The brand-new city manager of upscale Sausalito, California was arrested on felony burglary charges after allegedly breaking into multiple yachts at the Sausalito Yacht Harbor, a mere three weeks into her high-paying gig.
Elaine Forbes, 53, who just started as Sausalito’s city manager on July 1 with a whopping $275,000 taxpayer-funded annual salary, was hauled off by Marin County sheriff’s deputies around 6:50 a.m. on Saturday after responding to a noise complaint, KRON4 reported.
Deputies reportedly found her aboard a vessel she didn’t own, trying to start the boat, leaving behind messes with empty alcohol bottles, sounding the yacht’s loud horns, and even wearing the owner’s clothing. She initially claimed it was her boat and told officers she was having “a bad morning.”
ABC News reported:
Forbes, 53, was taken into custody after Captain Bill Aubrey discovered her aboard the Lisa Marie and called 911.
“She had the horn going, the windshield wipers going, the spotlight going,” Aubrey recalled.
According to Aubrey, Forbes appeared calm when confronted.
“I told her to get off the boat,” he said. “She looked at me and said, ‘Good morning.’ She was very friendly.”
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Boat owner Andy Cunningham said she was shocked by what he found after being contacted by police.
“I came down here, police met me at the boat, and we discovered unbelievable chaos on my boat,” Cunningham said.
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