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[SeaMaiden]

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Jennifer Susan Kline, 50, of Wayzata was scheduled to make her first court appearance Tuesday afternoon. Kline was crowned Mrs. America in 1989 and had been a host on ShopNBC/EVINE Live.

http://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2016/April/Kline-Jennifer-fraudcharge

this is her arrest photo taken one day ago.

[bri20]

OMGosh.

I'm not familiar with her, but that is shocking.

[Jacie]

Yeah, she lives in my vicinity on the lake. It's been the talk of the town! Pretty and pretty messed up was the concensus!

[millieshops]

So --- are we concerned that she was arrested or that 25 years have taken a toll on her appearance?  Make-up would change the letter.

[missy1]

She is/was a pretty good host.

[RetRN]

I'm concerned that she was arrested,  I don't care about her appearance.

If she has a husband and children this can't be easy for them. She obviously has a problem and will probably pay a price for her poor choices.

[MaggieMack]

Here's the post from Hennepin County:

"Former Mrs. America charged with swindle at Macy's
A former Mrs. America and home shopping network host was charged with theft by swindle in a scheme that cost Macy’s more than $5,000, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Tuesday.

Jennifer Susan Kline, 50, of Wayzata was scheduled to make her first court appearance Tuesday afternoon. Kline was crowned Mrs. America in 1989 and had been a host on ShopNBC/EVINE Live.

According to the criminal complaint, a Macy’s asset protection detective contacted Edina Police in early December to report that on Nov. 5, Kline purchased $2,884 worth of designer clothing items from the Southdale store. The next day, she purchased another $2,906 worth of clothes from the same store. On Nov. 11 and 30, Kline returned numerous articles of clothing to Macy’s Mall of America store and was refunded $5,501.

The Macy’s detective was told about the returns and examined the returned clothes. He discovered that the tags and labels had been switched from the new clothes Kline purchased and attached to the returned clothing. On further examination, the returned clothes were dirty or showed other signs of having been worn, the complaint states.

Edina Police executed a search warrant at Kline’s home and recovered 24 items of clothing purchased on Nov. 5 and 6 and supposedly returned on Nov. 11 and 30, according to the complaint.

Criminal Complaint (PDF)"

Doing the math, she was around 23 when she was Mrs. America. I cannot imagine doing what she did, but I would guess it is more prevalent than we think.

[Trinity11]

Why did the sales associate take the clothing back in the first place if it was stained? 

[hopi]

Well the streets are safer now....

such a minor incident 

[missy1]

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@Trinity11 wrote:

Why did the sales associate take the clothing back in the first place if it was stained? 

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Maybe she/he knew she was a host, and didn't want to cause problems for Macy's,