Some Weirdo/Hero Is Stealing/Liberating Female Mannequins

Image via 'Mannequin' Someone—we're not here to judge—is stealing mannequins from a bunch of stores in Belleville, Ontario, sparking a full-blown police investigation. Yesterday, police reported that 11 mannequins have been stolen in several break and enter incidents since May. This brazen thief is shattering glass storefronts, liberating only female mannequins. Most recently, they stole just four plastic torsos. The weird (and probably sexual) thing is, this person is stealing only mannequins, leaving behind the (sometimes pricey) clothing they are dressed in, as well as valuables left in the stores, like one owner's iPad and laptop. That owner, Natasha Baylis, told the National Post that the thief only stole her female child mannequin after ineptly breaking the store's front window. Belleville, a city of about 50,000 people and located somewhere between Toronto and Ottawa apparently, hasn't always had a shining reputation (for example, this dude's strange rant about the city). We can only imagine this person has a not-so-unheard-of mannequin fetish or, let's hope, that there is an innocent all-female nativity scene blossoming somewhere in a Belleville backyard. Follow Ebony-Renee Baker on Twitter.