• Font Size    

WJZ.COM Editor's Picks

Jewish Celebrities
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Manchester Woman Charged With Stealing Decorations

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Dec 2, 2008 8:47 am US/Eastern

Manchester Woman Charged With Stealing Decorations

MANCHESTER, Md. (AP) ― A Carroll County woman is facing misdemeanor theft charges for allegedly swiping Christmas decorations from her neighbor's lawns.

The county sheriff's office says Gabriele Markert, 51, was found Monday in her Manchester home with decorations from at least three area homes.

Authorities say the investigation began about 4:30 a.m., after a woman reported a loud noise and discovered her 4-foot-tall Santa and snowman had been taken from her yard. After deputies went to her home, another neighbor who was walking her dog reported that she, too, had been targeted.

Markert was awaiting a bail review hearing Monday.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

WJZ.COM's Most Popular Slideshows

© MMIX, CBS Corporation. All Rights Reserved.