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YP_Yooper

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3. For perspective
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 09:16 PM
Jan 2022

This poor guy faced 7 years in prison for $0.43.
We all need to put these high rolling frauds to prison for life.


A man was arrested in Pennsylvania and is facing felony charges after allegedly paying just 43 cents less than the cost of a soda at a convenience store. Joseph Sobolewski grabbed a 20-ounce bottle of Mountain Dew at a store in Perry County, Pennsylvania last month. The store was charging $3 for two bottles of the beverage, PennLive first reported. Sobolewski put $2 on the counter and left the store.

But a single bottle of the beverage cost $2.29, not $1.50. So, the man was allegedly underpaying by 43 cents, including tax. Sobolewski has two previous theft charges, including driving away from a gas station without paying for a tank of gasoline and stealing a pair of shoes.

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