Christmas

Forney Gift Grabber Has Change of Heart

A Kaufman County, Texas, family had their gifts stolen from their porch just two days before Christmas, but the alleged front porch bandit later had a change of heart.

The Carsons were at the supermarket Tuesday when Jordan Carson got a text message notifying him his packages had arrived to his Forney home. The packages were gifts for his 3-year-old daughter.

Then, about 10 minutes later he received a second notification from his surveillance system that someone else was on his porch. This time, they were taking the packages that had just been delivered.

"I was pretty upset, really upset," said Jordan Carson. "Everyone was just kind of shocked it happened."

Police were called, and, amazingly, the alleged thief came clean, Carson said.

"He actually handed them to my wife and he apologized," said Carson. "It actually happened to one other neighbor and they got theirs back, too."

In the same neighborhood, you can see a cartoon depiction of the Grinch on a front lawn, and now the Carsons felt like they dealt with a real-life Grinch, who had a change of heart just in time for Christmas.

The neighbor with whom the alleged thief was staying has since kicked the man out of their home and neighborhood.

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