SPRING, Texas (KHOU) – A quiet neighborhood in Texas is home to the Holversons and their growing family.
“It’s quiet and nice and we like it here,” Mandy Holverson said.
However, they said the peace and quiet was shattered by a stern knock around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
“That’s scared us awake, dog’s barking, trying to keep the baby asleep and yeah, there’s a constable at the door asking me, ‘Do I own this 2014 Hyundai Sonata’ and I’m like ‘Yeah, I do,’” Cliff Holverson said.
Mandy Holverson said the constable asked them if they knew where their car was, to which they responded that it was in the driveway.
However, their car wasn’t in the driveway, instead, there were just some shards of glass sitting in its place
“He had smashed the window and stolen it, and joy rode the thing for about an hour and 15 minutes,” Cliff Holverson said.
The man didn’t know was the Holversons have a dash cam in the car that starts recording as soon as the car is turned on.
“It shows him driving around this neighborhood you know going crazy speeding up and down roads,” Cliff Holverson said.
The Holversons said the man was driving with no lights on. It also showed him hitting a parked car in the area, then a basketball hoop, and a fire hydrant a few times before driving through a park.
The real surprise came near the end of the video.
“He gets out of the car and looks at the front of it to kind of survey his damage and you can see him there wearing his facemask and a Santa Claus hat,” Cliff Holverson said.
At this point, investigators are only calling him a person of interest.
“I was like, really? You’re Santa? More like the Grinch,” Mandy Holverson said.
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