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Subscribe to RSSA woman in Salt Lake City repeatedly stole from her neighbors, donning an oversized man's suit, a beanie and a fake mustache in an attempt to disguise herself while she entered their home, police said.
The Salt Lake City Tribune reported that the 31-year-old woman's disguise didn't fool anyone for long, though: On Thursday, she was charged with two counts of burglary and one count of theft for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars.
According to police, the victims had noticed several thousand dollars in cash missing from a box in their house, The Tribune reported. They checked the box a second time and found another $9,000 missing.
None of the people involved in the case were identified. It was not clear why the victims were holding such a large amount of cash in their house.
The victims had only given their house key to one person, a neighbor, and decided to set up a trap to see if she was the burglar, The Tribune reported. They put a small amount of cash in the box and set up security cameras, court documents state.
The security footage captured the woman, since identified as Manar Ahmad of Salt Lake City, in a very large man's suit, a beanie cap, and a fake mustache using the key to get into the home, the documents show.
Salt Lake City police searched her house and found her disguise inside, according to The Tribune.
All of her charges are second-degree felonies.
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you just can't fix stupid...
Are you referring to the cheesy costume or keeping "thousands of dollars" in a box in your home?????
I think its a little of column A and a little of column B
It wouldn't surprise me to find in these economically troubled times that maybe thousands of people in this country are keeping cash on hand in their homes.
Of course you have to have the cash to hide it.
My piggy banks went dry a long time ago, so I don't have any...if any of my neighbors were thinking of 'visiting' while I'm not home.
May as well leave your cash at home.
What are the banks giving for savings account interest these days? Less than 1%?
Forget them...
Well at least by keeping your money at home you have a chance of holding the thieves accountable in court after catching them. Banks not so much.
Since all my neighbor ladies already have mustaches it would not work here.
I hope the U.S. has the sense to deport her after she finishes her jail term
I say we just deport her now and save the money.
Yeah, send her to Colombia.
how do you know she's not a us-born citizen?
Finally, someone caught the notorious Mario Brothers gang. They've been stealing my quarters for years.
Lol that is exactly what came to mind when I saw the headline. Oooooooh Marío!
What gave her away was the fake mustache didn't match her chin hair......it's all in the details.
I believe the mustache did match the carpet though.
You can see her lawyer in the courtroom. He's the one in the wedding dress with the corsage.
Nice neighbor. Time to change to locks.
...and buy a shotgun.
sooo funny! did she really think that she would get away with it? stupid!
Clark Kent's been doing more w/ less for decades.
:D
Snidely Whiplash?
The Gallagher disguise didn't fool any one! Now if she brought a giant mallet and a watermelon with her she'd be at home counting all her money while the cops were knocking on his door!
All kinds of stupid roaming around that neighborhood!
Really!! You didn't think to move the box someplace else after money goes missing the first time? And what rational person (not a drug dealer) keeps that much cash laying around the house?
I am So disappointed there is no photo to go with this article!
LOL that's awesome
Who the hell keeps over 10k in a box and on top of that does not keep it in a hidden unknown place!?
"Hey! If I'm not looking at it, no one else can see it either."
How someone who thinks like that even HAS 10k to stuff in a box to begin with.......
Shss! In these times 'Who the hell has over 10K to put in a box?'
Since the amount is relatively small so I don't know if it fits the profile. Business owners who try to evade tax would stash cash around the house (at least $50K). Some would keep them in a deposit box; but there is also rumor that bank employees stole money/jewelry from target deposit boxes as well. Often, incidents like this would not be reported because they don't want authority to ask them why do you have $100K in your deposit box?
The box was probably in a hidden place; but the neighbor might have stumbled on it after many attempt to search the house because she had the key.
My relatives asked me if they can deposit cash into my account and then I would write check to deposit into their account so they can evade tax/sale tax. My answer was always no so they stopped asking me. Even though i don't like the IRS but I hate to mess with them :)
Chris, are your relatives from Nigeria?
Manar Ahmad! Now where could she have come from? Does she come under the new terrorist law? Have the Army hold her indefinitely.
Racist much?
Yes.In the west you can have a holier than thou attitude without fearing for your life
She's probably a U.S. citizen by birth.
@Crying Shame - I agree completely. Judge this woman by her actions (which obviously shows she's already an idiot), but let's leave race out of it.
We have no idea where this woman is from, she could be more American than you or me.
HAhahahahahahahahahahahah
I would have put a note in the box saying;
Smile your on camera and you've just been busted!
Honesty went out of style long long ago..
Maybe we could be a little more sensitive to her culture you asses!!! Cut off her hand
You people in Texas should rot in hell for supporting a system that executes people as easy as ripping the days off a calender. I wouldn't drive threw that cop infested state. A person doesn't have to have a phony gun to get shot down like a dog, all they have to do is scratch in the wrong place to be the recipient of deadly force. I hope the scum that was responsible for his death rot in their beds. You people in Texas don't know how to solve problems you just know how to lock them up and shoot them. What would anybody expect from the Wild Wild State that gave us the biggest ass ever to be president Bush. Let us not forget the biggest theft in the country. When Jed Bush pulled that little stunt with the votes. You people deserve everything you get when you support a system like that. Move out of that stinking state.
I don't really understand what you're talking about...this article is about a woman donning a disguise to rob a neighbor in Utah.
wasnt a disquise. She just stop waxing.
If you're going to make a disguise for yourself and rob someone with it, make sure it's foolproof LOL
sounds like dimitri needs a nap......