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flag Esther Newberger arrested for car theft in Fargo in 1926.

flag Esther Newberger, a 21-year-old woman dubbed the "queen of northwest automobile thieves," was arrested in Fargo in 1926 for attempting to steal a car at gunpoint. flag After leading a gang of male accomplices in vehicle thefts across the Upper Midwest, she was captured following a high-speed chase and sentenced to seven years in prison. flag Her criminal history included prior arrests in South Dakota and Montana, and while she was later arrested in Montana in 1931 for burglarizing an oil station, details about her life after 1934 remain unknown.

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