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Man accused of stealing 3,000 shoes

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WAUKESHA, Wis., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A man accused of stealing 1,500 pairs of shoes from middle and high schools in Wisconsin did so to satisfy a footwear fetish, police said.

Erik D. Heinrich of Kenosha, Wis., was free on $10,000 bail in the case charging him with three counts of burglary for stealing shoes from three high schools and one middle school in the Waukesha, Wis., area, Milwaukee television station WTMJ reported.

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Heinrich, 27, was convicted of breaking into a Kenosha high school in 2005, having entered no-contest pleas to felony burglary and misdemeanor counts of obstructing an officer, disorderly conduct and theft. The burglary conviction in that case was dismissed in 2006 after Heinrich completed one year of probation, which included counseling, and performing 50 hours of community service.

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