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WATCH: Texas robbery video surfaces online as ‘high-heeled hijacker’ Lisa Marie Coleman is arrested by FBI

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Mia Horton

Published Jan 07, 2026

58-year-old Lisa Marie Coleman, better referred to by the FBI as the ‘high-obeyed ruffian,’ was captured for purportedly being associated with a progression of burglaries and a snatching. Coleman acquired the nickname after she was seen wearing extravagant footwear in something like one of the burglaries.

As per Houston Police, Coleman has been portrayed as being sharp looking and having serious areas of strength for a smell. The high-obeyed thief’s series of burglaries started in November when she moved toward a Galleria Houston worker in the parking area and requested cash from them. The representative, perceived as Katie Otten, accepted that Coleman was equipped.

A couple of days before Christmas, the high-obeyed ruffian was supposedly engaged with a few different burglaries at a bank, sandwich shop, and lodging. Police ultimately arrested her on isolated charges, in any case, they later connected her to the burglaries in the wake of getting a tip.

Lisa Marie Coleman, a 58-year-elderly person, is being held as a suspect in a progression of burglaries in Texas. Specialists accept that her most memorable burglary was the point at which she moved toward Katie Otten, a representative of Galleria Houston at the shopping center’s parking area, and requested cash. Since she had her hand inside her pocket, Otten felt that she may be furnished.

“She constrained her direction into my vehicle and was like, ‘alright, take me to an ATM. I told her I won’t leave Randalls [pharmacy and grocery] with her. I told her, ‘You have the vehicle keys, take the vehicle, proceed to do anything you desire.”
Lisa supposedly constrained the casualty to head to a few ATMs lastly made a stop at the supermarket. She got the nickname “high-obeyed ruffian” from the FBI after she was seen wearing extravagant heels in no less than one of her burglaries. Christina Garza, a FBI representative at Houston’s FBI Office told the New York Post:

“It’s not exceptionally considered normal, thus we felt that the High-Obeyed Criminal would be the ideal nickname.”

The high-obeyed ruffian designated the following casualty on December 21 when she entered a lodging in the 5100 block of Westheimer Street. Coleman compromised the clerk by showing them a note requesting cash. The frightened clerk gave over the cash, not long after which the high-obeyed thief ran away from the area.

Two days after the burglary at the inn, she entered a bank and rehashed her strategies. One of the casualties let police know that despite the fact that Coleman was sharp looking, she had areas of strength for a smell. Specialists presently accept that she may be engaged with different thefts too.

She was imprisoned for isolated charges, in any case, subsequent to getting a tip, the officials associated her to the burglaries that occurred during the Christmas season. Garza further added:

FBI officials accept the high-obeyed ruffian has been engaged with no less than 4 burglaries in the Galleria region. The burglaries traversed from November 15, 2022, to December 23, 2022.

Katie Otten portrayed how she was certain that Coleman needed cash. She was denied of more than $100 and was seized in her own vehicle. Coleman supposedly attempted to pull out $2,000 from a few ATMs. Examiner Chandler Raine with the Harris Region Lead prosecutor’s Office said:
Captured: Lisa M. Coleman, 58, has been captured and accused of 3 counts of theft by danger and grabbing after a West Houston wrongdoing binge, including a bank burglary, that happened from Nov. 15 to Dec. 23. @houstonpolice @FBIHouston

We really want your assistance to distinguish a female, who’s needed in something like 4 business burglaries in West Houston, including a bank, from Dec. 19 – 23.

In the event that you perceive her, if it’s not too much trouble, call @CrimeStopHOU or @FBIHouston w/data. @houstonpolice

The 58-year-old high-obeyed criminal is right now hung on a few bonds adding up to a sum of $300,000. She has to deal with penalties of three counts of theft and hijacking. Her next court appearance is booked to be in April 2023. In the event that she shows up in court, Coleman will be expected to go through a medication test and must be under 24-hour house capture. Police are as of now attempting to find individuals who could have been casualties of the burglaries.