BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Dustin Towery picked the wrong day to steal a scooter.
His arrest came a day after Prop 36 took effect — leading to a felony charge against him for a theft that previously would have resulted in a misdemeanor.
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On Monday, Towery, 25, was sentenced to a year in jail to be followed by a year on probation.
He pleaded no contest last month to shoplifting with two prior convictions — a new charge created by the proposition — making him the first person convicted in Kern County under the change in the law…