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Stolen Elf on the Shelf becomes honorary Prince William detective

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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — An Elf on the Shelf is now an honorary investigator.

Prince William police Sgt. Jonathan Perok purchased the temporary elf named “Freddie” and began posing for photos with the toy after Lorraine Villahermosa contacted police Wednesday night and reported her purse stolen from the Virginia Oaks Golf Club in Gainesville.

Inside the purse was her son’s Elf on the Shelf that Villahermosa gave to her son. With the purse and the elf gone, she didn’t know what to tell him.

From Villahermosa’s Facebook page:

“…for those wondering, if the Elf was the most important item in my purse, at this time, yes. Everything else in it (which wasn’t much, since I had all the important items with me) can be replaced.

When your child wakes up in the morning and goes room to room looking for his Elf and asks you why he didn’t come, it breaks your heart.

I know this is all make-believe, but as long as Jovani chooses to believe in the magic of Christmas, I will do my best to make him smile.”

Police recovered Villahermosa’s purse and then left a note on her door telling her they had the purse in an evidence locker at the station. The officer then took scheduled time off, and Villahermosa was unable to meet with the officer to get the purse and the elf doll inside.

Perok then purchased a new elf after Villahermosa’s sister contacted the police department asking if police would pose for a photo with the elf. This way Villahermosa could tell her son the elf was working police on “special assignment.”

Police took several photos with Freddie, in scenes where he is being questioned by an officer while reviewing a Christmas Bad Guy Line Up, holding a police badge, and sitting on the Perok’s shoulder while he was working in his office. Freddie has also been issued a business card from the police department states “Detective Freddie the Elf, of the Office of Spreading Christmas Cheer.”

Villahermosa posted:

“Omg!! Look what the PWCPD did for Freddie!!!!! My heart can’t possibly take anymore!!”

Today, Villahermosa told Potomac Local she was headed to the police evidence room to recover her purse.

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