Miss Teen Louisiana Arrested, Loses Crown

BOSSIER CITY, La. — Miss Teen Louisiana lost her crown 11 days early after being arrested on charges of leaving a restaurant without paying and carrying marijuana. RPM Productions Inc., the sponsor, took back the title on Tuesday after learning that Lindsey Evans, 18, of Blanchard, had been arrested, president Paula M. Miles said Wednesday.

Evans will have to return her sash and crown, but won't have to return any other prizes or cash equivalents, Miles said.

"She's done a good job this year," Miles said.

A call to Evans' parents' house was not answered Wednesday.

Miles said she had been told that the three women with Evans told police that Evans, alone in the group, had paid her bill. But Bossier City spokesman Mark Natale said Evans admitted not paying.

Bossier City police booked all four on theft charges, three on drug charges and two on drug paraphernalia charges, he said.

Natale said Bossier City police were called to a Posados Cafe restaurant Saturday evening because a group had left without paying $46.07. The manager had found a pocketbook at the table, and police found Evans' driver's license and about 2 grams of suspected marijuana in it, Natale said.

He said officers recognized Evans from the photo when the group returned for the pocketbook.

Miles said she talked with Evans on Monday.

The next Miss Teen Louisiana will be chosen Nov. 1 at a pageant in Lafayette. Michelle Berthelot, Miss Louisiana USA 2008, will crown the winner.

Comments

[ROBOT8]

THE REAL MISS AMERICA IS A POT HEAD AND A WHITE COLAR CRIMINAL!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS GIRL REPRESENTS THE REAL AMERICA! DON'T GET RID OF HER!!!!!!

[invisible]

Awwww... For some reason, I feel sorry for her. She's probably crying her eyes out right now. I think she's learned the hard way that weed can cause temporary memory loss.

[MsLiz]

and munchies too.

[JonRaymond]

Are you kidding? This will boost her career beyond belief. Already she's a national figure.

[stagebandman]

Of course, if she danced around nearly naked and sang with help from a big pile of vocalizers, she could have been the next Britney Spears.

[max]

move to Alaska sweety, they'll make you Governor...

[whatsthatsound]

I personally believe......that some people out there in our nation......don't have brains......and that U.S. Americans should....

[MsLiz]

LOL

[RegLib]

Darn, I wanted to make a dumb beauty queen / vice president candidate joke, and everyone here has beaten me to it. Ya gotta move fast here on HuffPo.

[jgalvan]

Must have been some gooood shite.

[trollsbwild]

Good looking girl. Dumb as hell, though. She will have a bright future as a Fox News Girl.

[bob8788]

She can become vice president one day, sky is the limit for a dumb pretty white girl in this country, she'll be fine, you betcha

http://www.barackobamacans.blogspot.com/

[songoftherushes]

a carefully planned career move....term almost up....make some headlines....uh..hands up who knew who she was BEFORE the bust...and now we kinda like her!!!! ; )

[batmanindy]

You betcha!

[jse17]

“Lil Ms. Adorable” has Fox News anchor written all over her!

[protagonia]

Vice Presidential material if there ever were.

[Judyisacutie]

This is a lesson to young people. How could she have gotten a free meal without trying to dine and dash?
1. She could have told the waiter who she was and offered to take a picture with the restaurant staff wearing her crown and sash for them to hang on the wall. They may have put her meal on the house.
2. She could have politely told the manager that she forgot her wallet and was in a bind. He might have let her just walk out after washing a few plates.
3. She could have called up a relative, asked them to join her for her meal and then get them to pay the tab.
4. Being well known in the community, she could have asked to start a tab. The manager might have been okay with the idea of Miss Teen Louisiana coming back to his restaurant again and again.

Use your head, kids.

[ChiGuy]

She sounds about as bright as that wacky Miss Teen South Carolina from a few years ago.