Don't Sneek Into Movies In Indiana

[Ah Pook]

Felony theft for $13.50 in movie tickets?! Why not just give them the death penalty?


http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...o-movie-687341

The married couple went to the movies Saturday night at a multiplex in Portage, Indiana, where they watched “Snitch,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. When the action flick ended, the Harbins exited theater #13 and headed into theater #15, where the zombie film “Warm Bodies” was about to start.
The Harbins, however, had not purchased $6.75 tickets to the second movie, which resulted in the duo’s arrest for felony theft, according to a Portage Police Department report.
Two off-duty cops working security at the Portage 16 IMAX were standing outside theater #13 as “Snitch” was letting out. One officer reported alerting to Lendsey Harbin, 49, due to his “very colorful clothing, white vest, white dress pants, and a bright red shirt.” The second cop advised that he thought the Harbins had previously “attempted to sneak into movies without paying for the tickets.”
After the cops could not locate the Harbins in the hallway, they canvassed surrounding theaters and found the couple waiting for “Warm Bodies” to begin. After previews had ended and the movie started, the officers approached the Harbins and requested they exit the theater.
When asked for their ticket stubs, the Harbins came up empty. “I know we done wrong,” said Delilha Harbin, 40. The pair reportedly “advised they had snuck into movies at this movie complex 3 to 4 other times.” The Harbins, who live in nearby Gary, Indiana, also claimed they “were at a funeral all day and just were not thinking correctly.”
The duo was “taken into custody without incident” and transported to the Porter County jail, where they were booked on the felony count and later released on their own recognizance.

Leave the racist/Obama remarks at the door.

[BushMasterBoy]

You steal from Hollywood you go to ...

[dwalker460]

Oddly, theft is THEFT, even in a movie theatre....

[DavieD55]

Those charges certainly do not fit the crime. I could see asking them to pay for tickets if not then to leave. Perhaps something is missing from the story, if not that is an excessive charge.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Uhhhh Very light sentence IMHO! Let us all remember Century movie theater in Aurora 2012.

[clublights]

felony for 27 bucks in theft????

Come the hell on that is RETARDED.

Opps I thought the OP meant 13.50 each ticket...

that makes it even worse.

[Kraven251]

I looked up the shoplifting laws for Indiana, so it is at the discretion it appears of the prosecutor to pursue it as a felony or misdemeanor. While this isn't exactly shoplifting, I thought it was the same vein.

I think it would depend on their history, like prior arrests etc. but assuming they don't have priors a felony count seems extreme. Beyond that if they get say 2 years in jail how much is that going to cost the taxpayers. Hit them with a misdemeanor, fine em, assign them to community service and save a few thousand dollars in room and board.

[sniper7]

Thats bullshit. At worst they should have to pay for the tickets and be banned from the theater

[Irving]

Stealing cable is a felony in some states. Or so I hear.

[TheBelly]

She has no neck.