Woman steals Fur Coat, snaps with it, gets arrested by police after posting photo on instagram

Angeline Chidowore, a New York woman, has been arrested for stealing a $13,000 mink coat after she posted a photo of herself wearing it on Instagram.

The 39 year old worked at high end clothing store, Moda Operandi and was in charge of inventory.

The coat went missing from the store; when apprehended, Angeline denied knowing where the coat could be.

On Nov. 9, 2016, the same lady had signed for a shipment of 14 items, including the mink coat she posted photos of herself wearing, and there was no one else at the shop at the time, the complaint says.

The company terminated Chidowore on Dec. 13, 2016, and then noticed that a $13,200 red mink coat from the brand Color Temperature was missing from the shop's inventory.

On Dec. 25, 2016, Chidowore was seen by her employer wearing the same missing coat in a photo she posted of herself on Instagram and alerted police.

She got arrested on Feb. 22, 2017, and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, police said.

Her attorney Kenneth Gilbert, claims his client was simply trying on the coat in the store when she took the said picture and did not steal it.

He further stated that Chidowore wears many expensive clothes, hence it’s impossible to determine that the coat came from Moda Operandi.

"The allegations are false. She is denying that she has done anything like this". "She's worked for some of the big name fashion stores in the country since 2003, and nothing like this has ever happened before. She had an assistant and intern and a new person, there were other people at the location when this allegedly disappeared.

"She is angry about this. I haven’t seen what they're talking about. In some cases, not necessarily this one, they do put coats on and take pictures with the company phone or iPad. When she came back to work, things were confiscated from her. There are some inconsistencies in what they're saying."

However, she was released without bail and is due back in court on April 11, as stated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.