It's a scenario of some residents' dreams: After returning home from a weekend getaway they find that someone has decorated their place for the holidays.

But it wasn't a dream for a Herscher family who came home to that very situation Monday, and police now are investigating the case as a crime.

The woman and her children left their apartment after 1 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of East Second Street, and when they returned Monday morning they found a host of holiday decorations and lights had been put up, Herscher Police Chief Rick Gilbert said Tuesday.

Nothing was reported stolen.