Monterey's missing 'Dennis the Menace' statue found in lake
February 10, 2023
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Dennis the Menace has been found.
A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey, California, last summer was found submerged in a nearby lake.
"Today is a happy day!" Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said Wednesday at a press conference where the statue was wheeled in on a handcart.
The sheriff's dive team found the 3-foot-tall (1 meter) statue in Roberts Lake after Monterey city police received an anonymous tip about its location.
Dennis the Menace has a big but oddly troubled local connection. His creator, Hank Ketcham, was a longtime...
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