A baby Jesus was found at a firehouse in Fort Collins, Colorado, after going missing from the city’s nativity scene.
Four days after being stolen from the city’s tableau, the baby Jesus statue was anonymously turned over to a fire station on Dec. 19, Fort Collins police shared on Instagram.
Next to the statue was an apology note explaining the violation.
“I’m really sorry, I made a stupid mistake at that moment. It won’t happen again,” the handwritten note reads.
The thief of a local baby Jesus asks for forgiveness.
Fort Collins police said the statue was snatched from a nativity scene in Old Town Square, part of downtown Fort Collins. After the theft, police asked the public for help identifying the “Grinch” who “tried to ruin Christmas.”
The nativity scene was restored after the baby statue was turned in to a local fire station.
“Case Update: The Baby Jesus statue reported stolen four days ago from the Old Town Square nativity scene was anonymously dropped off today at Poudre Fire Authority Station #1 in Fort Collins, along with an apology note (12/19) “, the police said. on Instagram.
The post shows an image of the recovered baby being held by two smiling members of the city’s emergency services. The statue seemed no worse for wear, placed in its crib and still wearing its signature garment of swaddling clothes.
“No further information has been obtained regarding the person who stole the statue,” police said.
While police in Fort Collins, about 60 miles north of Denver, did not identify the “Grinch” in the case of missing baby Jesus, the department shared photos of officers posing next to someone dressed in the classic character’s signature green coat and Santa Claus. Claus outfit.
‘Tis the season to be merry and merry!’ read the department’s article of December 25.
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