A famously antigay former aide to North Carolina senator Jesse Helms who became a top adviser to President Bush admitted to an investigator that he fraudulently returned merchandise to a department store, according to charging documents. Target Corp. loss prevention manager Pete Schomburg stopped Claude Allen, a 45-year-old native of Raleigh, N.C., on January 2 as Allen left the Gaithersburg, Md., store. Allen had allegedly received a refund for items using a receipt from an earlier purchase. Read all of the Advocate story.
