[2ndDivisionVet]

If he'd switched the UPC code for a less expensive TV, he'd almost assuredly gotten away with it. Did he really think a cashier would let him buy a TV for $3 that came up at the register as a water bottle? The judge should tack on an extra year for stupidity!

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He might have tried using the self-checkout lane. The scales in those lanes that weigh the product after you scan them, are incredibly sensitive and accurate. That might be how he was caught?