Winnipeg cops follow trail of pine needles to nab Christmas

January 5th, 2005, 05:58 PM

WINNIPEG (CP) - A trail of evergreen needles was all police needed to solve the case of a pine tree purloined from the front yard of a Winnipeg home.



Two days before Christmas, the homeowner complained to police that someone had cut down and taken a pine tree from his yard. Officers went to the home Tuesday and were able to track a trail of needles to another house in the neighbourhood.

January 5th, 2005, 05:59 PM

more on this story can be found at the following link :

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ty_stolen_tree

January 6th, 2005, 12:02 AM

Ho, ho, ho. I remember that story...the DJs were having a field day with it.