PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE

Police say a 21-year-old man climbed to the roof of the Spirit Halloween store  and pilfered a 30-foot inflatable pumpkin.
On Monday, State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons charged Kohl Verstreater with theft over $500.
The alleged heist took place on Saturday.
Police Lt. Scott Evers said Verstreater climbed up onto the roof, unhooked the jack-o'-lantern  from a blower, and somehow managed get it off the business' roof to haul it over to a birthday party for his girlfriend at her home.
The woman returned to Spirit Halloween the next day and asked if she could return it.
“She must have felt guilty about it,” Evers said.
Officers went to her home and brought Verstreater back to the police station for questioning.
Verstreater confessed that he stole the giant pumpkin and put it up in his girlfriend’s yard for the party, Evers said.
The pumpkin is being held at the police station as evidence.