She got caught with mud on her face.
A female suspected burglar was dragged out of the walls of an Illinois business — then forced to pose for a mugshot with dirt still coating her full face of makeup.
Caleigh Gottsche, 26, was busted Wednesday after a business owner in Geneseo heard mysterious whispering behind the plaster, which initially stopped when cops were called, according to a police statement.
Caleigh Gottsche of Davenport was arrested on Wednesday. Henry County JailCops left the business after not hearing the noise, but returned when they were called a second time, searching other stores to listen for movement or whispers.
“Officers were able to make voice contact with an individual and determined that a person was located between interior walls of a business,” read the police statement.
The fire department eventually dragged her out, by which point two others suspected with being with her had fled, according to WSAZ3.
Gottsche’s mugshot shows her with black dirt coating her face, her hair, and clumping on her fake eyelashes.
It was a far cry from one she took just three days earlier when she was caught for allegedly driving while barred — that time posing for an unblemished booking photo.
Gottsche was arrested for driving while barred just three days before the attempted burglary. Scott County Sheriff's OffceBusinesses across the 100 block of South State Street in Geneseo sustained damage, according to the reports. It was not clear what business she was found hidden in, nor what was taken.
Gottsche, of Davenport, Iowa, was charged with burglary, damage to property and trespassing, police said.
The 100 South State Street block where Gottsche was discovered.
At least two others are still being hunted.
