WOODY CREEK — A 60-year-old Woody Creek woman with a history of shoplifting will spend three weeks in jail and two years on probation for stealing a $4,100 pullover from a downtown shop nearly three years ago.
Jillian Epstein White — also a New York resident — apologized for her actions and told a District Court Judge that she only wants “to help myself.
“I’m sorry for all of the present or past crimes, if you want to call them (that),” White said. “I didn’t move here to commit crimes.”
White was arrested in April and charged with felony theft after an employee at Brunello Cucinelli recognized her as the person who stole a brown, suede pullover valued at $4,145 from the store two years earlier.
At the time, the employee ordered White to leave the store, while other employees followed her to a Porsche SUV and recorded its license number, according to a police report.
White pleaded guilty in January to misdemeanor theft — the felony theft count was dismissed as part of a plea deal.
On Monday, prosecutor Andrea Bryan detailed White’s lengthy criminal history, including six arrests for theft-related offenses:
White was arrested in 2006 for allegedly stealing patio furniture, Bryan said. In June 2008, she allegedly stole two pairs of sunglasses valued at $434 from the Sunglass Hut in Aspen, according to court documents. In May 2013, White admitted to stealing two cans of coconut water from Roxy’s Market at the Aspen Business Center, documents state.
Then in January 2015, White was caught on surveillance video at the St. Regis Hotel stealing a black faux leather coat. And, finally, just days before she was arrested for the Brunello Cucinelli theft nearly a year ago, New York City police arrested her for allegedly stealing a Givenchy purse, Bryan has said.
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