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If you want to have “some fun,” my advice to you all is to have a few drinks. Don’t do what these two tourists did.
Katie Mager and Ryan Reiersgaard, from Minnesota, arrived in Chicago looking to have some fun for Reiersgaar’s birthday. And what did they decide to do? Oh, you know, just lie to police and tell them they’ve been robbed at knifepoint. According to prosecutors, Mager and Reiersgaard told police that three guys had robbed them at knifepoint, and proceeded to steal a $12,000 engagement ring, a $3,000 Louis Vuitton suitcase, a Burberry purse, a $2,000 laptop, a wallet, a $150 iPad Mini and a $300 suitcase. And if that wasn’t enough, the pair also said $5,000 in cash was stolen from them.
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Mager and Reiersgaard’s story quickly fell apart, however, when officers started questioning the pair about the robbery.
According to police, Mager said she could recognize one of their alleged attackers because he “looked like a milk-dud or Fat Albert” and smelled like marijuana, but couldn’t explain why she and Reiersgaard couldn’t recall details about the items that were taken.
Mager told authorities that she and Reiersgaard, 27, were trying to find their hotel but got lost while following the GPS. She also said she was supposed to meet a friend in Evanston for pizza, but couldn’t remember the name of the restaurant. When she and Reiersgaard couldn’t find the hotel, she told police that they parked their rental car, grabbed their luggage and started walking. Mager said she was too stressed to remember why they left their car and started walking.
Police also found it suspicious that the pair didn’t try to locate their stolen Apple items by tracking them.
Footage from the O’Hare International Airport in Illinois showed Mager and Reiersgaard arriving from Minneapolis without any luggage.
These idiots were both arrested and charged with a felony disorderly conduct to relating to the false report of a crime. But Mager did apologize, saying she “made a mistake, had bad friends and is sorry.”
Well, if they still want to have fun they can always get drunk and watch some Netflix.
