Southeast Side Neighborhood Dealing With Blooming Flower Thief
(CBS) -- We know it's not the most heinous crime. But it's a crime nonetheless, and it's pretty aggravating.
We're talking about flower thieves. As CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports, video shows one caught in the act.
It's the time of year folks love to display the beauty of their flowers.
It's also when others, apparently, love to steal them.
"People are lazy. They don't want to work, they just want to steal," neighbor Mary Sigg says.
In security video posted online a brazen nighttime thief pulls up to the curb and scurries away with two pots of flowers. It happened on South Ewing, just a few doors down from Sigg.
"Right next door, their flowers were stolen last year," she says. "When I heard this happened again, I'm like now I have to bring my stuff in at night and that's ridiculous."
Just days ago, over in Hegewisch, Gabriel Barka's family got its flowers plucked.
"It wasn't like it was a little flower pot. They took a whole vase," he says.
"It's causing concern," he adds. "If they're going to come up to the front steps to steal some plants, the next step is they're going to come through the door, too."
This is not a phenomenon limited to the East Side.
Last year, security cameras in Lakeview caught folks actually digging up plants in a front yard.
