Teen charged with stealing yearbooks, selling them
May 22nd, 2009 by Ana X. CeronSTUART — A teen faces a grand theft charge after allegedly admitting he stole his high school’s yearbooks and sold some of them.
Martin County High School Assistant Principal Jack Valerio told Martin County sheriff’s deputies that eight of the yearbooks had been stolen out of the gym’s concession stand area earlier this month.
The 17-year-old boy told Valerio that he was the one who had taken the books – valued at $85 each – and sold a couple of them, according to a sheriff’s report. The teen agreed to return the books back to the school.
Valerio contact sheriff’s officials and the teen was charged with grand theft.
Tags: grand theft, high school, Jack Valerio, Martin County High School, Martin County Sheriff's Office, yearbook
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May 22nd, 2009 at 11:53 am
was that necessary? The school couldnt of kept it in there hands? now that boy is going to have that on his record, he might as well drop out now.
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Entrepreneurship at its best
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Theft is theft in my book. This isn’t some silly teenage prank. He stole it and sold them to make money. One can only hope this is a wake up call for him. He will likely be able to get it hidden on his record if charged as a minor. But if he walks away with a minor slap on the hand, it only encourages bigger crimes. Sorry, but I feel zero sympathy for crime. Poor judgment or silly childhood prank is understandable, but crime is not. 17 is plenty old enough to know better.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Yes, by all means just give him a slap on the wrist so he won’t have an excuse to drop out and become an even bigger criminal. Let’s coddle him and overlook his obvious shortcomings and let’s pretend that he will grow up to be an honest, hardworking citizen instead of breaking into Casey’s house while Casey is working and taking all of Casey’s belongings and selling them on ebay.
Casey, you are part of the problem, not part of the cure. Georgia is right - if he is going to do the crime he has to learn that there are consequences.
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
typical high school turd.
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:08 am
Theft of a commodity such as a yearbook is still theft. A yearbook, like a car or a watch, is made up of different components which different people have contributed to and taken their time to perfect. A person who steals doesn’t value others’ time, talents, or hard work. Robbery is not a noble profession!
May 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Casey’s post confirms reports of consistently lower FCAT’s.
PS Casey: It’s their hands and not there hands
May 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
about the time they kept it in “their” hands, the public wonder why they cover it up….no win