Two women from Buffalo are accused of stealing enough from the Walmart in Batavia to be charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree.
Rickita Lathan, 29, and Katrina M. Jones, 46, are accused of making off with laptop computers and an undetermined amount of clothing without paying for the items during a visit to the story Friday.
They were identified as the suspects through the use of surveillance video.
Based on the evidence, State Police investigators received arrest warrants out of the Town of Batavia Court for Lathan and Jones.
Lathan was taken into custody by Cheektowaga PD and turned over to SP Batavia. She was arraigned in Town of Oakfield Court and jailed on $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 bond.
Jones was being held in the Niagara County Jail on an unrelated charge. She was transported to SP Batavia and transferred to the Genesee County Jail on $500 bail.
Besides the Class E felony charge, the duo is charged with conspiracy, 5th, a Class A misdemeanor.
BET THEY WONT BE SMILING WHEN
BET THEY WONT BE SMILING WHEN THEY ARE SITTING IN THE COOLER
Awesome! She amuses herself.
Awesome! She amuses herself.
Maybe somebody will have the
Maybe somebody will have the answers to a couple of really unimportant questions?
Why would one of them be arraigned in Oakfield for a crime committed in Batavia? It appears they're both facing the same charges, why is one's bail twice as high as the other's?
There must have been no judge
There must have been no judge available in Town of Batavia at the time.
Bail takes in several factors related to the judge's opinion on the likelihood of the person to make his or her next court appearance. There's no reason to expect the exact same bail for two different people on the exact same crime, even if it were the same judge in both cases.
"why is one's bail twice as
"why is one's bail twice as high as the other's?"
Previous criminal record would be my guess.