$3.99 cheese shoplifter gets 7 years 8 months in prison

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E.Tamaran
$3.99 cheese shoplifter gets 7 years 8 months in prison

County judge on Monday sentenced a man who walked out of a store with a package of cheese in his trousers to seven years and eight months in prison.

Prosecutors had originally sought a life sentence for Robert Ferguson under the state's "three strikes" law.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/02/2575168/woodland-cheese-shoplifter-gets...

Doug

Here's an article about the fellow who did get sentenced to life (though it was later successfully appealed) for stealing a slice of pizza.

 

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/10/local/la-me-pizzathief10-2010feb10

j.m.

!Cheeses Crisis!