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Ex-Teacher Convicted In Stolen Coat Case

POSTED: 6:35 pm PST November 8, 2007
UPDATED: 7:59 pm PST November 8, 2007

A jury found an ex-Hillsboro teacher who stole a student's coat guilty Thursday.

Elizabeth Logan, a former Jackson Elementary School teacher, resigned in May after allegations surfaced that she stole a first-grade student's coat and tried to sell it on eBay.

The student's mother said she was outraged when she found her child's coat on the online auction site.

On Thursday, a jury found Logan guilty of attempted theft, third-degree theft and computer crime.

Earlier in the trial, Logan said it was common for people to take home unclaimed coats; otherwise, the school janitor would throw them away.

She said she took a coat similar to the one in question, but it was months before the student reported the coat missing. Logan didn't think it was the same coat.

On Thursday, her attorney tried to argue that it was a hung jury, but the judge overruled.

Logan will appear in court again Nov. 20 for sentencing.

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