{"id":357820,"date":"2025-12-19T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357820\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:50:10","slug":"grinch-escaped-after-being-taken-into-custody-in-pampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357820\/","title":{"rendered":"Grinch escaped after being taken into custody in Pampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PAMPA, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; For the past week, Pampa has been buzzing with sightings of a familiar green troublemaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100081733205113\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100081733205113\">Social media posts<\/a> tracking the Grinch\u2019s appearances around town quickly caught the attention of local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies carried out an official \u201ctask force operation\u201d near N. Cuyler St. and W. Kingsmill Ave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Grinch was found with stolen Christmas presents and stirring up holiday mischief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe last reports we had were that he was stealing candy canes and presents,\u201d said Tyler Jernigan, chief deputy of Gray County Sheriff\u2019s Office (GCSO). <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Grinch was transported to the Gray County Jail and booked on charges including:<\/p>\n<p>Theft of Christmas giftsResisting arrestAssault of a Peace OfficerImproper use of slang<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"The Grinch was transported to the Gray County Jail and booked on multiple charges.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TDJZHI2VZFBILCB5U3UIQ42T2U.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"1306\" \/>The Grinch was transported to the Gray County Jail and booked on multiple charges.(KFDA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After being booked, the Grinch left a \u201cgrinchy\u201d voicemail with the sheriff\u2019s office, claiming he would be meeting with a judge soon and would be out in no time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials confirmed the Grinch escaped tonight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KFDA. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAMPA, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; For the past week, Pampa has been buzzing with sightings of a familiar green&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[151,6931,1142,177231,177232,35295,4381,177234,79,177230,177233,177229,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-357820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-children","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-gifts","11":"tag-gray-county-sheriffs-office","12":"tag-grinch","13":"tag-holiday","14":"tag-law-enforcement","15":"tag-pampa","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-sheriff-jc-skinner","18":"tag-task-force-operation","19":"tag-tyler-jernigan","20":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}