NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man is facing a possible 20 years to life in prison after being accused of stealing $31 worth of candy bars from a New Orleans store.
The New Orleans Advocate reports 34-year-old Jacobia Grimes recently pleaded not guilty.
Orleans Parish prosecutors chose to charge Grimes under a statute that boosts the alleged candy theft to a felony. The law applies to those who’ve been convicted of “theft of goods” at least twice before.
Grimes has five prior theft convictions, making him a “quad” offender under the state’s habitual-offender law, and facing 20 years to life.
- Posted April 05, 2016
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