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Adrian Muñoz, 36, is charged with one felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of petty theft for allegedly stealing the necklace and coins in another instance.
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
That’s before Morgan steals a necklace from a chintzy gift shop run by a Turkish gangster named Yusuf, who proceeds to kidnap the pair, intimidate them at gunpoint, and threaten their family, forcing them to perform an array of odd jobs to make up for the petty theft.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
An Italian-American woman living in Rome, Sammi DiBacco, shared a number of tips on how Americans can avoid petty theft when traveling in Europe.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The women, aged 31, 50, and 26, were charged with felony grand theft, and two of them were charged with petty theft with two priors, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
That’s before Morgan steals a necklace from a chintzy gift shop run by a Turkish gangster named Yusuf, who proceeds to kidnap the pair, intimidate them at gunpoint, and threaten their family, forcing them to perform an array of odd jobs to make up for the petty theft.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
An Italian-American woman living in Rome, Sammi DiBacco, shared a number of tips on how Americans can avoid petty theft when traveling in Europe.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The women, aged 31, 50, and 26, were charged with felony grand theft, and two of them were charged with petty theft with two priors, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Petty theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20theft. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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