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2016 Times Leader’s High School Golf All-Stars

<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) &#8212; A woman charged with stealing a baby Jesus statue from a Nativity scene in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania told police it was a joke when she left the $2,700 figurine at a hospital explaining it has been &#8220;neglected&#8221; by its parents, &#8220;Joseph and Mary Christ.&#8221;</p><p>Bethlehem police aren&#8217;t laughing, however, and have jailed 49-year-old Jacqueline Ross on charges of theft and institutional vandalism. She doesn&#8217;t have an attorney.</p><p>Police ID&#8217;d Ross from surveillance video and found her at a hospital Thursday night.</p><p>But police say she also visited the same hospital minutes after stealing the statue from Payrow Plaza about 2 a.m. Dec. 4.</p><p>Police say she left a note with the porcelain &#8220;baby&#8221; that read in part, &#8220;Child has broken right foot which is been neglected. Parents Joseph and Mary Christ got a warning.&#8221;</p><style>
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Police: Baby Jesus thief left statue in Bethlehem, Pa. hospital safe space