Halloween decorations worth roughly $700 stolen from San Leandro home

Transforming their home into a free community haunted house has been a 20-year-tradition for a San Leandro family but recent thefts of expensive decorations have put a damper on their Halloween spirit."Well he was right here," homeowner D.W. Nutting told CBS News Bay Area. He said that two of their animatronics have been stolen off their lawn recently. "Like a lot of the props, they discontinue. So, we're not able to find him anymore," he said. Nutting estimated their loss to be about $700 total for both stolen animatronics. This isn't the first time they have fallen victim to thieves during the Halloween season. Last year, another decoration theft was caught on video."It was a mannequin type of guy and he was on the lawn. And we had it on camera, someone ran onto the lawn in the wee hours in a pickup truck on the lawn, snatched the whole thing," he said of last year's theft. Since the incident, his family has increased security and started an online fundraiser. The community has alr