{"id":582,"date":"2025-12-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=582"},"modified":"2025-12-09T04:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:36:03","slug":"grand-forks-county-man-faces-felony-theft-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/grand-forks-county-man-faces-felony-theft-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Forks County Man Faces Felony Theft Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grand Forks County\u00a0<\/strong>(trfnews.i234.me)\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 A homeless man based in Grand Forks now faces a felony theft charge after a reported grocery store theft downtown.<\/p>\n

According to a criminal complaint, the case involves Richard B. Harrington<\/strong>.
\nCourt records list Harrington\u2019s address as homeless in Grand Forks.
\nHe is accused of taking bags of food from a downtown grocery store and leaving without paying.
\nThe incident happened on December 1.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Harrington entered the store and filled two shopping bags.
\nItems reportedly included candy bars, energy drinks, and hot food.
\nInvestigators say he then left the business with both bags.
\nStore staff told police that no payment was made at the checkout.<\/p>\n

Court documents place the total value of the items at $80.98.
\nThat amount normally would not create a felony by itself.
\nHowever, the complaint notes Harrington\u2019s history of theft cases.
\nRecords list three prior misdemeanor shoplifting convictions.
\nThose earlier cases now allow this new incident to be charged as a felony.<\/p>\n

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\"MugshotRichard B. Harrington is accused of taking food from a downtown Grand Forks grocery store.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Prosecutors in Grand Forks County have now charged Harrington with felony theft.
\nThe charge is based on the value of the goods and his prior convictions.
\nMore information on North Dakota theft laws is available in the\u00a0North Dakota Century Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Felony theft charges can lead to prison time and fines if a person is convicted.
\nPenalties can depend on the value of the property and the record.
\nGeneral guidance on felony levels and sentencing can be found through the North Dakota Department of Corrections victim resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The case against Harrington will move through Grand Forks County District Court.
\nFuture hearings and filings will appear on the\u00a0North Dakota Courts’ public search site<\/a>.
\nThat site lists upcoming court dates and case updates.<\/p>\n

Retailers often remind shoppers that even small thefts can lead to serious charges.
\nInformation on shoplifting prevention and store security is available from\u00a0national crime prevention groups.<\/p>\n

At this stage, Richard B. Harrington is presumed innocent.
\nHe remains innocent unless and until he is found guilty in court.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for\u00a0TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grand Forks County\u00a0(trfnews.i234.me)\u00a0\u2013 A homeless man based in Grand Forks now faces a felony theft charge after a reported grocery store theft downtown. According to a criminal complaint, the case involves Richard B. Harrington. Court records list Harrington\u2019s address as homeless in Grand Forks. He is accused of taking bags of food from a downtown… Continue reading Grand Forks County Man Faces Felony Theft Charge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[848,768,772,1610,960,961,1608,820,457,1130,1605,1606,1604,1611,151,1612,1609,1607,1051,786],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-charge","tag-county","tag-crime","tag-downtown-grand-forks-crime","tag-faces","tag-felony","tag-felony-theft-north-dakota","tag-forks","tag-grand","tag-grand-forks-county-district-court","tag-grand-forks-county-theft","tag-grand-forks-grocery-theft","tag-homeless-man-lands-felony-food-theft-charge-in-grand-forks","tag-homeless-suspect-charged","tag-man","tag-north-dakota-century-code-theft","tag-repeat-shoplifting-charge","tag-richard-b-harrington","tag-theft","tag-trf-news","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1938,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/1938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}