P. v. Thompson CA3
In November 2017, defendant worked with others to cash payroll checks that were stolen from a business in Oroville. In April 2018, defendant was arrested while coming out of a building with an activated security alarm carrying rubber gloves and a screwdriver.
Defendant was charged in Butte County in two cases, the first case with identity theft (§ 530.5, subd. (a)), and forgery related to identity theft. (§ 470, subd. (a).) It was further alleged defendant had six prior prison terms. (§ 667.5, subd. (b).) For the second case, defendant was charged with second degree commercial burglary (§ 459) with the same six prior prison term allegations. (§ 667.5, subd. (b).) In July 2019, defendant pleaded no contest to identity theft in the first case and commercial burglary in the second case for a maximum potential prison term of three years eight months in exchange for dismissal of the other charges and allegations.
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