Felony charges have been dropped against a homeless man who shortchanged a convenience store 43 cen

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Felony charge dropped against man who shortchanged store 43 cents for Mountain Dew


Felony charges have been dropped against a homeless man who shortchanged a convenience store 43 cents for a bottle of Mountain Dew.

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Felony charges have been dropped against a homeless man who shortchanged a convenience store 43 cents for a bottle of Mountain Dew.

PennLive.com reported Tuesday that Perry County prosecutors have dropped the theft charge and downgraded another charge against Joseph Sobolewski.


Sobolewski, 38, walked into an Exxon gas station in ​​Duncannon in August after seeing a sign for a 2 for $3 deal on 20-ounce Mountain Dew bottles.

Sobolewski grabbed a bottle and left $2 on the counter before walking out, not realizing that a single bottle of the beverage cost $2.29, not $1.50, meaning he still owned the store 43 cents when factoring in sales tax, according to PennLive.com.

A gas station employee called police, who tracked down and arrested Sobolewski on a felony charge.

Magisterial District Judge Jackie Leister ordered him to be held on a $50,000 cash-only bond and he was held in jail for seven days before his attorney successfully argued for his release, PennLive.com reported.

Sobolewski has had several run-ins with the law in the past decade, being charged twice with theft for not paying for a tank of gas and another time for stealing a pair of shoes from a department store.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/felony-charge-dropped-against-man-who-shortchanged-store-43-cents-for-mountain-dew/ar-AAQ1lFL?ocid=msedgntp

[RockRaven]

1. Well, great... Now where are the consequences for the assholes in this scene?

[cstanleytech]

3. Ya, Leister for one should be removed from the bench imo.

[multigraincracker]

2. Had a convenience store ever

been charged with a felony for short changing someone 43 cents?

Years ago I had a part time job at a convenience store on the late shift. I tried to be nice to all of the late night folks, including drug addicts, hookers, drunks and the homeless. When one started to really dig for change for a hot dog or something cheap to eat, I'd always dig in my pocket to help them out.
The lady that worked most nights got robbed at gun point. The next night, I had several of those night folks tell me that they put the word out that no one had better rob me.

[PoliticAverse]

4. What a rediculous case this is. In general conviction of a criminal act requires intent...

and clearly the homeless man didn't intend to steal the soda.

Stupid behavior by several people:

The gas station employee that called police over this.

The judge that required him to be held on $ 50,000 cash only bond.

The DA who decided to prosecute this.

[Champp]

5. Poor sap should have become a Republican Billionaire

Then he could be sure of Special Treatment.

I guess he didn't think of that