CPD Blue Catches Veggie Rustlers

No charges have been filed yet in a case of pettit theft involving three kinds of winter squash and some tomatoes. On Wednesday, Mike Plante told Coeur d’Alene police that he saw a neighbor and another person taking 10 squash — of the butternut, buttercup & acorn varieties — and some tomatoes from his garden. Seems the neighbor had chided Plante earlier this year when he planted a garden on the property that he rents, stating sarcastically: “What are you doing — building a farm?” When he caught his neighbor walking off with the veggies between noon and 1 p.m. last Friday, Plante said he asked his neighbor why he was doing so. Reportedly, the neighbor responded: “Because they were there.” Later, the neighbor refused to cooperate with police, and Plante said he wanted to file charges over the $50 worth of stolen produce, refusing to discuss a possible payment for them.

Question: Would you file charges against a neighbor over stolen squash?