Long Island Woman Steals Snowman to Buy Drugs: Reports

Police say that they’ve arrested the woman who stole an inflatable snowman from the front yard of a Long Island home.

Tinisha Delacruz, 31, was arrested Wednesday and charged with petit larceny in the theft.

Surveillance video captured someone stealing the inflatable snowman from a home on Ackerman Street in Central Islip on Nov. 28.

Delacruz was also charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.

She told police officers that she stole the snowman for money to buy drugs, Newsday reported.

It’s unclear if Delacruz has an attorney.

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