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Salt LAKE CITY (AP) -- An Ogden man will serve up to five years in prison for stealing two burritos from a gas station.
Judge Scott Hadley said Tuesday he felt uncomfortable sending the 42-year-old man to prison for shoplifting a meal, but the man has a long history of theft arrests.
Billy Goree said he was hungry when he stole the burritos and was willing to change, but the judge said he's violated his probation in the past.
Police say Goree was caught stealing the burritos on a security camera in September and police found and arrested him nearby. The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports (http://bit.ly/1uw7Ksq) Goree was sentenced to 0 to 5 years in prison. A state parole board will decide his release date.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ogden-man-gets-5-years-200455374.html
Boy, do I feel safer now!!!
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)notrightatall
(410 posts)the judge was too lax.
Vinca
(50,310 posts)williesgirl
(4,033 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)I like those.
indepat
(20,899 posts)punishment for a $5 theft. Nothing cruel or unusual about this punishment.
Journeyman
(15,041 posts)brooklynite
(94,745 posts)"50 prior offenses" according to the linked report.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)No matter what, I just couldn't send someone to prison for stealing two burritos. I'm not trying to justify any of his previous arrests, as I know nothing about them. I do have to wonder, though, how many times he has been arrested for stealing because he was hungry and stole food or money to buy food.