{"id":70708,"date":"2025-11-26T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/70708\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:05:08","slug":"baby-jesus-mary-and-batman-stolen-from-long-beach-holiday-display-officials-plead-for-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/70708\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Jesus, Mary, and Batman stolen from Long Beach holiday display; officials plead for return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) &#8211; Long Beach officials said someone has stolen Baby Jesus and Mary from the nativity scene at Harper McCaughan Town Green.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The theft follows another incident over the weekend when someone took a handcrafted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlox.com\/2025\/11\/25\/long-beach-sends-out-bat-signal-after-batman-figure-stolen-holiday-display-officials-say\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wlox.com\/2025\/11\/25\/long-beach-sends-out-bat-signal-after-batman-figure-stolen-holiday-display-officials-say\/\">Batman wooden figure<\/a> from the city\u2019s holiday display.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"City officials said the stolen Batman wooden figure \u201ctakes away from the spirit we\u2019re all...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764165908_825_ENW5M3BOPJCOBMMVOHRFQZ3554.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>City officials said the stolen Batman wooden figure \u201ctakes away from the spirit we\u2019re all working to build.\u201d(Tina Ramon Bradley)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Long Beach Mayor Tim Pierce said the decorations are created for the community to enjoy and called the thefts disappointing and disheartening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe came out the other day, and everything was here but Batman. So somebody came and took Batman, and to come out here and see it\u2019s gone is a little bit disturbing,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cNow, we do have camera footage, so we have turned that over to the police department to review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Pierce said if the items are returned, no charges will be filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhoever took it, and it\u2019s probably kids, I hope, if they will just bring it back, there will be no questions asked, no charges filed. We just want everybody to enjoy our town green,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Anyone with information on the thefts is urged to contact the Long Beach Police Department at 228-865-1985 or City Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammar error in this story? 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