Trail of glitter leads to slipper bandits

RICHMOND, Va. - It didn't take long for city police to figure out where Dorothy's ruby red slippers had gone, and no, it wasn't to Kansas. A pair of 5-foot Styrofoam slippers which Theatre IV had been using to advertise its performances of The Wizard of Oz disappeared. The shoes had somehow been stolen from their home high atop the theater's marquee. But, as it turned out, Dorothy would have her revenge on the alleged thieves. ''Believe it or not, the detectives found a trail of shoe glitter leading from the theater to one of the individual's apartments,'' police spokeswoman Christie Collins said Tuesday. ''Is this Hansel and Gretel or The Wizard of Oz?'' Three people were charged with grand larceny and felony vandalism. Unfortunately, Collins said, the slippers are unlikely to return to their spot on the marquee. ''The shoes had been torn apart and put in bags,'' she said. ''They may have been trying to get rid of them.''