Not all that petit
Some people have stealing luggage privilege.
Former Biden-administration nuclear official Sam Brinton, charged with felony suitcase theft, pleaded guilty to petit larceny in a sweetheart plea deal in Virginia that results in no jail time for him.
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Brinton, who identifies as non-binary, uses they/them pronouns, and dresses in women’s clothes, worked as deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy before being sacked following his luggage-theft scandal. His appointment as a nuclear-waste official in the Biden administration was widely touted as a historic accomplishment for the LGBT community.
But there is no such community. The T is the cuckoo in the nest.
In February 2023, he was charged with grand larceny for allegedly taking Tanzanian designer’s Asya Khamsin’s luggage from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va. It was the third such incident of luggage theft Brinton was allegedly associated with.
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Brinton was jailed in Virginia for about two weeks in relation to the Khamsin theft after being released on bond.
As part of the deal finalized last week, Brinton entered into an adult diversion program in which he committed to undergo a mental-health evaluation, write a letter of apology, return any stolen property, and complete 50 hours of community service assisting the elderly, according to prosecutors. The arrangement also involved downgrading Brinton’s grand-larceny felony charges to petit larceny, a misdemeanor. Brinton will avoid a prison sentence, which for grand larceny in Virginia can go up to as many as 20 years.
But that’s ok, everyone who steals thousands of dollars worth of goods gets a deal like that.
Brinton allegedly stole luggage from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nev., on July 6, 2022, raising questions about his claim that the earlier instance of alleged theft of the designer’s belongings was a mix-up. There was a federal warrant out for Brinton’s arrest on grand-larceny charges for stealing property worth between $1,200 and $5,000. Police said Brinton was caught on surveillance footage running off with a suitcase filled with over $3,500 worth of jewelry, clothing, and make-up on July 6, 2022.
He’s just misunderstood.
Great analogy; wish I thought of it. Maybe I’ll use it and tell everyone I did! (I can just claim to identify as Ophelia Benson, right?)
Oh, sure, grand larceny, petit larceny, blah blah blah, but the real crime here is that the National Review repeatedly, REPEATEDLY I say, misgenders they.
I second that about the brood parasite analogy, freaking brilliant.
The only thing that surprises me about this slap on the wrist sentence is that he was told to do community service with seniors rather than being allowed to get more access to at-risk youth.
oooOOOhhh it’s “petit” larceny and “petit” theft. All these years of Law & Order reruns and whatnot and I thought it was “petty.” I learn’d sum’n new.
I mean, presumably “petty” derives from “petit” anyways, so it’s all the same one way or the other, but I didn’t know y’all still spelt the French way. It’s rare that one sees French words in use in the U.S. at least compared to Canada, at least outside of Louisiana, or the pompous pages of The New Yorker.
Neat-o!
I didn’t know that either! It seems very unfamiliar so I suspect we mostly don’t still spell it that way.
It’s spelled “petit” in law but pronounced “petty.”
I thought it was “petit” because it was dresses he was stealing. Y’know, to indicate the delicate ladylike nature of the crime.
But then it would have to be “petite” lol.