{"id":379763,"date":"2010-03-02T10:27:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/could-we-make-this-up-three-teens-arrested-for-stealing-chipmunk-statue"},"modified":"2010-03-02T10:27:03","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:27:03","slug":"could-we-make-this-up-three-teens-arrested-for-stealing-chipmunk-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/379763","title":{"rendered":"Could we make this up? Three teens arrested for stealing chipmunk statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GURNEE, Ill. &#8212; Police in the northern Chicago suburb of Gurnee say they have charged three teenagers with the theft of a 4-foot-tall plastic figure of &#8220;Simon,&#8221; the Chipmunk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simon,&#8221; who was part of a display promoting &#8220;Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,&#8221; movie, disappeared Feb. 11 from the lobby of the Gurnee Cinema. <span id=\"more-21707\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A surveillance tape showed people shoving the plastic rodent into a car and driving off.<\/p>\n<p>Gurnee Police Cmdr. Jay J. Patrick says two 18-year-olds and one 16-year-old were apprehended after one of them posted something on a social networking Web site alluding to an alleged plan to steal &#8220;Simon&#8217;s&#8221; pal, &#8220;Theodore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simon&#8221; was recovered in the basement of a Beach Park home and the three teenagers were charged with violation of a local ordinance.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from the <a title=\"Could we make this up? Three teens arrested for stealing chipmunk statue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bnd.com\/2010\/03\/01\/1155553\/3-teens-arrested-for-stealing.html\"  rel='nofollow'>Belleville News-Democrat<\/a>.<\/ul>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/S5U4iLWf6dgR1lVloeBUnu2WEJg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/S5U4iLWf6dgR1lVloeBUnu2WEJg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/S5U4iLWf6dgR1lVloeBUnu2WEJg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/S5U4iLWf6dgR1lVloeBUnu2WEJg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=sB3DxtfY45o:eIpvERK5O4I:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=sB3DxtfY45o:eIpvERK5O4I:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=sB3DxtfY45o:eIpvERK5O4I:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=sB3DxtfY45o:eIpvERK5O4I:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/sB3DxtfY45o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GURNEE, Ill. &#8212; Police in the northern Chicago suburb of Gurnee say they have charged three teenagers with the theft of a 4-foot-tall plastic figure of &#8220;Simon,&#8221; the Chipmunk. &#8220;Simon,&#8221; who was part of a display promoting &#8220;Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,&#8221; movie, disappeared Feb. 11 from the lobby of the Gurnee Cinema. 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