Would-be Grinch caught with sack of loot

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An off-duty police officer appears to have saved Christmas for a Winnipeg-area family.

The officer was driving in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot, a neighbourhood south of the city, on Sunday when he became suspicious of a vehicle. He followed the car to a home, where he watched the driver head into the home with a duffle bag.

Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Sgt. Kelly Dennison said it looked like the officer prevented one family's Christmas from going the way of the Grinch.

A man later came out of the home with a bag stuffed with what was apparently gifts.

"From what we understand … it was actually Christmas presents that he had stolen from this residence," Dennison said.

The suspect left the house and jumped into a running car. The officer followed the suspect and contacted the Winnipeg police and the RCMP.

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Good! I'm glad he got caught. How horrible can one be?! That poor family would have had nothing for Christmas.