From MSNBC.COM: 

‘Why Frosty?’ Yuletide crime victims ask

As many learn, ’tis the season for snowman stabbing, Grinch snatching

NEW YORK - There’s nobody nice on this Christmas list: snowman stabbers, Grinch snatchers, wreath-robbing weasels.

’Tis the season for strange crimes by even stranger people, with police blotters expanding faster than a 6-year-old’s wish list of gifts.

David Allen Rodgers, 42, was arrested Dec. 3 for driving while intoxicated — at the wheel of a float during the annual Christmas parade in Anderson, S.C. According to witnesses, Rodgers sped down Main Street in the Steppin’ Out Dance Studio float with 19 people aboard, ran a red light and led police on a 3-mile chase.

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