I'm not sure if there's a Shoplifting Hall of Fame, but if there is, I'd hope there would be a place in it for Stephanie Moreland, 46, who pleaded guilty on Monday to one of the most ingenious — and tactically improbable — heists of all time.

Last New Year's Eve, Ms. Moreland smuggled a mink coat out of the Alaskan Fur Company store in Bloomington, Minn. Cops were called and tracked her car down, where they found the coat hanger but no coat. They held her in jail and questioned her for three days, until she eventually revealed she had the coat on her person at all times — stashed inside her underwear. (If there's a Hall of Fame for Terrible Detective Work, I also have a nomination to suggest.)

And how, exactly, does one stash a fur coat in one's unmentionables? I'm glad you asked.

"She had modified her underwear. She actually cut the rear of the underwear out so that from the back it appeared she was not wearing underwear and then stuffed it down the front," said Bloomington Police Commander Mark Stehlik, at the time of the incident.

I have no idea what any of that means, but I'm guessing you need to start with a gigantic pair of panties and pinking shears, and take it from there. [CBS Minnesota, mugshot via CBS]