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Man gets 1 year for stealing $60.91
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Posted on Jul 22 2011
Joshua Indalecio Martin, 22, will be released from the Department of Corrections on April 21, 2012. He will then be placed on three years of probation.
Martin will be required to pay a $300 fine, $25 court assessment fee, and $300 probation fee. He was also ordered to pay $60.91 in restitution to the victim and write a letter of apology to him.
Superior Court presiding judge Robert C. Naraja barred Martin from having any contact with the victim and his family during the probationary period.
The Office of the Attorney General had charged the defendant with theft and forgery. Martin pleaded guilty to theft as part of a plea deal. The forgery charge was dropped.
Martin was arrested with another man in April after the victim helped police in the investigation.
Detective Jeffrey I. Norita stated in his report that on April 7, 2011, the victim reported to police about a burglary and theft incident at his residence in San Antonio. The suspect or suspects entered the house through the laundry room by tearing the screen and removing three louvers.
The suspect or suspects stole an Oakley bag that contained a silver Dell laptop, two personal checks, and a check from NMC. Also stolen was a black box that contained an electric cigarette with a charger.
The following day, Norita said he received a call from the victim that he was at New World Store where a surveillance camera had caught the suspects on tape.
A review of the footage showed two suspects receiving cash change after purchasing items using the stolen NMC check in the amount of $60.91.
Norita said it was Martin who received the change, while his companion stood next to him.
Norita said the other responding detective seized from Martin a plastic bag containing items purchased from New World and an envelope that contained one of the victim’s stolen personal checks, amounting to $160.94.
The bag also contained the victim’s black box with E-Health cigarette indicated on the cover, a USP charger, and other items.
Norita said that Martin admitted to signing the NMC check but claimed that he just found the checks.
