Ernest Green is shown with his van Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002 in Clearwater, Fla. Having been in their shoes years ago, Green wanted to give a homeless couple a break on Christmas Eve. He picked them up panhandling in the rain outside a convenience store, to
CLEARWATER, Florida - A homeless couple taken in by a stranger on Christmas Eve stole the man's van, presents and groceries while he slept, sheriff's deputies said.
James Dixon was remorseful when he and Venus Dixon were arrested Wednesday, deputies said. They said he told them, "A man took me and my wife into his home last night, treated me as a person and a brother, and I did him wrong."