shoplifting assemblywoman was on Neiman Marcus radar from previous visit

[Liberal_in_LA]

Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi on Neiman Marcus radar

Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi was already on Neiman Marcus' radar when she was arrested outside its Union Square store last month for allegedly shoplifting $2,450 worth of merchandise, including a pair of leather pants.

According to sources close to the case, a week before the Neiman bust, a store saleswoman noticed that a dress was missing after a woman matching Hayashi's description tried it on.

The saleswoman did not know who Hayashi was, but when the Castro Valley Democrat showed up Oct. 25, the clerk alerted store security and they began tracking her with surveillance cameras.


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Hayashi's attorney, Douglas Rappaport, declined to comment on the latest details in the case. A PR man for Hayashi has said it was all a big mistake, that the assemblywoman was distracted by phone calls and text messages and was just about to return to the store when she was stopped.

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[yardwork]

1. I bet she didn't get face slammed into a concrete floor.