Local: Cross-dressers steal Christmas | christmas, police, mission - Brownsville HeraldMISSION — ‘Twas weeks before Christmas, and all through the town, neighbors were complaining of lawn decorations stolen and ripped down.
So undercover officers set up a sting — they wanted to stop the Christmas theft ring.
Eventually their efforts, three suspects did snag. They arrested one woman and two dudes in drag.
About 4:30 a.m. Friday, Mission police officers pulled over an off-white Mitsubishi with a trunk full of Christmas decorations. The three occupants of the vehicle told police they had stolen the property, said Lt. Martin Garza, a spokesman for Mission police.
Officers arrested Sabrina Marie Ochoa, 18, Andres Guaracha, 17, and Ismael Garcia, 19, all of Palmview. The trio remained in police custody late Friday and are expected to be arraigned today on six counts of misdemeanor theft, Garza said.
In Guaracha’s mug shot, he wears a black strapless top, a blonde wig and makeup, including eyeliner, blush and lipstick. Garcia, also wearing makeup, is dressed less revealingly in a sweatshirt and sports a wig with jet-black locks flowing down to the middle of his back. The trio told police they started stealing the decorations after a night at a club, Garza said.
Clad in high heels, the two men sneaked across lawns, taking inflatable snow globes, lighted wire reindeer and Santa Claus statuettes. A resident near the intersection of 3 Mile Line and Inspiration Road eventually called police to report suspicious noises, and officers made the traffic stop as a result.