Felony count over 43 cents' worth of Mountain Dew is dropped

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania prosecutors person dropped a felony theft complaint against a antheral who underpaid for a soda by 43 cents.

The Patriot-News reported Tuesday that prosecutors dropped the theft complaint against Joseph Sobolewski.

Sobolewski slapped $2 connected the antagonistic of an Exxon store successful Duncannon successful August and walked out, reasoning it was $1.50.

He says helium didn't recognize that an advertised discount of 2 bottles for $3 did not use to a azygous bottle.

The Associated Press reported that the soda outgo $2.29, so, including tax, helium was abbreviated 43 cents.

State troopers arrested him, and helium spent a week successful jailhouse aft a justice ordered him held connected a $50,000 cash-only bond, the AP reported.

District Attorney Andrew Bender did not reply requests for comment.

According to the AP, Sobolewski was facing 7 years successful situation nether Pennsylvania's three-strikes instrumentality since helium had already had committed 2 theft charges successful the past 10 years.

The quality outlet reported those 2 charges stem from erstwhile helium didn't wage for a state vessel and stole shoes from a store.