Minnesota Sheriff’s Viral Festive Response Calls Out Christmas Grinch
It’s the worst kind of holiday tradition, but here we go again with another Grinch tale! Every year, we hear about these thieves nabbing packages, decorations, and now this year, thousands of dollars in Christmas trees.
That's right, a vandal hit a Minnesota Christmas Tree farm cutting down an estimated $10,000 worth of trees. Thanks to swift action and a touch of humor from the Sheriff's Department, this holiday Grinch’s story didn’t end with a stolen Christmas.
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The witty and festive rhyme about the incident gained a ton of attention on social media and rightfully so! The Sheriff's Office shared this fantastic 'Christmas poem' on their Facebook page:
No one knows why a Grinch hates the whole Christmas season. Now please don’t ask why, no one quite knows the reason. But this caper of Christmas must not, because he did his best to cut down and steal the whole tree lot. Reportedly over $10,000.00 dollars of trees did fall. So to the Sheriff’s Office the victim did call. Deputies and Investigators took to the road and gained probable cause. They set out to find this not so Santy Clause. The trees were recovered and back to the lot they did go. Meanwhile Deputies waited for the Grinch to show. When he came out the Deputies he did see, and now the Grinch is in custody
The many trees were cut down over the weekend in East Central Minnesota between Pine City and Hinckley, MN.
The fellow was caught, his plan did not thrive, Now jail is his home, no more Christmastime drive. The trees will recover, the forest will mend, But justice will serve, until the very end.
According to the Star Tribune, the man was arrested Tuesday east of Hinckley and remains jailed with charges pending.
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