SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. -- Four teenagers were charged in connection with a weekend vandalism spree in a Simpsonville neighborhood.

Residents said that they woke up on Sunday morning to find their Christmas decorations torn down and damaged.

One family said that their 6-foot-tall, robotic Santa had its head and hands knocked off and was thrown into the street.

Deputies said that four teens, all 17 years old, were charged with malicious damage and some of them were also charged with possession of marijuana.