Mon
Feb 24 2020
02:43 pm
shoplifting update
By: michael kaplan

This could be relevant to the recent wave of shoplifting along Chapman Highway.

from Johnson City Press:

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that repeat misdemeanor shoplifters can be charged with a felony burglary. Ken Baldwin, the attorney general of the 1st Judicial District, says it is “a really big decision" for local prosecutors. He said it is also good news to large retailers who are often the victims of habitual shoplifting.

Baldwin said the ruling applies to cases where defendants with four or more previous misdemeanor convictions for shoplifting have been banned from a specific store. He said these defendants are often addicted to drugs, and return to the same retailers to steal merchandise that they will later attempt to exchange for refunds or gift cards that will be used to purchase drugs.

He also said shoplifters are “more violent these days,” and are known to fight with theft prevention officers and carry weapons.

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turns out

Submitted by Alex_Falk on Mon, 2020/02/24 - 7:38pm.

turns out.. caging the poors does not make them less desperate

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