Justa used to date her

[DeanC]

Accused fur coat thief surprises Bloomington Police
BY MIKE HANKS • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Published: Sunday, January 9, 2011 12:09 AM CST

When questioned about a fur coat she was accused of stealing, a Brooklyn Park woman had a surprise for a Bloomington investigator.

After spending her New Year's Day weekend in a Bloomington Police Department jail cell, the 46-year-old suspect was interviewed Jan. 3. She was accused of taking a $6,500 fur coat from Alaskan Fur Company of Bloomington on New Year's Eve and arrested later that day on the opposite side of the city.

She initially said she didn't take the coat, but later claimed she had sold the coat prior to being arrested by police, according to the complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court Jan. 4.

When told by the investigator that she may be charged with felony theft while in custody - meaning a trip to downtown Minneapolis for booking - the woman produced the mid-length mink coat from underneath her dress.

The woman had been searched by police following her arrest, but the search failed to turn up the coat the woman - who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 270 pounds - had tucked into her underwear.

[xd ED]

Something to consider when you're out shopping for a mink coat: I wonder if that's the one...

[mnglocker]

I would have gone for beaver.

[xd ED]

I would have gone for beaver.

Two words:

5'6
270#

[ttousi]

[DeanC]

LOL - she showed them the pelt to avoid booking so there aren't any mug shots.

[mrp]

After giving up the coat nearly 72 hours later

PETA should be all over this. No mink should have to endure that kind of punishment, even when dead.

I hear it's on it's way to France, where they're going to steep it in a gallon of Boone's Farm and use it as a control in the Master Sommelier examination.

[westhope]

Please, please, NO PICTURES!

[mnglocker]

I would have gone for beaver.

Two words:

5'6
270#

I didn't say I was going for her beaver, just that if I was a woman and I was going to ganke a bunch of furs and shove them down my underpants, I'd pick beaver felts. As a dude, I'd steal gopher pelts.

[macphisto]

[VikesFan1]

LOL - she showed them the pelt to avoid booking so there aren't any mug shots.

She just delayed it. Unless they drop the charges she is still req'd to get booked.

[gyrfalcon]

Please, please, NO PICTURES!

+1000

[John S.]

Uhhhhhhh, it wasn't LITTLE!

[jweiss]

LMAO

[DeanC]

OK, just for you guys I hassled a reporter at City Pages and had him dig up more details. LMAO

Stephanie Travetta Moreland charged with stashing fur coat in underpants