Man gets Snow Revenge for Shovel Theft

There's something about winter storms that should bring out the best in Canadians and Americans - helping each other dig out and stay warm, but for a Chicago man, this was not the case. David Welles caught a woman stealing his snow shovel recently on his surveillance cameras. The woman is seen walking her dog when she stops in front of Welles' gate, walks up to the porch and takes the shovel. To make matters worse, her dog does his business in the yard during the theft.

She is then seen on another camera going to a car and digging it out of the snowWelles told CBS news Chicago he had no problem with her borrowing the shovel, but what bothered him was the fact she didn't return it. So he got revenge.

Welles took his new snowblower and buried the woman's car with snow from the sidewalk and lawn. He said he wasn't malicious, he just wanted to make it harder for her to get to where she needed to go. The woman walked by again later with her dog and saw it car covered in snow. She returned a few minutes later and spent a significant amount of time clearing it yet again, this time with a broom.

There's no word on who the mystery woman was, but the shovel has since been returned and is leaning against the garage behind Welles' house. Welles said the video shows that "crime does not pay."