Following in the footsteps of Lindsay Lohan, Paul Johnson-Calderon has reportedly filched someone else's stuff at a nightclub, only to be photographed in the act.

Lohan was done in by paparazzi photos of her wearing someone else's fur coat; according to Guest of a Guest, Calderon was caught on a security camera.

Wednesday at The Eldridge, the story goes, the Paper magazine editor writer made off with someone's purse. According to a Guest tipster, it belongs to an Eldridge employee, and Calderon has promised to cough up some cash (he can't "find" the purse itself).

"He needed to ask his parents" for the money, the tipster wrote, which points at the likely cause: a tragically broke socialite robbed of patrons by the recession.

With so many other self-important personalities allegedly turning to crime to support their addiction to freebiesJennifer Lopez, Michael Jackson and Calderon's frenemy Kristian Laliberte have all been accused — it would be no wonder if Calderon did the same. What socialite wants to be left out of an upper-crust fad?

(Top pic: Guest of a Guest)