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Old 01-15-2016, 07:47 PM
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Why would someone complain? Isn't it a cheap deterrent? Isn't that what it's supposed to be?

Whenever I see a villager getting caught for shoplifting I wonder how many get away with shoplifting and how many are deterred because everyone will see their picture.

The rest of us know right from wrong.

Take a look at this from NPR Of Counsel: Unique Sentence for First-Time Shoplifters - Florida Trend
Helllooo Jerry! Remember Uncle Leo stealing books. My kids laugh like hell they call The Villages, Del Boca Vista where Jerry's parents lived. They also claim I steal batteries like his parents. I don't want my picture in that paper unless I got arrested for defending my family or a friend.