The year saw a rise in car thieves, carjackings, and mass retail shopping thefts, but another thief is finishing off the year: the Christmas tree thief.
A San Francisco Bay area couple had started their holiday season by picking out a Christmas tree on Friday and tying it to the roof of their SUV.
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Seriously. Who steals a family’s newly purchased Christmas tree? This happened to a man in San Mateo on Friday evening, 10 minutes after he went into a store to run an errand.
Watch as the white SUV person snips each rope & loads the tree into his vehicle like it’s no big deal.… pic.twitter.com/LzS3bjRk1h
— Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) December 4, 2023
The victims parked in a parking lot to run into a store for an errand. While in the store, a security camera captured a white vehicle…
