JESUS STATUE UPDATE Man Who Admitted Stealing Baby Jesus Statue Charged
Reported by: Dan Matics
Videographer: Dan Matics
Web Producer: Dan Matics
Also Contributing: Tiersa Davis
Reported: Dec. 5, 2012 11:13 PM EST
Updated: Dec. 7, 2012 11:36 AM EST
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
The man who admitted to stealing a statue of baby Jesus from a nativity scene was arrested Friday morning.
Kameron Tyler Lambert, 22, of Huntington was charged with destruction of property and petit larceny in a Cabell County Magistrate courtroom on Friday. One week ago, a statue of the baby Jesus was taken from a McDonald's marketing office in the 1100 block of Fifth Avenue.
The statue was recovered, but was defaced with graphic images, police said.
"When they handed me the figurine, it disgusted me," Detective Chris Sperry said. "They had drawn things on it and made gestures on the figurine. The whole purpose of the figurine and what it stands for - there were satanic images and emblems on it," Sperry said.
The statue is valued at $100. Lambert told Eyewitness News in an on-camera interview that he was sorry for his actions.
A statue of baby Jesus that was stolen from a display in Huntington earlier this week has been located, police said
Detectives said they found the statue inside a Huntington apartment and that it had been defaced with a graphic image.
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A man admits to stealing a statue of Baby Jesus from a nativity scene.
The statue went missing from the McDonald's marketing office on 5th Avenue in Huntington, last Friday.
Kameron Lambert said he admitted to police to stealing the statue after they questioned him about it.
Lambert said he took the statue while drunk to a friends apartment on 4th Ave.
He said he has been unable to locate the statue, and police say they will press charges if he can't find it.
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