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Police: Former Miss Teen Illinois Tried to Swipe Clothing

Orland Park police accused former Miss Teen Illinois with trying to take $288 worth of clothes in early April.

UPDATE: Charges were later dropped against Juris in this case.

Back in December, Stacie Juris said she was looking forward to competing again in the Miss Illinois Pageant later this year, after she in last November’s competition.

Later in April, she left a department store in the Orland Square Mall with $288 worth of clothing in her purse, according to an Orland Park police report. Officers were called to the mall by security who said she tried to leave a store without paying for the items on April 4 around 1 p.m., police said.

Juris, 20, of the 8100 block of Glenbrook Place in Tinley Park, was charged with retail theft.

On the same day of the charge, Juris posted a one-word message on her Twitter account: humbled.

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daryl d April 30, 2011 at 05:18 pm
Welcome to the age of teenagers.
sharon martnuska April 30, 2011 at 05:57 pm
i seem to remember a few actreses who stole, but they were so sorry, please
TitanGirl April 30, 2011 at 06:28 pm
Wow, she is ruining her life. Nobody will hire her now, cause she got a record.
Wes Etheridge April 30, 2011 at 06:57 pm
I can't believe that we live in a world in which you can fit $288 worth of clothes into a handbag.
john bruno April 30, 2011 at 07:00 pm
titan....It is a misdemeanor....easily taken care of in court and then with an expungement four or five years down the road.
She is such a pretty girl. Feel sad for her and her beautiful family and friends.
doug April 30, 2011 at 07:10 pm
she had the world in hand...dumb,dumb...mistake...what are kids thinking of these days....
r harrod April 30, 2011 at 07:28 pm
Pat Boone shop-lifted as a teen-ager in Nashville, Tennessee....don't know if he was ever caught but he told about it in one of his biographies.
richard nicoletti April 30, 2011 at 07:38 pm
Doug, she didn't make a mistake. She knowingly broke the law. Mistakes are corrected with erasers. Hers will be corrected in a correctional institution unless her pretty face can change the judge's mind. Then he's making a mistake.
Rick April 30, 2011 at 07:39 pm
r harrod
Only reason Pat Boone did that BS wasn't cause he had any guilt feelings like he stated. He did it for the publicity. He was trying look at me I am a clean honest person. Yeah OK? I never bought that bull any more than I bought Jimmy Swaggart, while he was on television with his alligator tears rolling saying I have sinned against you Lord. Cause he was caught with a prostitute. They all just sold everyone swamp land. Also it should be dropped and forgotten about later on. Its not a big deal. Not condoning her actions. But we need to stop holding on to BS. There is much worse things going on in this world than a crazy shoplifting incident.
Red Sam Rackham April 30, 2011 at 07:52 pm
A misdemeanor perhaps but at age 20 (over 18) she's an adult and this record will not be expunged unless she has a very good lawyer and even then there's no guarantee. When a preteen or a teen under 16 gets caught shoplifting we say "kids will be kids" and release them to their parents, hoping mom and/or dad will discipline the child, teaching him or her that such behavior is unacceptable. However by the time the children are 19 or 20 they should have better sense than this young woman displayed.
howard gee April 30, 2011 at 07:59 pm
a sure case of lohanitis.
john bruno April 30, 2011 at 08:10 pm
Look, folks, it is a misdemeanor. She'll get supervision and perhaps a fine. She'll have to pay a fine directly to the store, too. She can file an Expungement request without an attorney. Cost used to be $65.00...not sure what it is now. Wait is usually 4 or 5 years.
Making much 'ado about nothing. Sounds like too many of you are watching those dopey killers on "First 48". This is as basic a shoplifting charge as can be.
Ricardo Morosco April 30, 2011 at 08:17 pm
It's not her fault, it's the liberals! They are all up to something, you betcha!
Ricardo Morosco April 30, 2011 at 08:17 pm
It's the fault of those liberals! They are up to such doings.
jim sundrman April 30, 2011 at 08:26 pm
Several years ago I knew Miss Wyoming, a friend of my daughter's.. She had to find a sponcer or more to provide clothing for the competition. She didn't steal anything but she sure had a hard time finding any company to sponcer her and/or furnish outfits for the competition. Step back for a minute and think of the clothes those girls have to get. In Wyoming, there wasn't any big named sponcers around. I don't know this girl's financial background but maybe she did what others have done... Wrong YES, but understandable.
William Smith April 30, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Now, I gotta say she's a fantastic looking girl. All of you who have posted negative comments are ..... I'll pay her a bail anytime
Einstien May 1, 2011 at 01:53 am
A good shoplifters team knows the best tricks. You get a real beuty and she flirts witht the clerk while the ugly girl steals them blind. Later they split up 60/40 beuaty/ugly. With this methid the skys the limit . A good teem can do very well and work many stores in one area and clean out all in few days and then on to the next hood or town. good luck but remember it is illegal!!!! LOL
mck May 2, 2011 at 01:28 pm
Stacie Juris will not be able to compete in Miss Illinois USA because of this next year, most likely.
Veruka Salt May 2, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Beauty doesn't last forever. That's the thing, people try to use their beauty to get away with things. She might as well be dancing at a strip joint.
Special K May 4, 2011 at 02:25 pm
Who cares?
She was took some overpriced clothes that were made by young childgren in another country for meer penny's. ah, Everybody always gets caught. It's a reality check for her now. Now the legal team makes a profit next... and she gets dragged thru the mud... Lesson learned. She got a little greedy, that's all.
Sue1 May 13, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Jim,
Are you for real? Those poor girls have to enter these contests and the clothes are so expensive, they can't find someone to sponsor them so they have no other choice than to shoplift? I have another choice for you..... don't enter the contest!
Melinda November 9, 2011 at 03:00 am
Shoplifting is not setting a good example to others. What kind of a role model is this ? She should be disqualified from entering any pageant and what if she steals clothing from the other contestants?

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