Cross-Dressing Burglar Busted

Alabama Arrested Baldwin County man wearing high-heels a woman's smock and a wig arrested in botched burglary

by Pat Peterson

Published: Thu, October 16, 2008 - 5:00 pm CST

Sheriff's deputies in Baldwin County are still talking about a wild call they responded to near Foley Wednesday night...a case involving burglary, a beauty salon and a cross-dresser! Wearing high heels, ladies clothes, and a blonde, Dolly Parton wig, Frederick Koetter attempted to break into the Curl and Style Salon on County Road 26. Koetter confessed to the crime and told deputies he wanted to see what it was like to live the life of the beauty salon owner.

"He just wanted to be like me," says salon owner Rose Stevens. "He wanted to sit in my chair, look at himself in the mirror and just be me."

Deputies say Koetter could have been obsessed with Stevens and was trying to act out a wild...and disturbing fantasy.

"I asked my grandson, why do you think he wanted to be me? And he said because you're so nice. And I said, well, I don't know about that."

Koetter was charged with burglary. He's being held in the Baldwin County Corrections Center on a five-thousand dollar bond.

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Madcap Says:

Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:48 pm

If he hadn’t put the thong on backwards he might have gotten away with it. I suspect having it on the way he did caused him to make more noise and call attention to himself. At least that’s the theory I have.

BamaBob Says:

Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:02 pm

Anyone sure this guy was just strange? How do they know he just didn’t want any possible witness to think he was the owner, if he was seen breaking into the place?
. Might want to look into any other break-ins around the area that have not been solved.