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Petty Theft

When Kenya Ealy arrived home at her University City, Mo., apartment, she found someone inside. She and a friend tried to open the door, but someone inside was holding it closed. When they realized it was an intruder, the roles reversed: they held the door closed while screaming for someone to call the police while the man tried to get out. They held on long enough for officers to take Damon Petty, 36, into custody. Petty had been in Ealy’s kitchen cooking bacon, police report, and officers found some other items of Ealy’s in his pockets. Petty has been charged with burglary, and is being held on $25,000 bail. (RC/St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ...Theft of most foods is a misdemeanor, but stealing bacon is a felony, just as it should be.