Burglar writes 'I need Jesus' in sriracha sauce before stealing Christmas presents

Sharon Roznik | Fond du Lac Reporter

FOND DU LAC - A 29-year-old man sentenced to eight years behind bars for committing a string of residential burglaries to pay off a drug debt called for a savior in a saucy way before he stole people's belongings, including Christmas presents, court records state.

Aron Sampson of Fond du Lac was ordered to prison Wednesday by Fond du Lac Circuit Court Judge Peter Grimm for 11 felony convictions involving break-ins that occurred back in December 2017.

Police say Sampson ransacked a house on Forest Avenue on Dec. 8 and stole several items, among them a Smith and Wesson revolver, a 9 mm handgun, change jars, electronics, a comforter, video games and a glass piggy bank.

Before leaving, he wrote "I need Jesus" in sriracha sauce on the floor, court records state.

On Dec. 21, police responded to another home on Forest Avenue where doors had been pried open and items strewn everywhere. Presents were missing from underneath the Christmas tree, along with jewelry and money from a girl's birthday cards.

The next day a house on Farwell Avenue suffered the same fate. This time three long guns and some iPads were missing. The tracking system on one of the iPads led authorities to an apartment complex in Fond du Lac, were some of the missing items were found.

Sampson admitted to breaking into homes to pay off a drug debt after he was given crack cocaine. The drug dealer ordered him to burglarize homes, he said.

A restitution hearing will be set at a later date.