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Men cited for stealing bear statue after posting photos on Facebook

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MILWAUKIE, Ore., June 23 (UPI) -- Police in Milwaukie, Ore., said they cited two men for allegedly stealing a wooden bear from a bar after they posted photos of it on Facebook.

Police cited Cory Daniel Harris, 26, and Trevor Modar, 25, for misdemeanor second-degree theft for allegedly stealing the statue from the Wichita Pub Friday, The (Portland) Oregonian reported Saturday.

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An anonymous person notified police of the theft after seeing the photos on Facebook, the newspaper said.

In one photo, Harris pretends to engage in a sex act with the bear. In other, he's on a couch with the animal and a can of beer with the caption, "Go home bear, you're drunk."

Wichita Pub bartender Sydney Reeves -- who recognized Harris as a customer -- said the posts were "a really dumb move."

"I've served him like a billion times," she said of Harris.

Waitress Shelly VanVoorhis said the theft was probably a drunken prank, but "it is stealing after all."

"And they're apparently not very good at it because they blasted it all over a social network," she added.

Police said the two men maintain the theft was a prank and they intended to return the statue to the bar.

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Harris posted another photo after his citation of the bear in the back of a patrol car, The Oregonian said.

"Ps... Don't borrow the Witchita (sic) bear," he wrote on his Facebook account.

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