Posted on 11/23/2021 11:16:34 AM PST by nickcarraway
A Bronx woman was sentenced to spend at least 11 years in prison for burglarizing homes in New York while families were attending funerals for relatives.
Latonia Stewart, 30, was found guilty last month of burglarizing six homes between 2017 and 2018. A judge sentenced her on Monday.
Stewart had faced a sentence ranging from 3 1/2 years to a maximum of 15 years in state prison on each burglary count. She received a 10-year sentence on each count to run concurrently. In addition, she received a 1-3 year sentence to run consecutively to the 10-year-sentence.
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It happened to my MIL when her brother was killed in Korea
No need to look. Latonia.
For decades, my family would talk about this and plan for it.
Poor thing is apostrophe-deprived. The apostrophe-endowed are the “La’tonias.” Or should it be a hyphen? The naming rules are so confusing.
Robbing peoples’ houses while they are at funerals is the lowest of the low. With those skills, she should run for office. She win a Democrat seat going away.
My favorite in “La-a” which is pronounced LaDasha — because the dash don’t be silent.
Oldest trick in the book. ALWAYS have a house sitter.
Yep, the lady who insisted staying at the house during my dad’s funeral saw a van circling the block a few times. She made sure they knew someone was there.
It shouldn’t, but it reminds me of a joke.
Game started in Superbowl. A guy up in a high seat sees a prime seat down low near the 50. He is curious and goes down and asks the old man why the seat is empty.
The old man says that seat was for my wife but she recently died. The guy says couldn’t you find a friend to take the seat. The old man says they’re all at her funeral.
“Latonia”.
Do I need to look?
Maybe it’s because I am from New York, but we always had someone stay at the house during weddings and funerals, someone from another faith shows a good friend but didn’t feel the need to attend, helping us in this way instead.
Very high rent neighborhood too.
Back in the day, newspapers stopped publishing the addresses of the deceased. But nowadays, it’s pretty easy to look up that info online.
In our family, someone always volunteered to stay in the family’s home, for safety sake.
Come to think of it, wakes used to be held in the family home. IIRC, the women used to sit in the living room with the deceased, whispering and gossiping ....and the men used to sit the kitchen, smoking and drinking a lot.
Never leave a copy of your proof of insurance and registration in the glove compartment (which many people do)
Typically you will have a garage door opener attached to your sun visor and if your car is stolen while shopping or at a soccer game or any other event, not only do they have your car but your address from the ID's and your garage opener to get into your garage and house.......
Ya know, I was like who da hell names der daughter La Dasha?
That’s an oldie. Effective, though.
planned for this when my dad passed. He had an extensive collection of toys, some rather valuable. And he was part of a large group of other like minded toy collectors, some of whom were rumored to be less than savory.
Happened to my family when my grandfather died.
Some one broke into his house while we were at the
funeral and took a trunk with family bible and other
memorabilia. Bible was huge, illustrated, and listed
all the family members going back over a hundred years.
Remember the scene in Harry Met Sally when Harry mentions using the obits to find an apartment in NYC?? “They mind as well combine the obituary with the real estate section”
That’s a given in our greater family group and friends.
One of the friends of the family volunteers to baby sit the house during visitation, the service and internment.
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