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Officers located Velez and took her to the Lee County Jail on one count of petit theft.
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Bradford Betz, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Velez was charged with one count of petit theft and posted bail from Lee County Jail.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
In addition to the two first-degree murder charges, Wilson was convicted of grand theft, battery, burglary, and petit theft.
—Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 8 July 2024
Brito was picked up on an outstanding bench warrant related to a petit theft charge for allegedly shoplifting from a Target department store in Midtown Miami in 2017, her arrest report shows.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Online court records showed Huber was charged with misdemeanor petit theft in May 2023.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Kingsland resident Ryan Lee Mullis was charged with one count of grand theft and two counts of petit theft.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Kingsland resident Robert Thad Bryant III was charged with a RICO violation, in addition to 49 counts of grand theft and seven counts of petit theft.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Sternaman, who lives in a penthouse at the Mirador 1000 condominium in South Beach, was also arrested for petit theft on Jan. 3 and was released on a $150 bond, WPLG Local10 reports, citing Miami-Dade County court records.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024
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Bradford Betz, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Velez was charged with one count of petit theft and posted bail from Lee County Jail.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
In addition to the two first-degree murder charges, Wilson was convicted of grand theft, battery, burglary, and petit theft.
—Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 8 July 2024
Brito was picked up on an outstanding bench warrant related to a petit theft charge for allegedly shoplifting from a Target department store in Midtown Miami in 2017, her arrest report shows.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Online court records showed Huber was charged with misdemeanor petit theft in May 2023.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Kingsland resident Ryan Lee Mullis was charged with one count of grand theft and two counts of petit theft.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Kingsland resident Robert Thad Bryant III was charged with a RICO violation, in addition to 49 counts of grand theft and seven counts of petit theft.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Sternaman, who lives in a penthouse at the Mirador 1000 condominium in South Beach, was also arrested for petit theft on Jan. 3 and was released on a $150 bond, WPLG Local10 reports, citing Miami-Dade County court records.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024
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“Petit theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petit%20theft. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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