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A police mugshot of Lindsey Evans.
PHOTOS: Tarnished tiara
A police mugshot of Lindsey Evans.
PHOTOS: Tarnished tiara
A teen beauty queen has been stripped of her title in the US after being charged with theft and drug possession.
Miss Teen Louisiana USA Lindsey Evans and her three friends were arrested on Saturday night after running out of a restaurant without paying their bill, US media report.
The crime came unstuck when Evans left behind her purse, which held her ID card and allegedly a stash of marijuana.
The 18-year-old wa
s arrested along with her friends when they returned to the restaurant to get the purse.
Police spokesman Mark Natale told Fox News the group had run up a $68 bill at the restaurant on Saturday night and had admitted to not paying for their meals.
Evans and her friends were charged with drug possession as well as theft. The four spent the night in jail before being released on bail the next day.
The blonde beauty queen's reign as Miss Teen Louisiana USA had been due to end in 10 days.
But Evans has been "relieved of her duties effective immediately", celebrity website TMZ quotes pageant president Paula Miles as saying.
Miss Teen Louisiana USA Lindsey Evans and her three friends were arrested on Saturday night after running out of a restaurant without paying their bill, US media report.
The crime came unstuck when Evans left behind her purse, which held her ID card and allegedly a stash of marijuana.
The 18-year-old wa
s arrested along with her friends when they returned to the restaurant to get the purse.Police spokesman Mark Natale told Fox News the group had run up a $68 bill at the restaurant on Saturday night and had admitted to not paying for their meals.
Evans and her friends were charged with drug possession as well as theft. The four spent the night in jail before being released on bail the next day.
The blonde beauty queen's reign as Miss Teen Louisiana USA had been due to end in 10 days.
But Evans has been "relieved of her duties effective immediately", celebrity website TMZ quotes pageant president Paula Miles as saying.
