An unusual crime spree involving stolen Smokey the Bear signs led investigators to discover they were being sold online for as much as $1,900 , Florida officials say.

The iconic signs, which promote fire safety, were taken from Florida Forest Service lands where dangerous wildfires erupt in dry conditions.

“Our Ag Law Team has a suspect in custody who traveled from Pensacola to Orlando stealing Smoky Bear signs from our state forests and selling them on Facebook Marketplace,” Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson said in a Facebook post.

The 29-year-old suspect lives in Milton in the Florida Panhandle, and was arrested July 30 on “multiple charges of felony grand theft,” state officials said. He is being held in the Okaloosa County jail on $5,000 bond, records show.

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