Quick response by Ripon Police officers shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday resulted in the arrest of two men who allegedly trashed a Nativity Scene at a Ripon home on Mohler Road – kicking off the head of a 5-foot statue of the Virgin Mary.The officers were responding to a call from a neighbor reporting two suspicious individuals in his neighborhood riding bicycles that were later found to be stolen from other Ripon homes. Christmas lights in their possession were found to have been stolen from another Ripon residence. Michael Peter Johnson, 21, of Manteca was booked into county jail on charges that included petty theft, vandalism and an outstanding warrant.
Nativity scene vandals collared
Pair charged with stealing bicycles, Christmas lights in Ripon
