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Shoplifter banned from Walmart, placed on probation

29-year-old was spotted on Second Line with a cart full stolen items valued at $749; she pleaded guilty to breaching a court order and was placed on probation for 12 months
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The Sault Ste. Marie Courthouse is pictured in this file photo.

City police officers spotted Kimberley Robinson pushing a shopping cart full of merchandise along Second Line on a spring night earlier this year.

It was 10 p.m. on March 29, and the items, valued at $749, were from Walmart, Ontario Court Justice John Condon heard Tuesday.

At the time, Robinson was on a release order that prohibited her from going to the Great Northern Road business. She also had a 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew, prosecutor Karen Pritchard said.

Robinson pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching the court order.

The accused had not purchased the goods and they were returned to the store, which at the time was not aware of the theft, the Crown said.

The 29-year-old woman has a criminal record, and the latest entries were in April, she told the judge.

At that time, Robinson disposed of a number of charges and the March offences, which took place before that, should have been dealt with then.

In April, she pleaded guilty to 12 charges, including two counts of robbery, single counts of assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, obstructing police, mischief and theft.

Robinson also was convicted of five counts of breaching orders. 

She was given credit for eight months pre-sentence custody, and received a further six-month conditional term to be served in the community.

As well, she was placed on probation for 12 months. 

On Tuesday, defence lawyer Eric McCooeye said his client "is doing very well on the conditional sentence and is taking it seriously."

The lawyers jointly recommended that Robinson receive a suspended sentence and be placed on probation for 12 months.

They noted she still is on the probation order imposed in April which has a number of conditions.

Condon, who sentenced her in April, agreed with their recommendation.

During this new probation, she must not go to Walmart.



About the Author: Linda Richardson

Linda Richardson is a freelance journalist who has been covering Sault Ste. Marie's courts and other local news for more than 45 years.
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