One 35-year-old Eric Bramwell has been sentenced to 22 years imprisonment.
He was sentenced for stealing a TV Remote, yes just a TV Remote!
He stole the TV remote in August 2015 from the common area of
an apartment complex in Wheaton, Illinois, dropping a glove on his way
out.
A DNA sample of the glove matched with Bramwell’s DNA on the
state’s database of convicted felons, as reported by the Chicago
Tribune.
Prosecutors said that due to his criminal history, he was eligible for
30 years in prison. He allegedly committed similar thefts of other remote
and television sets from other nearby apartment complexes. State
attorney Robert Berlin said…
“Mr Bramwell’s illegal activity and his history have finally caught up
with him,”Regardless of what was stolen, Mr Bramwell repeatedly thumbed
his nose at the law. “He took what he wanted, time and time again,
and expected to avoid the consequences.That’s not how it works, as Mr
Bramwell has now found out.”