I do not know for certain, but I suspect it is felony robbery because he hit the manager with his car while committing theft.
The automobile incident may make it a felony.
Dumb kid.
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The headline is a lie.
If something had not been stolen, it would have been assault. Since something was stolen, it is not just assault, but robbery.
The ridiculous thing here is that these guys hit the manager with a car over a couple of cups of soda. The law should be very interested in people this stupid and violent.
Hitting the manager with his car is the felony... Read the entire story, not the headline.
Arrested for possessing 20 ounces of Coke?
-PJ
The headline is so inaccurate that it is misleading. He wasn't charged with robbery for taking a cup of soda. He was charged with robbery for assault while committing theft. He reminds me of this "gentle giant".
Petty theft, if he did it unobserved and had no interaction with a person. Robbery if he interacted with a person while performing the deed. Like burglary vs. robbery; if no one’s home it’s burglary.
I don’t know Arkansas criminal law, but I would have guessed theft rather than robbery. The interaction with the manager may have qualified it for the stiffer charge.
And to think Obama has not been arrested for what he has done...
The headline is just a way to get people to read it. I’m sure if the headline said he hit the manager with a car, not as many people would have looked at it.
This water cup scheme has become almost SOP in the ‘hood. The employees aren’t supposed to try and stop it - hope this guy keeps his job.
Chapter 12 - Robbery
§ 5-12-103 - Aggravated robbery.
5-12-103. Aggravated robbery.
(a) A person commits aggravated robbery if he or she commits robbery as defined in 5-12-102, and the person:
(1) Is armed with a deadly weapon;
(2) Represents by word or conduct that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon; or
(3) Inflicts or attempts to inflict death or serious physical injury upon another person.
(b) Aggravated robbery is a Class Y felony.
Chapter 12 - Robbery
§ 5-12-102 - Robbery.
5-12-102. Robbery.
(a) A person commits robbery if, with the purpose of committing a felony or misdemeanor theft or resisting apprehension immediately after committing a felony or misdemeanor theft, the person employs or threatens to immediately employ physical force upon another person.
(b) Robbery is a Class B felony.
My wife works the counter at a McDonalds and sees numbers of people pulling the same scam every day, filling up with soda instead of water. It is theft and it illustrates the lawlessness of so many people in society today. They see nothing wrong with it. A certain ethnic group does this illegal activity more than all the others combined. Can you guess which one? My wife uses a remote cut-off switch when she spots a violation and receives all kinds of foul looks and curses when she does it. I have warned her that someday some thug will jump the counter and hurt her for doing it.
Felony robbery occurs when a robbery involves some other act(s) that are, by themselves, felonies. Hence, felony murder when a bank robbery turns bad. In this case, the morons in question couldn’t even steal a cup of soda without stupidly committing a felony.
“but if the only charge is robbery, how is this a felony?”
Google is your friend.
(b) Robbery is a Class B felony.
Another a$$hole headline. The customer asked for cups for water, and obviously paid nothing. Then filled the cups with soda.
Then hitting the manager with his car.
Robbery and assault, plus evading responsibility.
Change the lying headline.
