Sunday, May 09, 2010
Shoplifter Gets Unusual Punishment
KENTUCKY...
One judge is trying to make sure a petty criminal learns his lesson without putting a burden on taxpayers. Casey McGuire was ordered to wear a sign that reads, "I am a shoplifter. I shoplifted from this store.The man was standing on the sidewalk outside of Slone's Signature Market in Rowan County Saturday and Sunday for four hours. McGuire admitted that he stole a $10 bottle of cough syrup from Sloane's in January. The crime violated his probation from an earlier, felony crime.
One judge is trying to make sure a petty criminal learns his lesson without putting a burden on taxpayers. Casey McGuire was ordered to wear a sign that reads, "I am a shoplifter. I shoplifted from this store.The man was standing on the sidewalk outside of Slone's Signature Market in Rowan County Saturday and Sunday for four hours. McGuire admitted that he stole a $10 bottle of cough syrup from Sloane's in January. The crime violated his probation from an earlier, felony crime.
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