Grinch Caught: Grandfather arrested allegedly stole Christmas gifts from own family in Paw Paw

[@9grandsmamma3]

Thank you everyone for giving and sharing love. God bless you all.❤

[@Sherry-iv6yh]

Why would you let your father who you knew has drug problems watch your kids to start with? Happy the kiddos still got gifts.

[@SewingBoxDesigns]

Sad family. Those kids need more help than Dad can give them. He left them with his drug addict father.

[@kittenpawsbb]

Guilt. His father probably gave him a sad story, the son’s having a hard life, so he sympathized with his dad having a hard life. Hopefully he learns, keep his Father away from his home and children for good.

[@kimt1054]

The grandfather was not watching the children. The dad stated that when he and his children returned the gifts were gone.

[@Laura-n6j]

What kind of grandfather Steelers gifts for his grandchildren he's definitely The Grinch who stole Christmas. I'm glad the kids are getting Christmas gifts.

[@MrVariant]

Steelers 😂 but yeah old bitter addict thief is terrible.

[@leighhoppins9273]

Actually I don’t even know why they would call him the Grinch, Because He was stealing gifts for his grandchildren the Grinch doesn’t do that the Grinch would steal gifts from his grandchildren Not stealing them to give to his grandchildren he would steal gifts from his grandchildren

[@KingDurango]

I love the steelers

[@micheleclark9974]

​@@leighhoppins9273he did steal from his grandchildren. They were already given gifts and he stole them to buy meth.

[@cwolf201]

meth head grandpappy in pawpaw of course. meth effs people up

[@tammycope3145]

The community is awesome!!! The cops do great work!!!

[@marcyweisinger1537]

This will be a Christmas that they would never forget. Shame on that Grandpa. I can't believe that he would do that steal the gifts and turn them into money to get meth

[@rayray8687]

This unfortunately is normal behavior for drug users.

[@lindafrabizio2910]

Disgusting grandfather on drugs. !!! Loser , low life !!!

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Not just drug users but gamblers too. My evil late dad stole all of my money as a child to feed his gambling addiction.

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

​@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj gluttony and greed are twins

[@FurbyGaming125]

You’re A Mean One… Mr Grinch

[@davidochoa774]

You mean Grandpa Grinch. 😂

[@sonicguyver7445]

You have all the grace and style of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch!

[@GamingKingdom91]

You really are a heel..

[@lilhedgehog8576]

You’re a bad banana WITH A GREASY BLACK PEEEL!

[@tigerlord9302]

@@davidochoa774Or Mr. Grandgrinch. 😁😂🤣

[@user-wb1qo6ol4h]

We can't believe what society has become. Total lost cause. Poor son let his own Father into his home to help him, and he repaid him like this. Utterly sad. Thank God there is still good in the world.

[@Forthisyankeenationidgadamn]

What kind of father let's their methed up dad stay in a house full of kids, let alone donated new gifts?!! CPS better be looking hard into this child endangerment

[@marylivingstone9815]

He doesn’t appear to be the brightest crayon in the box.

[@user21333]

The way he talks shows he's been using drugs. Idk if just in his past or currently but all drug addicts sound like that

[@Makeitstorm]

So the grinch stole Christmas to buy meth?

[@kimberlytokarskiwilburn7502]

A drug addict stole presents from children that’s who did it

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

One can't get any lower then to steal from their own family!!

[@quitaulla1569]

Give the kids some Christmas gifts but most importantly is to help families to pay the bills.

[@vanessamccollum9169]

That’s so sad. I’m sorry the granddad isn’t well. I hope he gets better soon.

[@joanhill4666]

Nice Squirtle plushie! 😊👍

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

This would be too much even for the Grinch himself!

[@curiotimetv]

Yeah, the Grinch would never sell the toys for drugs. He just felt left out and wanted Christmas gone. This monster stole from his own babies, to fuel his drug addiction.

[@sonicexereaper6814]

The grandfather doesn’t deserve the Grinch title. At least the Grinch learns the true meaning of Christmas, then changed his ways for the better minutes after stealing from everyone in Whoville. The grandfather had MANY, MANY years in his life to clean up his act and become sober, but he refuses to get help. So, he continues his path of addiction, even going as far as to selfishly steal from his own grandkids, which were also funded by his own son. Not once did the grandfather regretted or think twice about his own actions. Only thing he cared about is feeding his own mind with narcotics.

[@yvonnecooper5004]

I hope they bought groceries too.

[@kittenpawsbb]

I think they said $200 for toys and the rest on a Walmart card. So he should be able to buy groceries. Hopefully.

[@GrayFoxAdventures]

This is Super Great . Thank you All you Kind People & i do hope and pray that the Grinch gets the help he needs..

[@TheMulToyVerse]

Shiiiiiii… that’s just not cool, man… I understand that addiction is a beast that’s hard to overcome, but hopefully the guy’s father really and truly takes some time and has a deep conversation with himself that he stole the gifts for the grandkids that should mean the world to him… took each package knowing the joy and happiness (although likely fleeting) that was was going to deprive those children of… just to get a fix that was far more fleeting for himself Let that sentence run through his head until it sinks in as to just how far he himself has sunk as a person Paw Paw, MI… adorable sounding town name, but clearly has a lot of kind and caring people to come together at a time like this

[@joanhill4666]

I go to an OCD support group in my community, and one of our sayings is, "Addiction is a form of OCD." 😔

[@Ronald-hk6fk]

Damn $600 a kid 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽

[@METALMAN4Wii]

Family is everything lol.

[@pocalypto]

For that meth

[@quitaulla1569]

The grandfather......family member.

[@lindaestrada7047]

That’s nice sad the grand father did this to his own son and grand kids. It would been nice to include other children in need $400 plus $200 for each kid is a lot. I’m sure there is many children who went without anything this year.

[@johnkozlowski8782]

He needs to be put in prison for what he did.

[@lilp269]

Bless you all for helping this family!

[@barbarawoodhouse5514]

Wow...the horrible story is usually the grown son being the problem not the grandfather. So sad but I'm so happy to see the dad, the community, and Walmart helping out. Bless this family.

[@vintagegal7376]

$400 per kid !?!? Insane

[@lynncollver6067]

Jesus Christ please deliver this person from the spirit of addiction as You have billions over time. Light be. Amen

[@PokeShadow77]

Paw Paw...

[@redheadkd1565]

That’s more money than I spend on each of my children! Couldn’t they have gotten some gifts and then ‘paid it forward’ or put the money into savings for a later use?

[@marylivingstone9815]

Let’s be honest. With that family the kids are probably doomed. Let them enjoy their one Christmas.

[@lilhedgehog8576]

I feel bad for people who are addicted to drugs, but my sympathy goes out the window when they steal from people, especially their own family. Even I’ve been victimized by a porch pirate.

[@gwenniegirl50]

I hope the dad will learn something from this and not let grandpa come around anymore for anything. This kind of behavior will continue if he doesn’t cut off visitation and communication.

[@kellykwongali]

Grandfather of the year..

[@rebeccahiggins2926]

That's horrible 😢

[@johnkozlowski8782]

He can rot in prison for what he did.

[@twitchster77]

'Thank you go bless' No! You go! >:(

[@debraschuurman9172]

You are a mean one mr. Grinch

[@jayceecee8651]

❤ ❤❤❤

[@thetruefeatherqueen]

From the aweful grandpa to the love of the community thats pure michigan baby 😭💙

[@darcimunday4410]

Keep the grandpa the hell out of the grandkids lives forever!

[@leighhoppins9273]

And they call him a grinch for a reason, Because he takes presents from the children I don’t think he would care or she would care I don’t think the Grinch no matter the gender Would care about their own family members you know If this guy honestly was a grinch in my opinion I would only call him a grinch if he had stole those toys And then sold them to buy drugs or something like that

[@dannybrezelhorner2715]

This is both tragic and very cute, such a shame their grandfather's addiction is so bad he stole from his own family but i'm glad the community stepped in to keep some christmas magic for the kids!

[@TraceyB-yl7cl]

The community is awesome...

[@BethWondrely]

God bless you all!!

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

Shop with a cop program is a very good program!! The New Lexington police dept., in Newlextinton, Ohio. Used to do that, they stopped because goverement funding stopped!?! Our granddaughter got to be one of the children that was in it one year. For her it was a double blessing! Because of a bad experience with a couple of rude, uncaring officers, she was very afraid of all police officers.😮😢 The shop with a cop, and tgey went out to eat also, showed her that not all officers where that way, and helped her over come her fear!!😊😊

[@orbyjett2864]

BLESS YOU ALL

[@OuterSpace-1-0.0]

1:04 🤭

[@stephanieann622]

For the love of God, stealing kids Christmas gifts is the lowest anyone could get. I hate drugs, they destroy everything and everyone in their path. Sending all my love and hugs to this beautiful family ❤

[@kimberlytokarskiwilburn7502]

Leave the Grinch out of this he has nothing to do with this. This is a messed up drug addict who stole from a family. He stole from people that he knew that would probably overlook it and forgive him so he could go get his precious drugs. Look where he is now, but the Grinch gave the presents back And he was misunderstood so don’t bring the grinch into this children like the Grinch by the way.

[@xavierrodriguez1455]

There still good people left in this world

[@MichelleJones-p4e]

Wow. Getting hooked on drugs just destroys lives. Glad the family still got Christmas.

[@NicoleBarrett-e2u]

😮😮😮😮

[@WorldOfWonder66]

This is one of the saddest Christmas stories I've ever heard. I sure hope this is a turning point for Papa. I'm glad things turned out well for the kids

[@JulianaBlewett]

So $400 per kid* four kids is $1,600 that Grandpa used to buy smack.

[@sarah-lee2822]

Your kids are much safer without that grandpa in their life

[@garylefevers]

Praying that the grandfather gets the spiritual and professional help he so clearly needs. God bless the father and children. As well as those who gave both times. Teri Woolum Lefevers.

[@Mabel-wi6fy]

❤ celebrate recovery. Jesus help all afflected with addiction u r enough without chemicals/ drugs. In jesus bame

[@michellewhiteman4116]

What kind of "grandfather" does this??!! HE needs help! 😡 I'm glad they were able to get help for Christmas 🎄

[@SugarMollyHazel]

What kind of low life does that to their own grandkids? I’m glad there are still good people out there, that wanted to give them a Merry Christmas.

[@noel_996]

So that’s why the grinch stole Christmas.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Lmao don't forget the meth

[@Zeina107]

Thats about right with family 😢

[@Makeusqueak]

Too bad you can't fix their broken Grinchy Grandpa.

[@leighhoppins9273]

But I don’t support that man now I fully support anybody who takes a toy or two If they couldn’t afford it because most people they’re just living in poverty and they’re not on drugs they never use drugs before and never drink at least not that much So they’re not alcoholics and they’re not drug users half of the time Sometimes near Christmas people are just falling on hard times And they might take some items from a store because they’re embarrassed They’re ashamed to be in that situation,

[@JoshInarwnd]

Go Vanburem County Sheriff's office 🔥💪🙏🇺🇲🙏❤️🤍💙 God Bless Lucas Family and All Vanburem Community 🔥💪

[@donavantidwell9399]

“My dad needs help” 😂

[@johnkozlowski8782]

He needs to be in prison where he belongs.

[@ScottieBradford-v9e]

😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@melissaharmon3808]

How low can a person go? Stealing from kids!

[@christophernewhouse5832]

some1 should make a R rated grinch movie at least this story had a good ending.

[@karladuncan4026]

Gosh Grinch papaw was sure thinking about himself! 👎 Jerk! 2:21

[@leighhoppins9273]

That is completely different from somebody who uses drugs You know that is completely different, There’s a big difference between somebody who can’t afford a toy because They can’t find a job and whenever job they did think about getting they turned them down And it’s another thing to be struggling with money because you’re on drugs Because that could be preventable for sure you know

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Sadly when anyone has a drug, gambling or any bad addiction, they would do anything to feed it.

[@leighhoppins9273]

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj L O L you’re not kidding you know my good friend his name is Joe and he apparently does weed I recently sent him an article on the damage marijuana can do to somebody who consumes it It’s his choice to ignore that and still use it it would be good if he is trying to stop using it you know But yeah any drug is not good for anybody but marijuana is exact same thing basically

[@leighhoppins9273]

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj You desperately need it you will feed into it and even going as far as stealing or whatever because you just don’t have the money to pay for it anymore because the person constantly spends their money on drugs So you’re absolutely right and I don’t really think he’s a grinch I think he’s more of a Scrooge is selfish selfish Scrooge

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

I didn’t know you could get arrested for this

[@JulianaBlewett]

When Grandpa's doing smack.

[@KandyKane999]

So what is going to stop Grandpa from taking the new gifts?

[@Lemuel928]

He uhh..What!?!😨

[@Lemuel928]

He’s Pro Naughty List just like my Dead Grandpa!

[@dollingtonAvenue]

apparently this dad/son must be down on his luck too, to not be able to afford presents for his children, and have to resort to charitable sources , yet he still opened his home to his dad… only for his to do this in turn. i won’t say it’s unforgivable, because grandpa could’ve done worse for the sake of supplying his habit, but taking from my babies??? no sir, you cannot call on me for help ever again. 😑

[@erikaamerica4546]

Poor family all look identical 😬

[@robertcruz4055]

Stealing from your own grandkids? That’s lower than s..t

[@perrymehta6438]

How cold can you be??

[@lindaopperthauser2284]

How pathetic!! People are hideous!

[@Doomedrpgthecozygamer99]

Dang it he doesn’t look green your father supposed to look green if he’s the Grinch so that’s not the guy we’re looking for I’m sorry 😂

[@infinera06]

Kids don't need expensive gifts. In fact, they don't need gifts at all. They will turn into entitled brats.

[@leighhoppins9273]

To me he is not a grinch he is being human He is only stealing because he has no money for his grandchildren to open up gifts on Christmas day The only reason I would probably call him a grinch or just somebody who is completely selfish Is because he is on drugs and that’s the reason why he couldn’t afford to buy his grandchildren gifts for Christmas Because he had no money he spending it all on drugs right so But that’s the only reason and that’s only a small reason why I would say that He is a grinch but I would say the more bigger thing to call him is selfish He seems to only care about himself and then when he did to finally understand the gravity He really wanted to give his grandchildren a good Christmas but he didn’t have the money in his mind he had to steal

[@HighTekRednek2009]

What are you smokin’? 😂

[@quitaulla1569]

You sound like you are on meth.

[@justmejenny7986]

​@@HighTekRednek2009I noticed as well.

[@officialbrandonmatienzo]

I don’t understand

[@Xx_xXnolife]

About

[@cwolf201]

which part. meth head grandpappy getting a roof from family and stealing from his grandkids? or the kids finding out that at least one grandpappy is a dick

[@ultraboombean]

What ?

[@matthewrobert2888]

The paw paw stole in paw paw that's funny and not funny. What happened to the kids sucks

[@leighhoppins9273]

No he’s definitely not the Grinch because the Grinch wouldn’t steal for his grandchildren He would steal toys from his grandchildren, The Grinch doesn’t steal for anybody He’s not a Robin Hood he’s a grinch

[@DebbieAllard68]

He didn't steal for his grandkids. The grandfather stole his grandchildren's Christmas gifts to sell for drugs.

[@roachmorphine8018]

Did you even watch the video?

[@leighhoppins9273]

@@roachmorphine8018 Yes I have and trust me that grandfather is a selfish person I will say that

[@Angela-g1q4q]

One piecevof crap

[@kaiulanidilworth1619]

I'm glad people helped, but the reason for the season is lost cause the gifts r what people r worried bout.

[@justmejenny7986]

Making children happy. Change your perspective.

[@kaiulanidilworth1619]

@justmejenny7986 I don't have to change perspective. It's the truth u can make kids happy & still understand the reason for the season. A lot of kids grow up thinking gifts r the only reason behind Christmas.

[@leighhoppins9273]

I hardly call him the Grinch because grinches don’t steal toys for grandchildren or for anybody I would say the only reason I would call him a grinch is because he is on drugs so he couldn’t afford the gifts But other than that I would say that isn’t being a grinch that is called being human Right you nobody wants to see their kids crying and wanting a toy and their parents not being able to get them the Christmas they deserve Even the grandparents don’t like to do that

[@chrisking1457]

Grinch is a reference to an outcast character that stole Christmas. Its a famous child's book and movie. The guy stole Christmas presents hence why he's being called a Grinch because that's what a Grinch does.

[@roachmorphine8018]

Are you ok?

[@leighhoppins9273]

@@chrisking1457 Yeah but the Grinch in the end it brought back all the gifts

[@leighhoppins9273]

@@chrisking1457 He probably wouldn’t have got in trouble not as much if he would’ve just sad “yeah you’re right I’ll put them back on the shelf“ Or even after he got taken down to the police station he could’ve made a conscious choice to return the items he stole from the store Because that’s what the Grinch did at the end so yeah

[@leighhoppins9273]

@@chrisking1457 So I don’t think this guy should be considered a grinch it’s a list of what he should be called I think more of a Scrooge if you ask me he’s more of a Scrooge and a big big big selfish one too

[@bluekitty.81]

That seems like a lot of random toys. Honestly, the dad doesn't seem concerned much about the spending habits but should have maybe had them each pick a couple of toys they really wanted and save some money for later one for more toys or clothes which for sure they will be needing. However, after what they experienced no one probably wanted to set any limits. And all those people who donated money for them probably wanted to see theses kids spoiled on christmas too. Hope they don't get teased at school because of horrible grandpa.

[@dollingtonAvenue]

😂😂 this has to be a joke. beggars cannot opt to save any of the funds that are donated… the monies are designated for toys for the children, and the organizers will ensure the funds are used for just that! the agency decided to gift the kids $400 apiece, which is incredibly generous… maybe they didn’t have a lot of recipients, so they had a bigger budget.

[@SlytherinQueen32]

toys and wasteing money

[@cwolf201]

Just because the parents are on hard luck. doesn't mean the kids should feel like they're on hard luck during the holidays.

[@justmejenny7986]

You seem nice.

[@SlytherinQueen32]

@@justmejenny7986 im a big sweetheart i just feel like toys are waist of money

[@justmejenny7986]

@@SlytherinQueen32 please don't have children.

[@user-SpookyJuice]

⁠Toys encourage the use of imagination, unlike handing a child a cell phone to watch youtube videos on. Toys are vital.@@SlytherinQueen32

[@VintageVaughnVehiclces]

I heard years ago that you would give somebody like Grandpa a life insurance policy and then all the myth he could smoke. And that's how the super rich criminals got rich is go around and find drug addicts and get them life insurance policies. I wonder if you can still do that?