A 61-year-old man wearing a plaid shirt and carrying a roll of stolen AstroTurf was arrested Monday and charged with stealing from several high-end Aspen stores, according to court documents.
Randy Marcuson admitted to some of the thefts from downtown stores including Prada, Dolce and Gabbana and Moncler, and was charged with three felonies — theft, identity theft and forgery — according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed Tuesday in Pitkin County District Court.
The incident began just after 10 a.m. Monday, when a Missouri resident called Aspen police to report that someone stole her purse from Shakti Shala while she was in a yoga class, the affidavit states. A sergeant who took the report advised the woman to call and cancel her credit cards.
“The suspect description aired by dispatch was an older man wearing plaid and ‘carrying new ski poles and a roll of AstroTurf,'” according to the affidavit.
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