U.S. Man Faces Potential 30-Year Prison Sentence for Stealing a Doughnut

October 9th, 2007

Via: International Herald Tribune:

A Missouri man could potentially face a 30-year prison sentence for stealing a doughnut from a store.

Scott A. Masters, 41, of Park Hills, Missouri, has been charged with felony second-degree robbery in the theft of a 52-cent doughut from a Country Mart in Farmington, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south of St. Louis. Store employees said he slipped the doughnut into his sweat shirt without paying last December, then pushed away a clerk who tried to stop him as he fled the store.

The push is being treated as minor assault, which transforms a misdemeanor shoplifting charge into a strong-armed robbery with a potential prison term of five to 15 years. Given Masters’ past criminal record, prosecutors could boost that sentence to 30 years to life.

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2 Responses to “U.S. Man Faces Potential 30-Year Prison Sentence for Stealing a Doughnut”

  1. Loveandlight says:
    October 9, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    Les Miserables, The Next Generation.

  2. remrof says:
    October 10, 2007 at 12:16 am

    why don’t we just cut off his hand?

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