June 13, 2008
French police announced the arrest of a 53-year-old man in connection with the theft of 170 garden gnomes. They were all displayed in his modest front yard.
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Has anyone seen the movie Amelie!?
There's a couple great scenes involving the theft (and later return) of a garden gnome! This story gave me a chuckle...
Im curious how long it took the police to find the culprit. I mean he did have 170 stolen gnomes on display in his FRONT yard! ha
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