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Published - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Real estate broker charged with medication theft

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A real estate broker has been charged with felony theft after he allegedly stole pain medication from houses he had claimed to be showing to clients.

Authorities said they arrested 64-year-old Charles Lindley after receiving a tip from a client who had returned to his home to find three bottles of prescription medication missing.

Another homeowner told Minnetonka police he came home to find his dog locked in the garage and pain medication missing from his kitchen cabinet.

According to a police report, Lindley was found with a sock containing 85 pills in his car. He was arrested last week at a scheduled home showing.

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