Diana Palin is the half-sister of Todd Palin, husband to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. A stay-at-home mother of two, Diana Palin was arrested on April 4, 2009, for allegedly robbing the same home twice in a week with her four-year-old daughter in tow.Anchorage Daily News: Todd Palin's half sister is arrested for burglary (April 3, 2009) Palin is accused of stealing $393 from the home of Wasilla, Alaska resident Theodore Turcott on March 31, 2009, and returning April 2 to steal more. Turcott, who was evidently a random target and not an acquaintance of Palin's, hid in the bathroom with a gun during the second robbery and caught her in the act.NY Daily News: Gov. Sarah Palin's sister-in-law arrested for burglary (April 3, 2009) Turcott had reported another theft of $2,200 only days before on March 26.NY Daily News: Gov. Sarah Palin's sister-in-law arrested for burglary (April 3, 2009)
Palin pleaded not guilty to the charges on April 13, 2009. She is facing "four felony counts of burglary and theft and four misdemeanor counts of criminal trespassing and theft."People: Todd Palin's Half-Sister Pleads Not Guilty to Burglary (April 13, 2009)
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