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Misdemeanor petty theft cases have grown 152%, while misdemeanor DUI cases have increased 111%, and misdemeanor assault and battery cases have jumped 60%.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Consider the case of David Schroeder reported in The Denver Post, a Grand Junction resident who was arrested in 2023 on petty theft charges for allegedly taking $10 of food and a dog harness.
—Jay Fisher, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
By 2008, per contemporaneous media reports as well as court documents, 22-year-old Casey was still living on and off with her parents, George and Cindy, in Orlando, while habitually engaging in petty theft from her family and friends.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
Public intoxication accounted for 6 percent of misdemeanor arrests, while petty theft made up 4.2 percent.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Consider the case of David Schroeder reported in The Denver Post, a Grand Junction resident who was arrested in 2023 on petty theft charges for allegedly taking $10 of food and a dog harness.
—Jay Fisher, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
By 2008, per contemporaneous media reports as well as court documents, 22-year-old Casey was still living on and off with her parents, George and Cindy, in Orlando, while habitually engaging in petty theft from her family and friends.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
Public intoxication accounted for 6 percent of misdemeanor arrests, while petty theft made up 4.2 percent.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for petty theft
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“Petty theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20theft. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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