Perhaps it is time that the shop owners ban together and teach her a once in a lifetime lesson.
Posted on 02/22/2022 3:55:49 PM PST by thegagline
A self-described “professional booster” with 96 arrests on her record was nabbed again this week for allegedly stealing from an Upper East Side Target — and then released at her arraignment on Thursday, The Post has learned.
Michelle Mckelley, 42, allegedly boasted about her “hustle” at the store on Third Avenue near East 70th Street, telling cops, “I haven’t got caught in a long time,” after her latest bust Wednesday, prosecutors said in Manhattan Criminal Court.
“I’m a professional booster. Y’all are stopping my hustle,” the serial shoplifter allegedly told officers.
Speaking to The Post after her hearing, Mckelley unabashedly described how she “professionally obscures” items — including the red shirt she wore in court.
“I have to get a new outfit … so I have to go work,” Mckelley said when asked if she’d continue.
“I don’t call it stealing, I call it professional boosting,” she added matter-of-factly.
Police sources said Mckelley has 96 prior arrests, mostly for petit larceny, a misdemeanor that is not eligible for monetary bail under state law. She has at least four other open cases, one for robbery, a felony, and three for misdemeanors.
She was out on supervised release in another petit larceny at the time of the bust — and also had seven open bench warrants, prosecutors said.
The brazen “booster” has one felony conviction, two misdemeanor convictions and has failed to show up to court at least 27 times.
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Perhaps it is time that the shop owners ban together and teach her a once in a lifetime lesson.
How professional is she if she’s got caught 96 times already??
Michelle Mckelley? Funny, she doesn’t look Irish to me.
Naughty creature.
Don’t be so hard on her. Everyone deserves a 98th chance.
Am I seeing things? Or does she have 5 o’clock shadow?
Or female.
Note the 5 o’clock shadow.
I noticed. See post 6.
getting caught 96 times kinda indicates they are not “professional”
getting caught 96 times kinda indicates they are not “professional”
SPJNK.
SHE needs a shave.
Lot of chin whiskers going on there
Or much like a “she…”
I would call her an amateur thief if she keeps getting caught.
Shaquille O’Neal’s cousin.
Is she out yet? I hope the court didn’t ask for bail. Seems pretty certain she will turn up somewhere or other if you need to catch up with here.
Funny.
Is she like an MLB shortstop who is the league's base stealing record holder for the year but was still caught a certain number of times during the season.
Maybe she should improve her slide as she exits the stores.
Ahhh, don’t be so critical. She’s just an undocumented shopper.
Amateur thief....
Yes.
The Corporate Finance Institute defines a professional this way:
The term professional refers to anyone who earns their living from performing an activity that requires a certain level of education, skill, or training.
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