Celebrity Justice
Shirley Jones' Hubby Caught on Surveillance Tape

We're told Burbank cops are investigating whether Shirley Jones' hubby, comedian Marty Ingels, shoplifted at a local hat store. We have the surveillance video, so judge for yourself.

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You see Marty inside Baron Hats. Marty came in with a hat on his head and had several spec hats he had brought to the store for sizing. You see THE HAT he allegedly stole (worth $500) sitting on the counter (red arrow). Marty puts the hat he was wearing, along with a piece of paper, on top of THE HAT.

A short time later, Marty returns to the counter to speak with the clerk and grabs the spec hats. That's when Marty makes his move. He picks up the hat he wore into the store. Then he puts the spec hats on top of THE HAT and beats a hasty retreat -- so quickly, he forgets his cane.



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31. Marty has exhibited the symptoms of Alzheimers for years. It's finally reached the point where they need to come clean, announce his condition and seek treatment. No, I don't think he's a shoplifter. Alzheimers stole the hat along with his dignity.

Posted at 8:11AM on Dec 27th 2008 by Rambunk Shish

32. Another washed up, out of work, never was, C List actor trying to survive in todays economy when the money runs out. This recent alarming rise in haberdashery crime is worth noting also. The Burbank police probably have their hands full talking NBC employees from jumping off the studio roof in desperation; they certainly shouldn't have to be bogged down with the actions of a felonious Tam shammer. Since all Hollywood connected crimes have exotic names, like the Black Dahlia, couldn'r we name this one the case of the Fleeing Fedora? Seriously folks, get a life. Who cares/ Whats the matter TMZ, no Lohan/Spears/ Cruise news because of the holidays, so you resort to this type of investigative reporting to fill the bottom of your birdcage with? Give me a break. What a waste of bandwidth.

Posted at 9:46AM on Dec 27th 2008 by Rhyan

33. I worked with Marty Ingels on a set that will remain nameless. He is an utter Ahole, disrespectful, and thinks he's smarter than everyone.

Posted at 2:11PM on Dec 27th 2008 by greg

34. Looks like Marty graduated from the Winona Ryder School of Shopping.

Posted at 2:22PM on Dec 27th 2008 by My Two Cents

35. TMZ is not showing the whole video. We don't see Marty coming in. The story says he came into the store with other of his own hats, probably these are the hats he came in with and put them down there. This edited video is not telling the whole story on purpose to make Marty look bad.

Posted at 4:17PM on Dec 27th 2008 by skeptical

36. HELL YEAH he stole the hat!! From the way he did it, Its not the 1st time either! Shame on you, old man!

Posted at 10:04PM on Dec 27th 2008 by The eye in the sky

37. back in the 80's i was working for one of the large camera companies - we received a call from Marty Ingels, who was ostensibly working on a "charity" event, and wanted some swag from us; THEN, he starts getting greedy and wants all kinds of freebies (cameras, lenses, etc.) for HIMSELF. needless to say, he got pretty nasty with me on the phone, started the old "do you have any IDEA who i am?" routine, that is, until i put my boss on the phone with him, who basically told him in MUCH more colorful words than this, to "beat it".......Mr. Selfish didn't end up getting anything from us.

Posted at 1:59PM on Dec 29th 2008 by bettie

38. Marty is just stealing. He knows exactly what he is doing, what a cheap S.O.B.!

Posted at 3:43PM on Dec 29th 2008 by diana

39. I actually went out with Mary Ingels...ONCE..when I was about 22 or 23,,and he was a total a***hole. All he talked about all night was his then ex-first wife and how hurt he was that she left him (can't imagine why???)!

He was totally narcissistic and boring as all hell. I have no idea in the world why Shirley Jones married that looser..although..apparently they have split and reconciled many times and her sons hate him. He is not a nice person at all and totally full of himself. He has been sponging off of her all of these years. A really despicable person.

I met him when a boyfriend of my roommate, who was a very good friend of his, fixed me up with some other looser and we went to see his opening night of his night club act. Afterwards he sat with us and asked my roommates boyfriend for my number.

I think I went out with him the next night... a waste of time..but a good story anyway.

Posted at 4:18PM on Dec 29th 2008 by Toetweet

40. Say Harv, the real measure of a journalist is how much of the OTHER guys’ words he’s man enough to print – and most of the street word has it you can’t touch the kind of fair play balls it takes to do any of that. Is that right, Levin?
Let’s see – Here’s my reply:


TO: All the sensible clear-thinking Good Guys who responded to TMZ’s latest celebrity Witch-Hunt with surprising and gratifying fairness to me…

YOU MADE MY HOLIDAY!

…almost WORTH the familiar TMZ attack (on Christmas) to read the thoughts of some of you Angels out there who came out of the very unpredictable woodwork to give me the decent benefit of the herculean farce on the table here… and, in fact, CALL TMZ for the unmerciful witch-hunt.

BOTTOM LINE: Christmas is alive, the sky is not falling, and we send out love to you.

Marty Ingels/Shirley Jones

Posted at 4:26PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Marty Ingels

41. Hey, I just looked at the video. I hope the viewers and voters realize that the hat Ingels puts on his head and walks out the store with - IS HIS OWN HAT!!!! The hat in question is not really visible. So I voted NO shoplifting. I just read Ingels response..I think this case will be thrown out.

Posted at 8:58PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Vicesquad

42. Shirley married too quickly after she lost Jack Cassidy.

From what I understand, Jack had a bad nervous breakdown and he was the one who wanted the divorce because he thought it would have been too had for everybody to be around him.

Shirley calls jack the 'love of her life' til this day.

What does Shirely do, SHE BRINGS IN MARTY!

I understand not wanting to be alone.
It certainly can't be worth everything that MARTY has put her through.

Guess this?
I heard MARTY cheats oh Shirley.




Posted at 8:28PM on Jan 20th 2009 by carolann

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