An Alabama city councilman has pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor shoplifting. Huntsville City Council member Devyn Keith agreed to a plea deal Tuesday just as his trial was set to begin.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama city councilman pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of misdemeanor shoplifting.
Keith, 34, was arrested in February and was charged with four counts of shoplifting. He stole merchandise from three different Walmart stores in Huntsville, police said. Two charges were dropped as part of the deal and Keith will pay nearly $465 restitution for the amount from all four cases, news outlets reported.
Tim Gann, chief deputy district attorney, said after the hearing that Keith received the same treatment as any other person charged with shoplifting. “Accountability is important to me,” Keith read as part of a lengthy statement following the hearing. “I have nothing but respect towards the State and Walmart representatives. Now, the agreement that was reached today acknowledges that I was negligent, and I was careless in scanning items, and that, in fact, makes me wrong.”
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