Woman Sentenced to 1 Year After Pleading Guilty to Shoplifting From NEX, Giving Police False Identity When Charged for Theft
NORFOLK, Va. — Patricia Annette White, 55, was sentenced on Friday to serve one year in prison for felony forgery of public records, misdemeanor use of a false identity to impede an investigation, and petit larceny after she shoplifted from the Norfolk Main Navy Exchange last year and lied about her identity to responding police officers.
On the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2023, Ms. White and two others were seen by an NEX loss prevention officer stealing several items including packages of cologne. Ms. White concealed some of the shoplifted cologne in a bag, left the store without paying, and got into the driver’s seat of a car in the parking lot. The security officer called Norfolk Police to report the theft, and officers apprehended Ms. White in the parking lot when they arrived.
When officers questioned Ms. White, she provided the name, birthday, and social security number of her adult daughter (who was not present) as if it were her own information. Officers issued Ms. White a criminal summons for petit larceny under that false information, Ms. White forged her daughter’s name while signing the summons, and Ms. White allowed officers to take her fingerprint. Investigators later determined Ms. White (who, due to her criminal history, already had fingerprints on file associated with her true name), to have provided a false identification.
On July 17, Ms. White pleaded guilty to forgery, using a false identity to impede an investigation, and petit larceny. Ms. White’s plea agreement called for the judge to sentence her to an active period of incarceration no longer than the suggested high-end of her sentencing guidelines, which was two years and seven months.
Judge Joseph C. Lindsey accepted Ms. White’s plea agreement, found her guilty of her charges, and on Friday sentenced Ms. White to serve one year in prison with another five years in custody suspended on the conditions that Ms. White complete three years of supervised probation and one year of uniform good behavior following her release.
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney J. Drew Fairbanks prosecuted Ms. White’s case on behalf of the Commonwealth, and Norfolk Police Officer Errol D. Pierre led the investigation.
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July 17, 2024
Woman Pleads Guilty to Shoplifting From NEX While on Probation, Giving Police False Identity When Charged for Theft
NORFOLK, Va. — Patricia Annette White, 55, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to felony forgery of public records, misdemeanor use of a false identity to impede an investigation, and petit larceny after she shoplifted from the Norfolk Main Navy Exchange last year and lied about her identity to responding police officers.
On the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2023, Ms. White and two others were seen by an NEX loss prevention officer stealing several items including packages of cologne. Ms. White concealed some of the shoplifted cologne in a bag, left the store without paying, and got into the driver’s seat of a car in the parking lot. The security officer called Norfolk Police to report the theft, and officers apprehended Ms. White in the parking lot when they arrived.
When officers questioned Ms. White, she provided the name, birthday, and social security number of her adult daughter (who was not present) as if it were her own information. Officers issued Ms. White a criminal summons for petit larceny under that false information, Ms. White forged her daughter’s name while signing the summons, and Ms. White allowed officers to take her fingerprint. Investigators later determined Ms. White (who, due to her criminal history, already had fingerprints on file associated with her true name), to have provided a false identification.
On Wednesday, Ms. White pleaded guilty to forgery, using a false identity to impede an investigation, and petit larceny. Ms. White’s plea agreement calls for the judge to sentence her to an active period of incarceration no longer than the suggested high end of her sentencing guidelines. Judge Joseph C. Lindsey accepted Ms. White’s plea agreement, found her guilty of her charges, and set her sentencing hearing for Aug. 30.
Ms. White was previously accepted as a participant in the Norfolk Adult Recovery Court (formerly known as Drug Court) incarceration alternative program. Because Ms. White committed this offense while participating in the program, she now faces possible expulsion from the program and sanctions for violating her probation.
“The Norfolk Adult Drug Court, now known as Recovery Court, offers people the tools to deal with their substance-use disorder, but it is up to the person to take that help,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “Ms. White had the chance to avoid jail, and she did not take it, and that means that she must now face the consequences of her actions.”
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney J. Drew Fairbanks is prosecuting Ms. White’s case on behalf of the Commonwealth, and Norfolk Police Officer Errol D. Pierre led the investigation.
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