Man sentenced for stealing lobsters for drug habit
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man could spend up to 25 years in prison for stealing lobsters he planned to sell to support his drug habit.
Authorities say 47-year-old Charles Shumanis III repeatedly stole lobsters and meat from Allentown-area supermarkets, including a botched March 1 theft that included a parking lot car-jacking.
Police say Shumanis stole meat and lobsters on two other occasions before he was confronted when he walked out of the store with $350 in lobsters.
A Lehigh County judge on Monday recommended Shumanis serve time at a state prison able to help him deal with his drug and alcohol problems.
Shumanis pleaded guilty in September to charges including retail theft and robbery of a motor vehicle.
Authorities say 47-year-old Charles Shumanis III repeatedly stole lobsters and meat from Allentown-area supermarkets, including a botched March 1 theft that included a parking lot car-jacking.
Police say Shumanis stole meat and lobsters on two other occasions before he was confronted when he walked out of the store with $350 in lobsters.
A Lehigh County judge on Monday recommended Shumanis serve time at a state prison able to help him deal with his drug and alcohol problems.
Shumanis pleaded guilty in September to charges including retail theft and robbery of a motor vehicle.
I don't feel any sympathy for him. I don't buy into the "blame the addiction" mentality either. Doesn't matter why he stole...he's a thief! Shop lifter/bank robber/car jacker. They are all the same. They are taking for themselves, something belonging to someone else...
Kind of like Socialists...now that I think about it.....yikes!
Now I REALLY dislike them!
Sounds Fishy to me ....somebody had to do it right=))
"25 years in prison " Such rediculously huge prison terms in a prison industrial complex society.