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December 12th, 2008

Baby Jesus Equipped With GPS

Left-wing nuts and teenage pranksters step back. You can try to take Christ out of Christmas, but you can’t snatch Christ out of the manger this holiday season as baby Jesus’s throughout the nation are being fully equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking units. Listen to you’re guilty conscience or face the copper knocking at your door at 3am.

USA Today reports:

Two years ago, Baby Jesus was stolen from Wellington, Fla.’s, display. So last year, village workers opened the back of a new Baby Jesus, rigged up a GPS device, sealed it inside, painted it over and dressed the figure.

When the ceramic doll was stolen a third time, police used the GPS signal to track it down in 12 hours at the home of a teenager who said he got it from another teen at a party. An 18-year-old girl was charged.

This year, the village of 60,000 added security cameras.

Info: PSFK