Natalie Neysa Alund

nalund@tennessean.com

Apparently Christoper Wade likes brunettes.

Metro police arrested the 55-year-old man Monday night after officers say they found him in bed with a stolen mannequin from a Nashville lingerie store.

A stolen mannequin donning a brown bob wig, a pink spandex dress and rhinestone stilettos. And red lips.

According to an arrest warrant, officers responded to Hollywood Hustler at 1400 Church Street for a report of a theft that had just occurred.

At the store, an employee told police that a man who appeared intoxicated walked into the store just after midnight, grabbed a mannequin just inside the door adorned with lingerie and took it outside into the parking lot. In the process, the man knocked the mannequin's left arm off.

The employee said she walked into the parking lot and argued with the man for several minutes until he put the mannequin into the bed of a white Toyota Tacoma and drove away.

The employee, the warrant continues, told police the mannequin was valued at $5,000, not including the merchandise it wore.

Using the truck's license plate, police learned the vehicle was registered to a woman who lives in the 500 block of Jones Pointe in Old Hickory.

When police visited the woman's home, the warrant states, they learned Wade was inside the home.

Officers found him in bed with the stolen mannequin which was missing its left arm and wearing all the merchandise it was last seen sporting.

Wade also matched a suspect description given by the store employee.

Wade, who had an active warrant, was arrested on charges including theft and booked into the Metro jail.

As of Wednesday, while Wade remained incarcerated on $11,000 bond, the mannequin he took to bed remained in evidence at the Metro police department pending the results of the case.

Meanwhile, an employee at Hustler said the doll's detached arm should be an easy fix.

That's because it's attached to her body by a magnet, the employee said, which means the doll will hopefully be put back on display where it belongs.

On the showroom floor.

Not in a stranger's bed.

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