Not-So-Smooth Criminals: 5 Cases of Sex Toy Theft Gone Wrong
The lube didn’t stick, but the charges did
There have been instances of successful sex toy heists where bandits have, in some cases, gotten away with several thousands of dollars of erotic pleasure. But not all criminals who try to steal sex toys are smooth enough to do the deed successfully. In fact, oftentimes these petty thieves get busted almost immediately. Here are five cases of bumbled sex toy thefts that ended in more legal pain that lusty pleasure.
A Horrible Job
What’s the first thing you want to do when you steal a $59.95 sex toy? Try it out of course! And that’s exactly what 23-year-old LeAnn Frauens did. Unfortunately, she applied for a job at the store before doing it. And thanks to the fact that she so readily handed over her name, phone number, and address, the store had no problem telling the police where to find her when they realized what she had done. When confronted by police, Frauens claimed she was too drunk to remember the theft, but she had used the vibrator, which she placed in a paper bag. “I noted the device appeared to have been used and not cleaned and did not remove it from the bag,” the officer wrote in the report.
