Missing Dennis the Menace statue found in lake

The sheriff’s dive team found the 3ft-tall statue in Roberts Lake after Monterey city police received an anonymous tip about its location

Monterey’s Dennis the Menace statue (Tess Kenny/Monterey Herald via AP)

A statue of comic strip character Dennis the Menace that was stolen from a park in Monterey, California, last summer has been found submerged in a nearby lake.

“Today is a happy day!” Monterey County sheriff Tina Nieto said at a press conference where the statue was wheeled in on a cart.