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A man charged in connection with the theft of a pair of ruby slippers worn in the iconic film “The Wizard of Oz” plans to plead guilty next week in federal court in Minneapolis.

 of Crystal for his role in the infamous heist of the slippers from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, in 2005. 

A change of plea hearing in the case has been scheduled for Friday, Jan. 10 at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis. Saliterman’s attorney, John Brink, said the 77-year old will plead guilty.

Saliterman is the second man charged in connection with the theft of the slippers. 

 in 2023 to stealing the slippers from the museum in Grand Rapids, the hometown of Judy Garland. 

The federal government hasn’t disclosed details of Saliterman’s alleged role in the theft. 

He’s charged with a felony count of theft of a major artwork. He also faces a count of witness tampering for allegedly threatening to “distribute sex tapes” of a woman in an effort to prevent her “from communicating information to the FBI relating to the theft.”

The slippers were recovered by the FBI in a sting operation in 2018. Last month they were s

. They're one of four surviving pairs of slippers adorned with red sequins worn by Garland during the making of “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939.

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Jerry Hal Saliterman of Crystal, plans to plead guilty in federal court in Minneapolis on Jan. 10 for his alleged role in the infamous theft of a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.”

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