Hipster Grifter Kari Ferell's in jail. So she can now safely become a folk hero. FreeKari.com is up and taking donations! The dude who turned her in is under assault from commenters! America loves villains.

Apparent con-artist Kari Ferrell told Animal NY the other day that she'd turned herself in to Philadelphia police. Surprise: She lied! A Philadelphia musician she knew lured her back with talk of a trip to Portland.

Finally, Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell is going to be famous! Dateline NBC is working on a story about her. Her notoriety has trickled upwards! And Philly is crazy for the Grifter and her "sexual propositions"!

Here, it's Kari "Hipster Grifter" Ferrell's mug shot from Philadelphia, where she turned herself in. Yep. You know what she looks like. Also they gave her the bail of a stone cold criminal!

Doree, who made Kari Ferrell what she is today, gets a little insight on the next legal step from Kari's bail bond agent:

The Philadelphia police have confirmed to us that Kari Ferrell, a.k.a. the Hipster Grifter, was booked into custody last night at 10:35 p.m., as a fugitive from another jurisdiction. Looks like Kari told the truth!

Kari Ferrell tells Animal NY's Bucky Turco she's being taken in by police in Philadelphia. She was apparently able to use her iPhone while in custody.

Everyone who lives in Brooklyn seems to have a Hipster Grifter story. I haven't told mine. Until now.

Deadspin's AJ scored an invite to the Hipster Grifter photo shoot, too. They talked basketball.

Look, it's your friend the Hipster Grifter, Kari Ferrell, speaking from the heart! Bucky Turco at Animal NY convinced her to come out of hiding and speak to you, the fans. She wants money.

Fugitive Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell already has a standing offer to do some porn, and now she has another one to be on an awful-sounding reality show. This is how people "make it":

Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell sounds really clever until you notice she just re-used a few key lines over and over, via email. Uh, outrage! New email evidence concerns her imaginary beard-based coffee table book:

It's been 12 days since the story of hipster grifter Kari Ferrell swept the world, and here's an amazing thing: she's vanished! Here's a more amazing thing: she's still in NYC!

Yes, the Kari Ferrell thing looked like it was getting played out, but a tipster snapped this poster at "a thing in Williamsburg on Friday night." A good grifter is always on the comeback!

For the first time in almost a week, hipster grifter Kari Ferrell has failed to yield an amusing new bauble, and thank god for that. The Kari Ferrell meme is too weak to sustain itself.

The magical internet has coughed up a cached version of hipster grifter Kari Ferrell's painstakingly quirky Myspace page. And Kari Ferrell detritus has already hit Ebay! Click through for more aggressisexual grifter crapola.

So. There are some supposedly-real naked photographs of Kari Ferrell, the so-called Hipster Grifter, floating around this internet. We won't be posting them here because we're not savages. But if you're so inclined:here you go.

Well in the midst of all the hubbub in Williamsburg another huge internet sensation, Twitter, took some major steps this week: Twitaholic Ashton Kutcher hit a million followers. And now, Oprah's on board. Matrix time!

Yesterday I went to Williamsburg in search of The Hipster Grifter. We may have spotted her! Also, we randomly ran into people from the previous pictures and coverage. During the work day! She's amazing!

So a regular feature with TAN on the weekend will be "The Assimilator". This week we have Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, Grifter story-breaker Doree Shafrir, and a book editor talking about: Guess Who?