Anonymous
April 30, 2023, 11:56 am
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By Geo Duarte
Theft in plain daylight at Eyeglass Store on State Street.
Friday afternoon on the 800 block of State Street a male and a female Left the store with merchandise totaling more than $2500 without paying. They ran South towards the beach, and got away from authorities.
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Given the mark up for for their products I wonder at who deserves to be accused of theft.
Go home Drew. No one likes thieves and you aren’t Robbin hood for supporting them on here.
Ocean you try running a business on state St. with the rents they charge. What a disgusting comment blaming the business? At this point we are all are going to get what we deserve very soon.
Sac, each of us deserves a pint of mcconnells texas straight burbon pecan praline ice cream. because its amazing. it’s also astronomically overpriced….but its worth it LOL
BENICEE- what do we deserve?
Benicee- that is 100% their problem. No one is forcing any business to open a spot on State and pay the out of control astronomical rental prices that exist there. If they have to charge $75 for a cheap pair of sunglasses to make rent, then they are in the wrong location. Period. Plenty of other places in our city to set up shop and run retail without being gouged or gouging customers with over priced junk so you can pay the rent of the over priced piece of property that you can’t clearly afford.
NO excuse for stealing sunglasses! That business owner is trying to pay his rent and support his family.
Want someone to come into your home and steal things??
Sunglasses that are not designer are a lot less pricey and available everywhere. These thiefs want to look rich. P
Probably to show off on their social media. Pathetic.
Interesting factoid that contradicts a lot of the common responses from some about CA theft laws. In CA, it is a felony if the value is over $950. In Texas, however, to be a felony, the value of theft has to be over $2,500. Seems opposite of what everyone says about CA being soft on theft. While in CA, the over $950 is a “wobbler,” meaning it can be prosecuted as either a misdemeanor or felony, in TX, it isn’t a felony until it’s over $2500. Interesting.
https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/how-much-theft-is-a-felony/
See TX Penal Code 31.03(e) – https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.31.htm
You left out “during the nighttime.” Also, you forgot the requirement that they be justified under Pedal Code 9.41, which is applicable to your own personal property and real property, not really retail theft. Also, you forgot the 9.42 requirement that “the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means;” – again, not really a retail theft situation.
Interesting factoid: In Texas there are two situations when the use of deadly force in defense of property, as set forth in Texas Penal Code § 9.42, is justifiable: (1) preventing dangerous criminal behavior; or (2) preventing a criminal from escaping.
“not really a retail theft situation” is that your professional legal opinion? In all the law classes I have taken I don’t recall “not really” ever being used. Carrying on this similar comparison you brought up (that isn’t whataboutism because its (D)ifferent) did you hear about all the Walmarts, CVS’s, Wallgreen’s and Whole Foods that are closing in Texas due to the rampant shoplifting and crime? Neither did I.
VOICE – do you have a JD?
Please learn to use whataboutism correctly before tying and failing again.
that business owner is a retail chain, not independently owned. and for $75 a pair for cheap, no brand name glasses, i’m not too surprised someone stole from the store.
alot of these retail outlets that are major brand name stores are outlet stores and chains. stealing is stealing and is a crime, but when you’re triple charging for a pair of gas station sunglasses, expect this to happen. Yeah they have some very high end brands in there too. Theft is a crime, but so is over charging/gouging people on prices.