Something’s fishy about odor from woman's clothing in Vero Beach

Will Greenlee | Treasure Coast Newspapers

VERO BEACH — What’s that fishy smell wafting from the front of your pants?

In the case of a 64-year-old Vero Beach woman, any odor may have been from swiped sushi, according to information in an arrest affidavit.

Indian River County Sheriff’s investigators on June 13 went to a Publix in the 1200 block of U.S. 1. A loss prevention officer reported spotting a woman, later identified as Susan Gulley, on Aisle 3.

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The loss prevention officer saw Gulley hide coffee, syrup, cooking wine and tuna in her purse.

Next, Gulley is accused of stuffing sushi in her pants.

Sushi is an Asian dish often featuring cold rice moistened with rice vinegar combined in various ways with small pieces of raw fish or other seafood. Sometimes it is fashioned into a seaweed-wrapped roll and contains vegetable strips and/or raw fish.

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The loss prevention officer reported Gulley paid for a deli drink and water, but not the other items, valued at $49.25.

Gulley evidently wasn’t fishing for a compliment by telling investigators she absconded with the victuals because she was “between checks.”

Deputies reeled Gulley in, arresting her on a shoplifting charge.

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