GPS, GPS baby Jesus stolen again, found across the street
By Paul Miller 
posted December 28th 2007 8:05AM
posted December 28th 2007 8:05AM
Maybe next year they can just spring for an RFID baby Jesus. The folks in Florida noticed that their GPS-equipped baby Jesus we mentioned the other day was missing from his nativity, and fired up the old GPS tracker. Turns out they didn't have to look far: baby Jesus had been swiped Wednesday night and brought to a house across the street from the nativity. Deputies showed up at the door Thursday morning and hauled off the 18-year-old female culprit with a charge of grand theft. The statue is valued at $800, while the GPS system rings up at $400, and the girl is currently in jail with bail set at $3,500. Are we feeling a brand new sort of holiday tradition coming on? We think yes.[Via TG Daily]
Somehow I never thought there would be an Amelie reference on Engadget. I have now seen everything. Although I agree it was a pretty good movie.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=43467
Usually, I find it to be so stupid and juvenile when people type "pwned". But I have to say, in this case, it's completely appropriate.
Talk about a dumb thing to be arrested and thrown in jail for.
I concur.
PWNED!
Considering the level of missing intelligence in the act, the baby should have been connected to a 12 volt car battery. Darwin Award, calling!. :)
I live RIGHT next to where this happened! It was all over the news. People are stupid. Smart thinking on Wellington's part. I remember they lost 2 baby Jesus' last year so I guess they decided enough is enough.
I'm glad she got caught...I hope they don't let up on the charges. It will send a message to would be criminals that amusing ways of breakin the law and getting media attention will get you a light smack on the back of the hand for your crime.
Her idiot ass!!
All kids in the 16-20 year old range will still break the law and do stupid shit, it's part of being that age. It's really just a matter of who gets caught and who doesn't.
@Kyrra
I am 16... I've never broken the law or plan to...
wait till you can drive :D - speeding tickets are far too easy to rack up! (in the uk of course - you only have to be 17 to get a driving licence)
I disagree, but thank you for your cynicism.
Age is useful data at a statistical level, not an individual one. At least, not with the people I associate with. I turn 18 tomorrow, I've been driving four years to the day without a single traffic violation of any kind, and I never intend to commit so much as a misdemeanor.
...actually, there was that one time we had guns aimed at us by cops and were told to lie perfectly still on the ground with our faces in the grass while they searched our car, but that was because we didn't realize the importance of those little orange tips on airsoft guns.
If you ever get one of those, _don't_ remove the orange tip. Do not. That's how cops know they're not real assault rifles.
Girl: "how did you know it was here?"
Cops: "God told us!!"
Cops: "We followed the star."
cops: ''there was a gps unit hidden up the saviours asshole''
'Let's just call it inside information..'
Funny thing is, I live less than ten minutes from that nativity scene. I fought the urge, why couldn't she? Besides, that Jesus has been stolen before, and probably will get jacked by someone next year too...
Cops: We actually were out investigating a 646 (lewd conduct) involving some wise men. They led us here. They were urinating in your bushes.
I think it's absolutely ridiculous that the nativity scene's owner even pressed charges. AND that she was charged so harshly. I personally hopes someone steals the baby j again, takes a sledge hammer to it and its high-tech innards. then replaces it.
I'm not advocating this sort of behavior, just wishful thinking.
Why is it ridiculous to press charges? Someone steals something from you and you're just going to look the other way? Man, I've heard of being non-confrontational but, wow.
Had I lived near such a god-awful-ugly nativity scene (as I'm assuming, seeing its centerpiece), I'd have probably done something similar (though less stupid).
I hate ugly-ass gawdy yard decorations, and God Almighty himself has given me the task of ridding the world of them. If you don't like it, talk to the baby jesus hand!
tadghostalmoron-
really?? where do you live? I want to steal some stuff from you if you're the type that isn't going to press charges against people. then again, when you say something like that it probably means that you have nothing of value worth stealing anyways.
hear hear.
You got my vote tadghostal
So does she now burn in hell for all eternity? Sit on the devil's lap and sweat in the flame world hundred of miles below the earth's surface? Did she repent and therefore all cahrges dropped? Can't quite figure our christianity or any religion for that matter.
stealing is stealing, if its a bank heist or a gum ball in the local grocery store... that said, stealing a baby Jesus is HILARIOUS! Although we used to go for the slightly larger ones and put them in front of the police and firestation. one year we moved mary, joseph and the donkey to the firestation... Ill be 3 rows in front of this chick in hell... but at least its not on my record ;)
We decorate our yard for the different holidays. Its takes alot of time and money, for someone to come along and just take it. We have had plenty of things stolen from our yard and it really upsets me. Great idea to lojack the Baby Jesus !!! I wish I could catch who ever has stolen items from my yard. We have to stake and tie everything we put out. We also always find some items messed with. They usually just leave when they figure out it will take to long to rip it off because we have it tied and staked. LOLOLOL
Anyone who steals should be arrested and in jail. Many people have stopped decorating because of the thieves. It is such a shame. These kids think it is so funny to get away with stealing these decorations. Its just plain childish and not amusing. Our block looks so awesome around Christmas. Everyone decorates their parkway trees excactly the same (it just seemed to happen over the years). It looks so awesome with the trees all the same with green lights on the trunks and white lights on the branches all the way down the block on both sides. If half the people stopped doing this because of thieves it just wouldnt be the same. So people please dont ruin it for evryone else because you cant refrain from doing such an impulsive act. Its just not funny.
What kind of sick person steals Baby Jesus anyway ?????
-Where's your messiah, now?
-Umm, right over there.
As someone else mentioned, it was not wise to advertise the fact that the statue contained a GPS in it, because that made people want to steal it just for that reason.
Maybe the press should get the Darwin Award on this one.
WWJD!!
Its not the same story that Engadget reported on earlier... its ANOTHER GPS baby. If you read the actual article that engadget is reporting on, they talk about the one that engadget reported on earlier. The one from the first story had them in Mary, Joseph, AND the baby. AND they purchased the GPS devices just for that. The story they are reporting on now purchased several GPS devices for a bunch of $40,000 generators and the guy installed one onto the statue almost on a whim...
It looks like the ugly stick got her hard...Rot in jail for this, you ugly bitch
You must be some american christian then, I recognise the humanity...
maybe he is a security officer at a local manger
"You must be some american christian then, I recognise the humanity..."
...what??
Haha eric, I didn't think of that :)
Greatest story ever told - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331
Good ol' Christian forgiveness.
Sometimes you just have to ask yourself what would Brian Boitano do?
$300... for that?? what a waste
800.... even worse
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"How stupid can you be, first of all for stealing a baby jesus (c'mon, you just scored yourself a one way ticket to hell, even if you don't believe in that), and second, this was on EVERY SINGLE MAJOR TECH NEWS SITE...
So stupid."
A: what kind of nutjob spends 600$ on a BJ.
B: what kind of nutjob spends 200 to equip a BJ they paid 595$ too much for with GPS for another 200$.
C: if you dont believe in hell you cant score a 1 way ticket to it.
Her mistake was taking it and keeping it in her home in the first place. Bad plan.
Me? I'd have waited until no one was looking, and then I'd have paid some 12-year-old $25 to smash the little Jesus statue with a hammer (which he'd buy and keep), until he was nothing but a pile of dust and GPS guts.
If they catch him, I deny I ever saw him before. He's just some lying kid. Probably just a juvenile troublemaker, officer. What a shame. Maybe he needs to go to church. . . blah blah blah.
If they don't catch him, I laugh as the obnoxious Biblethumpers across the street awaken that morning to their own personal Passion of the Christ.
Luckily, I'm a pacifist who respects other people's property, otherwise, Jebus statues would be in trouble. However, I'm getting REALLY sick of the fundies getting in MY face to tell me "Jesus is the reason for the season" or "It's called CHRISTmas" or "The only Happy Holiday I know is CHRISTmas."
First of all, no-- Jesus is not the reason for the season. The Christians stole the holiday from the pagans, and the Solstice celebration far outdates the Jesus story which was just cobbled together from several other virgin birth demigod stories throughout history. Second, anyone who takes my saying "Happy Holidays" as a personal insult is an out-and-out rude, selfish jackass who probably deserves to have his Baby Jesus statue vandalized or stolen for a little while.
While this girl was a dumbass, she was probably sick of her holier-than-thou neighbors blasting "It's Called Christmas. . . With a Capital C!" over some speaker behind the manger all season, and should probably plead temporary insanity in the face of religious zealotry.
Or maybe she's just a dumb punk. Whatever. Happy holidays.
You're a fool. You went on an irellevant rant about how closed minded and intolerant fundies are, by illustrating how you are exactly the same way.
She would never have been in this much trouble if she read engadget. You guys posted like 3 stories about this within the last 2 days.
why is jesus white? lol
Two words for next time: Faraday cage.
At least her mug shot turned out better than this guy's: http://www.esorn.ag.state.oh.us/Secured/p23.aspx?oid=13753