Baby JESUS gets GPS next step RFID..
MIAMI — In Bal Harbour, Fla., the Baby Jesus statue is back where it belongs. And just to make sure the statue doesn't go missing again, Jesus, Mary and Joseph will be equipped with GPS tracking devices. For six years, Dina Cellini has put up a Nativity display in Bal Harbour's Founders Circle. But earlier this month, someone took off with the statue of Jesus. Cincinnati resident Jeffrey Harris read a story about the crime online. "I felt bad. How could someone steal a baby Jesus?" said Harris, who celebrates Hanukkah, not Christmas. "Even though I am Jewish, I like the Christmas spirit," said Harris, a civil attorney. So he offered to replace the figurine. "He's a wonderful human being," Cellini said. "It's so fitting that this negative act ended generously." But now, Cellini is taking no more chances. In perhaps the ultimate merger of old and new, she plans to add GPS tracking devices to the statues. Cellini, using residents'