Lindsay wearing the coat in question (1/26)

Lindsay Lohan stole an $11,000 mink coat earlier this year from a private party at New York's 1Oak restaurant. As partygoer Masha Markova, 22, was leaving the party, she went to retrieve her coat but it was gone. Two weeks later she saw a picture of Lohan in OK! magazine wearing the unmistakable coat. She told the New York Post:

"I was actually talking on the phone to my grandmother about something else, and then I flipped through the magazine, saw the picture said, 'I need to call you back.' It was my coat. It was no doubt!"

Though club owners vowed to help Markova get her coat back, several days passed with no call back. Enter the lawyers. Markova's lawyer contacted Lohan's lawyer and -- surprise!:

The coat arrived at Markova's Morningside Heights apartment two days later. Reeking of cigarettes and booze with a slight tear in the lining, the fur coat was no worse for wear after a dry cleaning and quick patch-up. Still, she wants answers - and Lohan to own up to swiping her coat.

"I don't see how it could have been an accident," Markova said. (Source)

Of course Lindsay's rep is trying to say she made a mistake and that she owns a coat that looks similar to the one in question. The only problem is that Lindsay arrived to the party in a black jacket and left in the fur coat. Now I'm no detective but bitch stole that coat. It wasn't a mistake. A mistake is when you set your alarm for 7 p.m. instead of 7 a.m or when you accidentally wear you wife's bra and panties to work. I would say that Lindsay needs to be arrested but handcuffs aren't exactly "punishment" for her.

[BauerGriffinOnline, Pacific Coast News]