Dentures stolen from woman's mouth

Police in Richmond, Virginia, are searching for a man who robbed a woman of her dentures. Richmond police Capt. Roger Russell explained that a woman’s dentures were pulled out of her mouth and taken by a man she knew during an altercation outside herapartment. He said investigators were told by those who heard the altercation that the suspect shouted that “he had paid for them and was taking them back.”

The victim, who doesn't want to be named, says it was “a fatal attraction thing” that led to her dentures being wrestled out of her mouth by a former suitor who had paid for them. “I hadn’t been able to afford dentures,” she explained. “He says to me, ‘you’re a pretty girl but I can see you’re self-conscious about your teeth.’ And he said, ‘I want to surprise you,’” she added.



That former neighbour took her to Affordable Dentures early one morning and after a long day there, she had her dentures. She said the man wasn’t her lover, but her friend. A man who looked out for her, admired her, she believed. She said she needed a friend, and smile. But, she said, he wanted more. His calls and appearances at her door eventually became too much, she said, and she warned him off.

He was waiting outside of her apartment on Tuesday evening as she walked out to do her laundry, she said, describing how he grabbed her behind her neck and forced the dentures out of her mouth. Russell, who will have been on the police force 30 years this summer, said it’s the first denture robbery he’s seen. He said the victim could’ve been hurt during the attack and they’re taking the crime seriously. Police have identified the suspect as Linwood Harris, 63.

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