Police recover more than 240 stolen signs after serving warrant [Video]

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — A search warrant executed in Alexandria, Minnesota Wednesday turned up a stash of something Police Chief Scott Kent doesn’t see every day. 

Yard signs – and LOTS of ’em. 

The warrant was executed on a home in the resort town after months of investigating, Chief Kent said, and at the residents law enforcement located more than 240 different signs, from real estate markers to political campaigns and those advertising special events that take place in Alexandria during the busy summer months. 

A search warrant filed in Douglas County says a suspect was recognized in a number of instances taking signs and putting them in her van. When a deputy spoke with the suspect, she indicated frustration with law enforcement removing a sign a family member had placed …