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Her previous charges range from petty theft to battery causing serious injury.
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Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
Spikes in crime on the subway have put the system in the national spotlight as offenses ranging from petty theft to stabbings and murders have been publicized in the past year.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
The measure means tougher penalties for repeat thieves, allowing for felony charges for people with two prior petty theft convictions, even if that third theft is just swiping shampoo.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
Proposition 36 rolls back some reforms from Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that made petty theft a misdemeanor, which on its own generally does not mean a trip to jail.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
Spikes in crime on the subway have put the system in the national spotlight as offenses ranging from petty theft to stabbings and murders have been publicized in the past year.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
The measure means tougher penalties for repeat thieves, allowing for felony charges for people with two prior petty theft convictions, even if that third theft is just swiping shampoo.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
Proposition 36 rolls back some reforms from Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that made petty theft a misdemeanor, which on its own generally does not mean a trip to jail.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Petty theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20theft. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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