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Algernon Moncrieff

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Fri Aug 15, 2014, 11:35 PM Aug 2014

Nobody shot Kate Meckler [View all]



In fact, Kate Meckler is going to do 40 hours in a soup kitchen. Now let's just say for a moment that Michael Brown stole the cigars; they were -- what? $50 absolute tops if they were good cigars? Let's compare that to Kate Meckler:

A high-flying New York real estate broker has admitted to stealing $1,700 worth of designer clothes from Saks Fifth Avenue.

Police arrested Kate Meckler, an agent for the New York-based firm Warburg Realty, in April after security staff saw her take a top, a pair of jeans and a jacket from the exclusive Manhattan department store without paying, according to the prosecutors' criminal complaint.


Meckler, who sells multimillion-dollar luxury homes in Manhattan, was originally charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, according to the complaint.

But she pleaded guilty Monday to a single count of disorderly conduct, the district attorney's office said
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723293/Top-New-York-real-estate-agent-sentenced-soup-kitchen-serving-stole-1700-worth-designer-clothes-Saks.html#ixzz3AWSLqTl5
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By the way: $1,700 =40 hours in a soup kitchen. That's $42.50 an hour. Nice work if you can get it.
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Nobody shot Kate Meckler [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 OP
I don't usually do this, but a kick so the day shift can see this Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #1
Good post malaise Aug 2014 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author HipChick Aug 2014 #3
The Barbie Bandits Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #4
there is no proof mr brown stole anything anywhere at anytime. spanone Aug 2014 #5
This is true. I was speaking hypothetically. Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #7
But was she jaywalking? gratuitous Aug 2014 #6
I think this is a key question. Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #8
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