California serial thief is found guilty of stealing more than $60,000 in Target goods by using self-checkout
Aziza Graves, 43, was convicted of grand theft and 53 counts of petty theft
She faces a possible sentence of three and a half years in prison
By Ruth Bashinsky For Dailymail.Com
Published: 14:26 EDT, 7 May 2024
A serial thief from San Francisco has been found guilty of stealing more than $60,000 in merchandise at the self-checkout after hitting a Target store 120 times.
Aziza Graves, 43, was convicted of felony and grand theft and 53 misdemeanor counts of petty theft on Friday after she stole over a 13-month period - starting October 3, 2020 and ending November 16, 2021 - from the Target store in the Stonestown Galleria, a shopping mall located North of San Francisco State University.
Graves’ trickery involved bringing goods to the self-checkout counter, scanning them and then inserting ‘a single coin or bill’ into the machine before exiting the store, the District Attorney’s office said.
Officers with the San Francisco Police Department said they watched Graves leave the Target store twice after carrying out her scheme. She was later seen selling the stolen goods at the city’s UN Plaza, KDVR News reported.
After her November 2021 arrest, San Francisco Police Department Chief Bill Scott called her a ‘particularly brazen and prolific retail theft offender.’
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