Video: Apparent Halloween thief trots away with 13-foot-tall Jack Skellington

[ad_1] A 13-foot-tall Jack Skellington Halloween ornament was stolen from the entrance yard of a Corona residence, and its proprietor — an enormous fan of the “Nightmare Earlier than Christmas” character — is hoping for its return.

Safety digicam footage from a neighbor exhibits, on Sunday at 5 a.m., an individual wearing a grey hoodie and pants strolling briskly down an alley whereas carrying the elongated 48-pound Halloween ornament horizontally, its bony fingers stretching towards the sky.

The video footage, reviewed by The Occasions, exhibits the person head towards a black four-door car and place the ornament on prime of it.

Avelina Rodriguez has lived in her Corona residence on Grand Avenue for the final 5 years.

For 3 of these years, she advised The Occasions, she’s been placing up the Jack Skellington animatronic for Halloween and retains it up throughout the Christmas season adorned with a Santa outfit that her mother-in-law custom-made for it.

“I’m an enormous Jack Skellington fan, and I acquire loads of [filmmaker] Tim Burton merch,” Rodriguez stated. “This was my greatest buy by far.”

The ornament is listed on the market on Dwelling Depot’s web site for $500.

In her years residing within the Corona space, she stated she’d by no means heard of this sort of theft and was devastated somebody took her ornament.

“It’s unhappy when folks steal from others and so they don’t know who they're stealing from, hard-working folks with again tales,” stated Michelle Saiza-Paz, Rodriquez’s good friend who has been serving to unfold the phrase in regards to the incident.

The Corona Police Division is conscious of the incident, stated Robert Montanez, public info officer for the division.

A report of the theft was taken by a neighborhood service officer; nonetheless, the investigation is at the moment closed, he stated.

“The neighborhood service officer that dealt with [the case] did inform the sufferer that if the rest popped up or in the event that they obtained one other video, we’d be completely satisfied to have a look at it,” Monanez stated.

Montanez stated he couldn’t communicate as to if this sort of theft was a typical incidence throughout the metropolis.

He inspired residents to report thefts or different sorts of crimes to the Police Division to help in figuring out traits or presumably repeat offenders.