Article: Albert Lea mayor arrested on suspicion of theft from store.(NEWS)

Byline: Jill Burcum; Staff Writer

At $15.99, the pearl-colored Ralph Lauren designer blouse would have been considered a steal by most shoppers.

But in August, someone really tried to get it for free by removing the blouse's price tag, attaching it to an old yellow plaid blouse and returning the retagged top to the Marshall Field's Southdale store in Edina for a full refund.

Store security officials have seen the ruse often enough that they've got a name for it: "ticket-switching." But in this case, it was no ordinary shopper whom officials nabbed after tracing the exchange through video and credit card records. According to Edina police, it ...

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