Police: 2 Fla. women stole Christmas decorations

[December 10, 2011]  SWEETWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Police say two South Florida women are accused of stealing Christmas decorations from their neighbor's yard and putting them in a yard less than a block away.

Police in the Miami suburb of Sweetwater say about $500 of items were taken, including Mickey Mouse on a horse, hugging penguins, Snoopy on a doghouse and Santa on a sled.

Miami television station WSVN reports surveillance camera video captured the two thieves taking the decorations from the lawn of Inrid Alemendarez's home (http://bit.ly/tytq7G).

She called police Thursday after spotting the decorations on a lawn less than a block away. The women were arrested on charges of grand theft. Their names were not released.

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Information from: WSVN-TV, http://www1.wsvn.com/

[Associated Press]

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