Christmas Crime | Freedom For Frosty!

Stabbing a snowman? C'mon!

In a bizarre incident in Cincinnati in 2006, a couple of teenagers were arrested for stabbing a 12-foot-tall inflatable Frosty the Snowman with a screwdriver.

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The Hamilton County Sheriff’s office said the two youths, both 18 years old, were charged with criminal damaging. Police were aided by the fact that the assault on Frosty was caught on tape. Homeowner Matt Williquette had set up a motion-sensitive video camera in a tree in his yard because his snowman had fallen victim to two earlier attacks. Williquette used white masking tape to patch up Frosty’s previous wounds. For the third attack, Williquette made sure he had a camera all set to record the violence. 

“The question I have is, “Why me? And why Frosty?” Williquette asked. “I had more decorations to put out there, but with Frosty going down, I wasn't going to chance it.” Police said they arrested one suspect at his Colerain Township home, and then the second suspect turned himself in. At one point, the sheriff’s office put out a brief statement saying: “The investigation continues to snowball.”