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The cowardly thief had no heart -- and precious little brain."
Replicas of Dorothy Gale's ruby slippers from the "Wizard of Oz" were pinched from a lobby display case at the Hilton Garden Inn earlier this month.
And the hotel's security cameras -- there are 50 in all on the premises -- caught the wicked theft in all its brazen ignominy.
Police are asking the public's help in identifying a woman they describe as a suspect in the grand larceny committed on March 1 at 2:05 a.m. She is plainly visible in a still photo and video that accompany the police sheet.
Richard Nicotra, the Hilton's owner, who estimated the slippers' value at $2,500, said he and his wife, Lois, bought them from a vendor in Paris. Displayed for the last several years, they were meant to remind guests that while "there's no place like home," the Hilton strives to provide a reasonable facsimile.
"'Disappointed' is the word," he said in respect of the dastardly theft. "You feel violated." Art worth $2 million graces the hotel, he noted, all of it previously undisturbed for the last 14 years.
The miscreants apparently timed the guard's rounds, so as to have a clear shot at the valuable tchotchkes, Nicotra said. He doubts they were guests of the hotel.
Silive.com via the wicked NY Times
13 comments:
We're not in Kansas any more, Toto!
What's the matter with Kansas?
She looks bossy. And drunk.
Unbelievable, I can identify her!
She's an Obama voter.
The Wicked witch was wearing a grey scarf.
She looks like...Madonna!
A little Debbie Harry to me.
She looks like Tatum O'Neil.
Paris Hilton.
It's not stealing cause my heart is pure!
Gays everywhere are crowdsourcing to find out who these perpetrator is and will accost her with venomous snark and bossiness post haste. On a side note, all of Chelsea shut down because all of the twinks are laying down a dragnet to get her.
This is definitely a hate crime.
Mebbe.
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