queen_of_the_Goblins 2 points3 points  (1 child)

              When I lived in a shitty neighborhood I had my city-issued garbage bins stolen twice... Like, wtf? They even had our house numbers on them which I'm assuming they had to scrape off.

              [–]WeAreTheMassacre 5 points6 points  (4 children)

              If the reindeer used wires to move or light up they may have been stolen to strip the wires to sell. A few years back in my city there was dozens of houses being hit a day. Copper stolen out of lawn sprinklers even. Our auto shops gate was broken into and everything in the lot that had cords on it was cut off. They even kicked a hole in the back door but never crawled in to the actual shop for some reason.

              IDK how much money they get for selling these wires, but anyone who pays them for the scrap is a piece of shit. I mean clearly anyone constantly hauling wire to you for cash is up to no good. It's just a slap in the face that some fuckhead is probably making a buck off of a $200 tool he ruined, or sprinklers.

              But Yeah, if it's just simple lawn decorations perhaps he wanted to pimp out his own house to make his kids happy. Only reason I can see a grown man pulling this shit. Not even the local kids in my area have stolen decorations in the 30 years I've been here.


              I can't imagine that wires from a display would render much money at all. People are so fucked up.

              [–][deleted] 526 points527 points  (22 children)

              There's 3 highly visible cameras within 20 feet of the display he stole. Which I'm guessing is what he's staring at in the best pics of him. Clearly this is a very a bright and highly skilled thief we're dealing with here.

              [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 323 points324 points  (8 children)

              Hide ya kids hide ya wife

              [–][deleted]  (3 children)


                [–]honeypinn 27 points28 points  (3 children)

                "And hide yo husband, cause they raping everybody out here."

                [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 33 points34 points  (2 children)

                *stealing everything

                [–]MrClickstoomuch 19 points20 points  (0 children)

                You didn't see the reindeer after he got done with them

                [–]Lil_Psychobuddy 34 points35 points  (8 children)

                I was thinking the same thing. The guy clearly looks right at the three obvious security cameras, then proceeds to steel the decorations anyway?... Maybe he thought they were fake?...

                [–]TerranCmdr 20 points21 points  (3 children)

                I mean... He got away.


                For now. There is a website and I forgot what it's called but it's about what's going on in your neighborhood. Just put in your zip code and you can read things from people around you. Right after Thanksgiving someone posted some photos of a teenager who stole decorations from someone's front porch. The home owner posted his photos on this website and asked if anyone recognized the teen. She also said if he returns the decorations she wouldn't report it to the police. Two days later the teenager showed up at her door apologizing and returned the decorations.

                [–]halfwaythere88 463 points464 points  (20 children)

                This reminds me..

                So about 7 years ago I was a single mom on Christmas working two jobs and going to school. All my little girl wanted for Christmas was a “Dance Dance Revolution” Dance pad and game. I saved for damn near three months for it. It was delivered and stolen off my porch from the time the doorbell rang to the time it took me to finish my shower. I cried myself to sleep that night.

                If you do this, fuck you!!!

                Good news? I posted a rant on Facebook and one of my friends anonymously sent me a replacement. Still unsure which one did it. I was so grateful. Still, when I bought that thing I finally felt like I was “making it” as a mother. That was robbed from me that day.

                [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 139 points140 points  (0 children)

                Wow that is amazing. Good mama.

                [–][deleted] 62 points63 points  (1 child)

                If you do this, fuck you!!!

                There are so so many people out there who would see this as vanilla as fuck, basic level thievery.

                There are fucking awful people everywhere. Stealing presents and medicine off of porches, to literally murdering families for fun.

                The one good side to this is the other people. The ones who see your facebook rant and send you a thing. The ones who stories like this make uneasy, literally sick with the inability to understand.

                That's what makes it worth it.

                [–]NOX_QS 19 points20 points  (11 children)

                Wait, can you not hold the delivery company accountable? I never understood how delivery companies can just dump a package on your porch...

                Anyway, you have awesome friends :) and good on you to do that for your kids

                [–]Iferius 15 points16 points  (9 children)

                I usually assume the US has no customer protection, but just let leaving a package outside is the next level of shitting on customers

                [–]knine1216[🍰] 11 points12 points  (2 children)

                In America that's called "good" business

                [–]haux 13 points14 points  (2 children)

                I'm assuming you ordered it online and it was shipped to you by the merchant? Couldn't you have contacted them regarding a possible replacement? The only time I'd worry about package theft is personal belongings that potentially cannot be replaced.

                [–]halfwaythere88 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                I think I got it used on eBay.

                [–]NachosandBeer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                what a bummer

                [–]2wheelsinheels 78 points79 points  (5 children)

                This is awesome. My uncle-in-law owns a prominent flower shop in PA that also had a large beloved decoration stolen a few days before Christmas. They have footage but not as good as this! I'll be showing this to him tomorrow.


                Do you know where pencils go to on vacation? Pennsylvania. I'll show myself out....

                [–]esoteric_enigma 61 points62 points  (5 children)

                What savage can steal someone's Christmas decorations. In my day you rearranged in the middle of the night to make it look like they were fucking each other...but you never took them from the yard!

                [–]Andrewobr87 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                Right! Wtf’s wrong with people. Are we that deep into money that we gotta ass f#*k everyone’s festivities?

                [–]PerilousAll 115 points116 points  (9 children)

                Great shots! What kind of security cams are those?

                [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 81 points82 points  (3 children)

                I will try to find out for you!

                [–]WerewereTheWerewolf 38 points39 points  (0 children)

                Yes please let us know.

                Also, the manufacturers of those cameras should use this as their advertising. PR Coup.

                [–]00Boner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                Any updates on camera make\model?

                [–]BlackWhiteCat 27 points28 points  (4 children)

                They look familiar and might be these.


                [–]Mustbhacks 40 points41 points  (1 child)

                hehe, hickvision.

                [–]az_max 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                Although I wasn't a victim of Porch Pirates this year, I purchased a network DVR and 4 TVI cameras for the house. Different brand name of the same cameras.

                [–]n0rdique 53 points54 points  (2 children)

                Please post updates if they find the a-hole

                [–]jigsaw1024 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                /r/JusticeServed would probably like the follow up.

                [–]AlbertFischerIII 30 points31 points  (9 children)

                They gotta learn stuff through denial and error.

                [–]Dexaan 13 points14 points  (5 children)

                I AM


                [–]mmss 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                Solid Zelda II reference

                [–]TODD_G4CK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                Can hear that Zelda II town music in my head whenever I read this reference.


                I am the one who errors!

                [–]winwar 2 points3 points  (0 children)


                [–]Sutarmekeg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                Want me to take your note to river man?

                [–]boysenburry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                It's not rocket appliances

                [–]TheLowClassics 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                So many think and thocks going through my brains right now.


                I hate it when thocks go through my brains.

                [–]Lasat 111 points112 points  (0 children)

                Awesome! Now if the thief keeps coming back then your neighbour can do one of those never ending picture in picture things.

                [–]itsallgoneeli 26 points27 points  (2 children)

                Literally just watched this piece on channel 11. Nuts.

                [–]july1290 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                so creative! good idea. Post the same grinch next year.


                thieves are fucking idiots, you can see 3 fucking security cameras in this photo - dude didn't even sit outside and look at the house for 2 fucking minutes

                [–]asherdabasher 10 points11 points  (3 children)

                People are so used to fake cameras or bad images. Goof cameras are really affordable.

                [–]treetrollmane 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                Considering most phones have a fairly high quality camera built in by now I don't know how anyone assumes a security camera won't be clear enough.

                [–]asherdabasher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                People are dumb. Alot of low income apartment buildings and some small groceries have the fake cameras. Also they are sold in stores.

                [–]bleedingxskies 14 points15 points  (2 children)

                Solidarity post here:

                I went to leave at 5 AM on Friday morning for a meeting and found my truck had been broken into and all of my tools (an easy $1k in stuff) stolen, even though I’m a poor renter who only pretends to be well off by living in a basement suite in a really expensive and safe neighbourhood. Criminal tourists. Not covered by insurance.

                It’s really too bad the scammers take advantage of people so hard during this time of year. I would love to give some of the less fortunate an opportunity to come with me and work hard and make a good living but everyone is either unwilling or unable due to illness/affliction.

                [–]MadafakerJones 13 points14 points  (5 children)

                Plot twist: it's OP!

                [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 19 points20 points  (4 children)

                I mean if I cross dressed

                [–]jay--dub 15 points16 points  (3 children)

                User name fits?

                [–]20InMyHead 24 points25 points  (1 child)

                No, it's cool man, it's just Santa. He noticed a light bulb was out. He's going to take them back to his workshop, fix it up there, then bring them back here. Now have a drink of water and go back to bed....

                [–]TheGreatBeest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                Lmao just watched this

                [–]felinemadness 10 points11 points  (2 children)

                Looks like someone familiar. You wouldn't by chance live in southern Texas?

                [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                San Antonio


                Isn't that southern Texas? Is the duded IDed yet?

                [–]benni0827 31 points32 points  (21 children)

                Oh I pray they catch him.

                [–]Balidet 20 points21 points  (8 children)

                I feel for you I invested in a really cool Laser projector thingy for my side yard this year... got the most expensive one I could find and it lasted about 4 days.... people suck

                [–]PrincessAlterEgo[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                Yuck. Sorry.

                [–]asherdabasher 12 points13 points  (4 children)

                Mine was stolen a couple weeks after purchase but taken xmas eve. That was two years ago. We purchased cameras and one thing was stolen, i plastered those pics everywhere. No more issues after people know we have good cameras that really work at night.

                [–]Balidet 2 points3 points  (3 children)

                Yea we are going to camera route as well... we had a few small things taken before...but Xmas stuff....that's crossing the line.

                [–]TooShiftyForYou 18 points19 points  (0 children)

                Neighbor has at least 3 cameras on his front yard alone. Grinch definitely picked the wrong house.

                [–]livingwedie99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                Someone cut my lights a couple of years back. It fucking sucks to put so much work into something just so it'll look good and make people smile only to have some asshat come by and destroy it.

                [–]Ferl74 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                Rudolph looks too happy, who is playing the reindeer games now?

                [–]call_of_the_while 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                That sounds like motive. It’s possible Rudolph was the “inside man”. At this point of the investigation I wouldn’t rule anything out.

                [–]Ruler_of_thumbs 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                This'll be on Yahoo in a couple days.

                [–]gtfohbitchass 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                Yeah but nobody will see it there

                [–]CynicScenic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                Oh, deer.

                [–]just_a_average_dude 3 points4 points  (2 children)

                Who the fuck steals Christmas lawn decorations

                [–]graffiksguru 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                Glad the local media is going to cover it. You have to give us an update! I hope they catch this Grinch.

                [–]shimposter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                Mr. Steal Yo' Reindeer

                [–]agvkrioni 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                Your shit got jacked by DJ Khaled

                [–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (4 children)

                Unrelated, but I nicknamed my ex Rudolph because fat men with eight bucks would ride behind her.

                [–]5_sec_rule 9 points10 points  (2 children)

                If you have security cameras you need to have signs that clearly indicate you have cameras recording. If not you just end up with several recordings of people stealing shit. I only know this from experience. Thieves don't look up, they only look down at the cheese they're stealing. Natural instinct of any predator.

                [–]strawburrry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                But then I'll know who the real thieves are.

                [–]Matthew2470 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                It will be interesting to see if/when the thief tries to portray himself as the victim here.


                Or makes a claim he injured himself while stealing the decorations. The home owner will be sued.


                Real talk.

                How do you not see those cameras?

                [–]ReddituserXIII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                Please let us know the outcome if you learn of it. I'm curious to see if the thief tries to sue in retaliation because of the photos.

                [–]ace_of_brews 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                I live in the neighborhood! I saw this post last night and thought the house and decorations looked familiar.

                [–]TH3K1NGB0B 8 points9 points  (5 children)

                The bigger crime is that bowl haircut.

                [–]uhlern 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                Lol, that's a hat obviously. :p

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                  [–]cpxh 7 points8 points  (3 children)

                  That went really poorly the last time.

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                      [–]ClearSearchHistory 13 points14 points  (2 children)

                      Come on, quick in and out 20 minute witch hunt

                      [–]hecking-doggo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                      You're right. That's 4chan's job

                      [–]castroblood 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                      oh come on just the tip. :(