Desiree Fontaine, Black Traffic Reporter, on Personal Leave After Being Caught Shoplifting at Milford, CT, Mall

Desiree Fontaine, black traffic reporter, on personal leave after being caught shoplifting $105 worth of merchandise from Connecticut mall.

Sometimes you hear the craziest things in the news. Desiree Fontaine, a reporter for WTNH-TV in New Haven, CT, is now on personal leave after being charged with misdemeanor larceny last Saturday at a Milford shopping mall.

According to 1010WINS, police said she stole about $105 worth of merchandise, including jewelry, cologne and a men's Hawaiian-style shirt. Fontaine, a traffic reporter, saiid she was working on a freelance news story when she was nabbed for shoplifting.
Police reportedly said Fontaine told an officer she was a freelance news reporter and was doing "something on the side.'' She didn't say for whom she was working. Sorry, but it seems that was some cheap cologne and jewelry.

Photo credit: Desiree Fontaine, 1010WINS