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Christmas Crime Includes Stolen Holiday T-Rex, Gingerbread House

Here's some more bah-humbug crime in Geneva 2012.

It's the holiday season, and we can only hope Santa Claus brought some replacement T-Rex and gingerbread house decorations to these Geneva homes.

Theft Under $500—Someone stole a 2-foot-tall T-Rex ornament with lights, wearing a Santa hat and holding a Christmas gift from the front yard of a residence in the 800 block of Western Avenue sometime between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Dec. 12, reports said. The T-Rex was valued at $70.

Theft Under $500—Someone took a gingerbread house Christmas decoration from the front yard of a home in the 0-100 block of South First Street sometime between  8 p.m. Nov. 24 and 8 a.m. Nov. 25, reports said. The gingerbread house was secured to a tree in the front yard by using bungee cords, which had been cut by an unknown object, reports said. Two gingerbread men displayed along with the house “were undisturbed,” reports said.

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Criminal Damage to Property Under $300—Someone cut two strings of Christmas lights sometime between 8 p.m. Dec. 9 and 7 p.m. Dec. 10, reports said. The lights were hanging on an evergreen on the north side of a residence in the 400 block of Prairieview Drive and had a value of $25, reports said.

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