Florida Cereal Stealer Gets 15 Years in Prison
OPS_admin | Oct 07, 2009 | Comments 0
A Florida man gets 15 years in prison for stealing a $4.99 box of Lucky Charms
Here’s an example where the punishment doesn’t quite seem to fit the crime.
A Florida man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for stealing a $4.99 box of Lucky Charms and a $1.59 can of evaporated milk. Remember, we said he was a cereal stealer, not a serial killer.
Last time we checked, those pots of gold and blue diamonds were made of marshmallows, not real jewels. It’s not like he kidnapped or killed the creepy little leprechaun.
The judge threw the book at Mark Anthony Griffin because he was a “prison releasee reoffender,” a weird way of saying he had been in jail before. The Lakeland Ledger reports Griffin was convicted in 2007 of burglary and grand theft.
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