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Vehicle tampering, petty theft: Between 1:35 a.m. and 11:14 a.m., someone tampered with a vehicle parked in the 18000 block of Swarthmore Drive and stole the rear license plate.
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
Typically, property owners do have the right to trim branches that hang over their property line, but harvesting the fruit off those branches without permission could still be considered petty theft.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 26 June 2024
Due to a prior criminal conviction for petty theft, records show that in 2019 Medina received a California insurance license on a probationary basis.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
She was also suspected of petty theft and bail was set at $5,000.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
Typically, property owners do have the right to trim branches that hang over their property line, but harvesting the fruit off those branches without permission could still be considered petty theft.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 26 June 2024
Due to a prior criminal conviction for petty theft, records show that in 2019 Medina received a California insurance license on a probationary basis.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
She was also suspected of petty theft and bail was set at $5,000.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
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“Petty theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20theft. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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