College Student Fined $200 For Stealing 79-Cent Donut
A Wyoming college student was charged with misdemeanor shoplifting after employees at a store say they spotted him leaving without anteing up the $.79 for the donut. Rather than go to trial, the 19-year-old made a deal with the city attorney to pay a $200 fine, $10 in court costs and the original $.79 he should have paid in the first place. The student, who was with other patrons who paid for their purchases at the register, said he simply forgot to pay for the purloined pastry and he attempted to make good by paying for it. But the store’s owner maintained that, “Policy is policy... Paid for is OK; not paid for is shoplifting.”
A Wyoming college student was charged with misdemeanor shoplifting after employees at a store say they spotted him leaving without anteing up the $.79 for the donut. Rather than go to trial, the 19-year-old made a deal with the city attorney to pay a $200 fine, $10 in court costs and the original $.79 he should have paid in the first place. The student, who was with other patrons who paid for their purchases at the register, said he simply forgot to pay for the purloined pastry and he attempted to make good by paying for it. But the store’s owner maintained that, “Policy is policy... Paid for is OK; not paid for is shoplifting.”
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