Raiding the kitchen

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Unlike the felons described below, a few times each year we stole the key to the chapter house kitchen, fired up the stove, and made omelets using all the left overs and what ever was on hand in the middle of the night (usually fueled by Bud and Pabst)


December 16, 2003by Kelli Kennedy

Students at Florida Atlantic University had mixed reactions Monday afternoon, when they learned four of their classmates were being charged with felonies for raiding a school cafeteria during finals week.
Gossip of the four freshmen girls, who stole about $25 worth of food during their late-night snack attack, ripped through the Boca Raton campus.
“They should be charged. They’re over 18 and they committed a felony,” said junior Alex Dosso. “A felony is a felony. They knew what they were doing.”
Joanna Luo agreed.
“I think that’s really wrong. It’s not right to just steal snacks,” said Luo, an 8th grader at Henderson University School. “I believe that they should be charged with a felony.”
Other students said the penalty, which carried a five-year maximum sentence, was too extreme.
“They shouldn’t have been treated like that for stealing $25. It’s too much for them if they only stole $25,” said Dongseok Hong, an FAU graduate student.”
“It seems a bit extreme,” said senior Ricky Patel. “They should be charged with a misdemeanor.”
Dean of Students Leslie Bates said the criminal charged for the cafeteria raid is a first on campus. The state attorney's office has 30 days to decide whether to proceed with the case.
State Attorney’s Office spokesman, Mike Edmondson, declined to give details, stating that the investigation is still open.
The four freshmen, Amanda Leon, Jaclyn Sibilia, Thoa Ho and Kaitlin Sjostedt had been studying into the early morning hours when they decided to take some cereal, fruit and other snacks worth about $25 from the University Center Marketplace kitchen, according to a police report.
The girls were handcuffed and taken to Palm Beach County Jail, where they were held for the rest of the night.
``Burglary is burglary. Whether you steal $20,000 worth of artwork, or not, it’s a felony,” said campus police spokesman Chuck Aurin. ``They broke the law. Not only did they commit the offense, but they were actually caught in the act.''
Police can’t get into the business of charging for some felonies and not for others, said Aurin, who said the decision is now in the hands of the S.A.O.
The university sentenced the girls to 20 hours of community service, where they will help the food service employees as part of their punishment.
``It will be during the 'prime time' of the cafeteria,'' Sjostedt said. ``It's cruel and unusual punishment.''
But the women's parents were more concerned about the criminal charges. Sjostedt's mother, Jennifer Todd, said all four students had clean records and that the felony charges were too extreme.
``These kids just went into a refrigerator because they were hungry,'' said Todd, a lawyer in Tampa. ``It's not like they're drug dealers.''