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Title: Police: Family caught shoplifting
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yahoo/ap
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_fe_st/family_shoplifting
Published: Jan 26, 2008
Author: ap?
Post Date: 2008-01-26 00:16:07 by Dakmar
Keywords: None
Views: 209
Comments: 6
LODI, Calif. - Shoplifting is all in the family for one California clan, police say. A grandmother, her daughter and some of her grandchildren tried to steal $900 worth of merchandise from a Target store in Lodi, 35 miles south of Sacramento, police Officer Misty Smith said. The family's alleged shoplifting spree earlier this week was captured by surveillance video, which police say showed them cutting open boxes and hiding MP3 players, digital cameras, DVDs, jewelry and sports equipment in purses, bags and a backpack. An 8-year-old and a 5-year-old were among the family members detained. "The 5-year-old actually had a pack of gum. A small item but we could see where her life was heading because she thinks more than likely this is a normal way of life, this is what you do," said Dale Eubanks of the Lodi police. Linda Robinson, 59, and her 36-year-old daughter, Anna Fernandez, were charged Wednesday with burglary, grand theft, vandalism and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. They were released from jail. If convicted, each could face eight years in prison. Fernandez's teenage sons, 17 and 14, were arrested on suspicion of grand theft and will face charges in juvenille court, authorities said. Another teen not related to the family also was arrested. The two children were released to relatives and will not face charges. It was not immediately clear if the family had a lawyer.
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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)
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Why punish these people? They're just doing what the corporate overlords do to all of us everyday, lie cheat and steal everything they can get their hands on. This is, after all, the United States of America, otherwise known as "The Big Free For All" where everyone is out to "get theirs" any way they can. It's what America is all about. Punish these fine people? Forget that, make them CEO's. They have the ethics thing DOWN. In all seriousness, we should declare a moratorium on ALL prosecutions of ALL crimes that involve less than a few million dollars, and dedicate ALL of our criminal justice / prosecutorial / judicial efforts to going after those who swindle hundreds of millions of dollars, and put THEM behind bars. All of the shoplifters in the history of the world COMBINED have not stolen as much as ONE Wall Street hustler. Why are we wasting our time on these small fry?
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#2. To: Dakmar (#0) (Edited)
Sad but doesn't surprise me. Edit: Lodi is a very agricultural town.
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#3. To: farmfriend, Elliott Jackalope (#2)
I just thought it was funny they could carry $900 of Target stuff.
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#4. To: Dakmar (#0)
Expect more of this, and not just in Lodi.
A grandmother, her daughter and some of her grandchildren tried to steal $900 worth of merchandise from a Target store in Lodi, 35 miles south of Sacramento, police Officer Misty Smith said.
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#5. To: Dakmar (#0)
I should hope not.
The two children were released to relatives and will not face charges.
#6. To: Cynicom, robin (#5)
Sounds like Dale understands the underlying, politically incorrect reality.
"The 5-year-old actually had a pack of gum. A small item but we could see where her life was heading because she thinks more than likely this is a normal way of life, this is what you do," said Dale Eubanks of the Lodi police.
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
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