A 13-foot-tall Jack Skellington Halloween ornament was stolen from the entrance yard of a Corona house, and its proprietor — an enormous fan of the “Nightmare Earlier than Christmas” character — is hoping for its return.
Safety digital camera footage from a neighbor reveals, 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, reveals the person head towards a black four-door automobile and place the ornament on prime of it.
Avelina Rodriguez has lived in her Corona house on Grand Avenue for the final 5 years.
For 3 of these years, she instructed The Occasions, she’s been placing up the Jack Skellington animatronic for Halloween and retains it up in the course of 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 a variety of [filmmaker] Tim Burton merch,” Rodriguez stated. “This was my largest buy by far.”
The ornament is listed on the market on House Depot’s web site for $500.
In her years dwelling 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 they usually don’t know who they’re stealing from, hard-working folks with again tales,” stated Michelle Saiza-Paz, Rodriquez’s buddy 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 data officer for the division.
A report of the theft was taken by a neighborhood service officer; nonetheless, the investigation is presently 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 blissful to take a look at it,” Monanez stated.
Montanez stated he couldn’t converse as to whether such a 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 tendencies or probably repeat offenders.
Rodriguez stated she hoped Jack could be returned to her or discovered.
“Let’s get Jack again!” Saiza-Paz stated.
