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SEPTEMBER. MCKETHAN IS
ALREADY LOCKED UP ON OTHER
CHARGES.
ITS NOT QUITE "THE GRINCH
WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS"... BUT
FOR ONE STORE OWNER IN
GLASTONBURY... ITS CLOSE.
THIS WEEKEND.. SOMEONE
STOLE THE ICONIC SLEIGH THAT
SITS OUTSIDE EMMY LOU'S
CHRISTMAS SHOP... ON HEBRON
STREET. NEWS 8'S BOB
WILSON IS LIVE IN GLASTONBURY
TONIGHT.. WITH REACTION
FROM THE STORE'S OWNER... BOB.
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EMMY LOU DEBARIEMMY LOU'S MARY
ELLEN DOMBROWSKIPRESIDENT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCEGLASTONBURY
RICHARD PASKEVICIUSGLASTONBURY
---PKG---FOR 27 YEARS MARRY
LOU HAS HAD AN ANTIQUE RED
SLEIGH OUT FRONT OF HER
BOUTIQUE... LIT UP WITH A TREE
AND PACKAGES... UNTIL SATURDAY
NIGHT. THAT'S WHEN THE GRINCH
STRUCK GLASTONBURY.BITE 11"SHE
SAID THE BIG RED SLEIGH OUT
FRONT IT'S GONE!"ALL THAT IS
LEFT... FOUR CINDER BLOCKS AND
TIRE TRACKS... AS POLICE SAY
THE THIEVES DIDN'T USE
REINDEER BUT A LARGE VEHICLE
FOR THE SLEIGH HEIST.BITE 30"I
DON'T KNOW HOW VALUABLE IT IS,
IT WAS VALUABLE TO ME AT THE
STORE BUT IT WASN'T IN THE
BEST CONDITION, BECAUSE IT HAS
BEEN OUT FOR THAT MANY YEARS."
STAND UP"EMMY LOU SAYS THE
THIEVES USED THE COVER OF
THESE TREES TO BACK UP OVER
THIS GRANITE HISTORICAL
MARKER, YOU CAN SEE THE TIRE
TRACKS HERE... AND THE THIEVES
HAD TO COME PREPARED WITH WIRE
CUTTERS BECAUSE DOZENS OF
WIRES HELD THE SLEIGH IN
PLACE, THEY CUT THROUGH
THOSE, UNLOADED THE GIFTS AND
TREES LOADED IT INTO A TRUCK
OR TRAILER AND THEN DROVE OFF
INTO THE NIGHT."BITE 10"IT
SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE TARGETED
YOU. I THINK SO, ONE OF THE
POLICE ASKED IF I HAD ANYBODY
THAT WAS AN ENEMY? NOT THAT I
AM AWARE OF."BITE 3"IT'S
DISPICABLE."MARY ELLEN
DOMBROWSKI IS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE GLASTONBURY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND SAYS EMMY LOU IS
AN ICON OF THE COMMUNITY, AND
DECKS THE HALLS OF GLASTONBURY
FROM THE SQUARE,TO THE CLOCK
THE STORE EVERY YEAR.BITE 2
"HOW SOMEBODY CAN COME UP,
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 AT NIGHT AND
REMOVE A FULL SIZE SLED FROM
THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, BUT
MORE SO, WHY?"BITE 8"IT JUST
BRINGS US JOY FOR EVERYBODY
AROUND AND FOR SOMEONE TO JUST
COME AND TAKE IT, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND PEOPLE LIKE THAT."