A pair of slippers once worn by actress Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz ruby slippers, which were on display at a news conference in September 2018 (Picture: AP)
A man has been indicted in the theft of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz.
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Terry Martin was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday, on one count of theft of a major artwork, according to federal prosecutors in North Dakota on Wednesday.
Martin stole the slippers from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005, the indictment alleges.
The shoes were recovered by the FBI in 2018. The slippers were being loaned to the museum in Garland’s hometown when someone entered through a window and broke a display case to take them, prosecutor said at the time.
Garland wore the recovered shoes in the 1939 musical and they are one of only four ruby slippers she wore during the production. Playing the lead role Dorothy, Garland famously clicked her heels wearing them and said, ‘There’s no place like home’.
The indictment did not include more information on Martin. There was no attorney listed for him in online records.
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A grand jury indicted Terry Martin in the theft of the ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.
