Serial Shoplifter Sentenced After Seven Theft Convictions

Serial shoplifter sentenced after seven theft convictions

A man convicted of petty theft seven times in the past two years was sentenced to 4 years in state prison for felony shoplifting. Hugh Alfred Johnson, of Oroville, was sentenced to the prison term Wednesday. He had been convicted seven times for petty theft in the past 2 years, as well as two prior strike convictions for serious and violent felonies from 2006, according to a news release from the Butte County District Attorney’s Office. Johnson’…

Oroville serial shoplifter sentenced to four years in state prison under new Proposition 36 law

42-year-old Hugh Alfred Johnson Jr. of Oroville was convicted in July of shoplifting with two or more prior theft convictions. Jurors found Johnson guilty after about an hour of deliberations, which included his seven petty theft convictions over the past…