Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the slippers in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. But a person who deals in stolen goods, known as a fence, informed him the rubies were glass, Martin said. But old habits die hard, and the thought of a ‘final score’ kept him up at night,” DeKrey wrote. Hollywood memorabilia collector Michael Shaw had loaned one pair to the museum when Martin stole them. The Judy Garland Museum, located in the house where she lived, says it has the world’s largest collection of Garland and Wizard of Oz memorabilia.

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Persons: —, Judy Garland, Oz, he's, Terry Jon Martin, Martin wasn’t, Dane DeKrey, Martin, DeKrey, ”, Terry, ’, ” DeKrey, “, Patrick Schiltz, Terry ”, Dorothy, Michael Shaw, Garland, Frances Gumm Organizations: Judy Garland Museum, FBI, U.S, District, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Smithsonian Museum of Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Grand Rapids , Minnesota, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis, Kansas, Oz, Hollywood, Los Angeles