Police want to find out who’s naughty at sites SOUTH BRUNSWICK — ’Twas a few days before Christmas, and in Kendall Park some creatures were stirring in the holiday dark. While decorations were placed on front lawns with care, four residents were faced with developments unfair. While the occupants were nestled all snug in their beds, holiday mischief danced in some other heads. One resident’s son arrived at 4 in the morn’, to find three naughty people acting worthy of scorn. Out on the front lawn, there was such a clatter, he shouted when he found out what was the matter: decorations knocked over was what these three did enact, the resident had caught them right in the act. When discovered, they fled in a 2005 Dodge, causing complaint with police to be lodged. Away from the house all three did roam, away from the resident’s Lehigh Drive home. The identities of them, nobody knew. This and the next event happened on 12/22. In Kendall Park once more, this time on Kendall Road, a man had discovered a reduced lawn load. To police he reported a development most queer: from his front yard was gone a wire reindeer. Its dimensions were reported as 3-by-3, and was covered in lights like a Christmas tree. He said that its worth was about 30 bucks, so selling it won’t even rent one a tux. The day after that, on the very same street, a woman reported to cops on the beat, that over the night, perhaps with a sneer, someone deflated her holiday cheer. Inflatable ornaments upon her front lawn had been punctured and popped, their air had withdrawn. She said she could not think of a single just cause as to why one would destroy an inflatable Claus. And inflatable carousel. About $220 was their overall worth, the costs of replacement not bringing much mirth. Across the street, upon the same day, another woman reported similar dismay. From her yard, over the night, a toy soldier was taken without much of a fight. Then, in the front of her abode, it was smashed into pieces upon the road. The value, she said, was $100 about, and as to who did it, there is much doubt. But the police may have been the ones with the last laugh: a footprint at the scene shows a men’s 9-and-1/2. For these four cases, police reported no leads, but it is obvious to all that these were no men of great deeds. — Chris Gaetano