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While processing that failure, Matt is given another case of the week to deal with: Leroy Bradford, charged with petty larceny after stealing caramel corn from a bodega.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Nesbitt-Hall lives in Rahway, N.J., and has three prior Staten Island arrests, two for petty larceny and one for grand larceny, police said.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Johnson was charged with three counts of kidnapping and one count each of impersonating a law enforcement officer, petty larceny, assault and battery, according to jail records.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
He was also arrested on a separate petty larceny conviction in Nassau County on April 24, 2023, before being arrested in Florida in February for fraud, larceny and resisting arrest, according to the Post.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Nesbitt-Hall lives in Rahway, N.J., and has three prior Staten Island arrests, two for petty larceny and one for grand larceny, police said.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Johnson was charged with three counts of kidnapping and one count each of impersonating a law enforcement officer, petty larceny, assault and battery, according to jail records.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
He was also arrested on a separate petty larceny conviction in Nassau County on April 24, 2023, before being arrested in Florida in February for fraud, larceny and resisting arrest, according to the Post.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Petty larceny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20larceny. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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