Posted on 08/23/2014 12:47:37 PM PDT by mikrofon
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A stolen life-sized statue of United States President Barack Obama was has been returned to its Northern Pennsylvania owner after being discovered on a nearby picnic bench with an empty six-pack of Twisted Tea and a cigarette butt hanging from its mouth.
The statue was a staple of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., neighborhood it was stolen from, where owner Tiffany Bruce prominently displayed it on her porch and decorated it for holidays.
"I peeked my head out the door and Obama's gone and I kind of went into a panic," described a distressed Bruce when the statue was taken on Tuesday. She was not being hyperbolic, as Bruce was literally suffering from a panic attack.
"I couldn't breathe, and I had to go to the hospital."
In addition to being a prized possession, the statue was also a bit of an investment.
"That statue was actually $1,249," Bruce told WNEP.
Upon hearing of the treasonous theft, Ashley Furniture, where Bruce purchased the statue, offered to replace the likeness of President Obama free of charge.
"We all felt for her, and the way it affected her," Ashley Furniture employee told CitizensVoice.com.
"We were all pulling for her."
To the relief of Bruce and the community, the statue of the president was found Thursday on a picnic bench in nearby Bear Creek. Thieves or other vandals arranged the statue with an empty six pack of Twisted Tea and placed a cigarette butt it's mouth.
Bruce says she does not understand why someone would want to steal the statue, and is just to relieved to have it back.
"[My kids] are going to freak. They're going to start jumping all over him."
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i would have Doctored it up a bit before walking away..
Feds will scan the bar code,see where the tea was purchased and look at security videos for that/those stores and come up with squat after spending/wasting big time $$$$$$$$
Some people really need to get a hobby. Writing poetry, learning to play the guitar or painting pictures of bowls of fruit. Something.
Be neat if someone could Photoshop that into that statue.
Vandals should be cited for littering
The black market for a hardly used B’rock O’breezy ain’t what it used to be.
WHY aren’t there any bullet ... nah, ‘better not say anything ... don’t want to get in trouble ...
And use her medical assistance card since you used all her food stamps to purchase the statue.... On second thought after seeing her, she used all her make up money to purchase the statue and used her food stamps and lots of other money to stuff her face!!!!
I would love to see a dog lift his leg and piss on it.
This gal should have let it go. . . .she even has her kids worshipping. . . dangerous. . .read below.
Exodus 20:
1And God spoke all these words:
2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3You shall have no other gods before me.
4You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
6but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
How many uses for a statue of Bathhouse Barry?
Something I've been dreaming about for six years now!!!!
Just what kind of furniture store is Ashley Furniture? What other kind of statues do they sell? Is this an equal opportunity store? Perhaps they need to include some Republican statues if they don’t already. It could be a reverse discrimination thing. Just sayin’
I have exactly the same reaction every time his face suddenly pops up on TV.
Should’ve never allowed morons to vote.
The statue was a staple of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., neighborhood it was stolen from, where owner Tiffany Bruce prominently displayed it on her porch and decorated it for holidays.
I wonder how she decorated him?
Two thoughts: #1. Miss Tiffany appears to lack for male companionship. #2. Be glad the statue was not found “Altered”, ISIS style.
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