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A high-tech auto-theft ring led by two brothers allegedly used a key-fob programmer to steal $2.5 million worth of pricey vehicles from dealerships throughout the Sunshine State, cops said.
The classification of larceny as grand or petit larceny originated in an English statute passed in 1275 (grand is a French word meaning "large" while petit is a French word meaning "small"). Both were felonies, but the punishment for grand larceny was death while the punishment for petit larceny was forfeiture of property to the Crown and whipping.
Three people in Florida have been charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing over $100,000 worth of goods from Home Depot stores across the state, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s ...
Her trouble with the law began when she was charged with grand theft of more than $20,000, also a felony. "Mrozek made 41 deposits of altered money orders totaling $23,915.88 ...
In 2018, Florida had 373 state and local law enforcement agencies. Those agencies employed a total of 85,234 staff. Of the total staff, 47,177 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers). In 2018, Florida had 222 police officers per 100,000 residents. [2]
Following cases in the state have molded and defined the applicability of the Williams Rule in criminal cases. Varying standards of "relevance" seem to apply depending on the prong of the rule applied. The legislature of Florida has also codified the Williams Rule in Florida Statute section 90.404(2)(a). [2]
More than a dozen suspects are facing charges in connection with a retail theft ring in South Florida that racked up more than $20 million in losses this year alone, Miami-Dade officials said ...
The state now distinguishes between two types of theft, grand theft and petty theft. [79] The older crimes of embezzlement, larceny, and stealing, and any preexisting references to them now fall under the theft statute. [80] There are a number of criminal statutes in the California Penal Code defining grand theft in different amounts.