A man convicted in a retail theft spree across 11 Northern California counties between 2023 and 2025 was sentenced to prison on Wednesday, authorities said.
Shawn Naputi pleaded no contest to six counts of felony theft on November 12, 2025, in Sonoma County, in exchange for a prison term of five years and four months, according to a press release from the District Attorney’s Office. Two years will be served in actual custody, and the remainder on mandatory supervision, the DA’s Office said.
Naputi had been originally charged with 56 felony theft charges after an investigation that began in May 2024, when Naputi was observed stealing merchandise from a Friedman’s Home Improvement store in Santa Rosa. Employees told responding sheriff’s deputies that Naputi had previously stolen from the store seven other times since January 2024…