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ANDERSON — Anderson police caught their man after a foot chase around 2 p.m. Thursday near the Anderson Mall, but the item that the man is accused of stealing remains at large.
Thomas Devan Capell, 17, is accused of stealing a one-half carat diamond engagement ring, valued at $2,800, on Thursday from Whitehall Jewelers in the mall, according to a police report.
Capell, who already on a lifetime trespass notice from the mall, also was charged with a trespass notice violation and loitering in a drug area after police found three drug pipes in his pocket.
Capell pleaded guilty Friday to the trespass violation and loitering, drawing fines of $1,040 or 60 days in jail.
A trial date for a grand larceny charge had not been set as of Friday afternoon.
According to the police report, Capell disposed of the ring while running from police and mall security.
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So Anderson Mall has now been classified as a "drug area." That was where he was charged with loitering and trespassing, so it must be so.
Cha-ching! There's another $500 plus fine for Loitering in a Drug Area when the person was NOT in a drug area.
The city really abuses that charge by declaring anywhere and everywhere a drug area .If the boy had gotten caught sitting in a church with a drug pipe in his pocket would the city declare the church a drug area too?
Possession of the pipes should be a paraphernalia charge.
Loitering in a Drug Area is the correct charge. One of the subparagraphs includes possesion of drug paraphenila but the main heading is Loitering in a Drug area.
this dude is a thief and a disgrace to humanity, who cares what he is charged with.
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