Smokey the Bear arrests man for allegedly stealing his signs in Florida to sell on Facebook: 'Dumb criminals'

Smokey the Bear helped law enforcement arrest a man for stealing his signs from across Florida and selling them on Facebook Marketplace The suspect was posting the signs on Facebook Marketplace for apiece according to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson What happens when dumb criminals poke the bear Simpson wrote Wednesday on social media Our Ag Law Group has a suspect in custody who traveled from Pensacola to Orlando stealing Smoky Bear signs from our state forests and selling them on Facebook Marketplace for each he continued Big thank you to Smokey the Bear for personally assisting in the arrest FLORIDA WOMAN CHARGED WITH CHILD NEGLECT AFTER LEAVING CHILDREN IN SWELTERING VEHICLEThe suspect whose identity was not issued was transported to jail following his arrest Simpson mentioned the suspect could face jail time although criminal charges are still pending according to Fox Smokey is reliably around our forest and just got lucky in contemporary times that he saw the bad guy and got him handcuffed Simpson explained the outlet What an idiot what an idiot MIAMI SAILING CAMP TRAGEDY BOAT CAPTAIN TESTED FOR ALCOHOL AFTER DEADLY COLLISION -YEAR-OLD VICTIM ID'D Smokey goes to schools he's known by our children he's known by our families he is known throughout the United States Simpson added Who goes and steals an image of Smokey the Bear and then tries to profit off of that The state has boosted efforts to prevent forest fires which destroyed acres last year The Agriculture Department which has a law enforcement division did acres of controlled burns last year spent million on upgraded equipment and dispatched Smokey to remind residents how they can prevent forest fires according to Fox If you're going to go in and commit crimes in our forests you perhaps need to find a different place Simpson stated the outlet Not only will you find smoke in particular of those forests but you'll find our car officers We're the most of pro-law enforcement state in the union he noted Smokey Bear is on the job also