Thief or Gardening Angel? Man Takes Lawnmower, Fills It with Gas and Then Mows 'Victim's' Lawn

Most thieves have a clear M.O.: Get in, take stuff and get out as quickly and quietly as possible. Every once in a while, you’ll have a criminal with a flair for the destructive, or one who steals weird tokens for the thrill of it, but you won’t often find someone like this man.

That’s because this man, who is loosely being called a “thief” by many, was not behaving like a thief at all. His timing was unusual and his motivation is terribly unclear, and the results have left people scratching their heads.

On April 1 (a curious date to choose, certainly), homeowners in Port Arthur, 🤠Texas, were startled when they realized a man had come onto their property, taken their lawnmower, and … mowed their lawn.

The entire spectacle was caught on home security video, and it certainly is curious to see the care with which the supposed thief makes his moves. He carefully sets a bike to the side of the driveway, then he rolls out the lawnmower, fills up the tank with gas and dutifully starts mowing the lawn.

When he reaches a broken picket in the fence along the front yard, he gently picks it up, places it on the other side of the fence and continues mowing.

According to local authorities, though, the man (identified as Marcus Hubbard) was not welcome and is being charged with “Burglary of a Building” — which is not the same as stealing from a home or structure where someone lives. The charge does not carry the same penalty, but can still be treated as a felony,