September 7, 2015
Girl Wants to Get Tied Up, But Gets Locked Up Instead
Winnie McCroy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
A teenage girl venturing into the world of S&M is now facing theft charges after she was caught stealing a restraint kit from a Spencer's store in a South Carolina mall.
The Smoking Gun reports that 19-year-old Tayler Aughtman was seen by store employees "approach the love section and put something in her purse," on Tuesday afternoon.
Workers confronted the girl as she left the store, and they found "an under the bed stretcher that was valued at $39.99" read the police report.
The kit, seen below, features four cuffs, four 60-inch restraint straps and a 60-inch connector strap. The package touts that this fantastic elastic can "Turn your bed (or the one in that hotel you like to visit) into a bondage playground, with you as the center of attention."
Additionally, the packaging notes, "Restraint straps fit quickly beneath the mattress or bed frame for an instant bondage bedroom! Restrain your partner's arms or legs from the sides or top and bottom of the bed."
When a sheriff's deputy asked Aughtman if she had "anything in her purse that was illegal," the teen admitted to having also stolen eight pairs of panties from a Victoria's Secret shop in the mall. The undergarments, valued at $84, were returned to the store, where a manager said that the business wanted Aughtman prosecuted for shoplifting.
Aughtman spent a night in jail before she was released from custody early Wednesday morning, putting a serious kibosh on her plans for a very sexy evening.
Winnie McCroy is the Women on the EDGE Editor, HIV/Health Editor, and Assistant Entertainment Editor for EDGE Media Network, handling all women's news, HIV health stories and theater reviews throughout the U.S. She has contributed to other publications, including The Village Voice, Gay City News, Chelsea Now and The Advocate, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.