A 60-year-old resident of the Oleander Villas in the Village of Sabal Chase has been sentenced in the theft of a bird feeder and bird seed earlier this year at Wal-Mart in Summerfield.
Daniel Joseph Mullin had been arrested by Marion County sheriff’s deputies after he left the store without paying for the items and was stopped by a loss prevention officer who asked to see a receipt. Mullin could not provide a receipt and said he had made a “stupid mistake,” according to the arrest report. The items had a value of about $41.
He entered a plea of guilty in the case last month in Marion County Court. He was placed on probation for six months, ordered to take a Shoplifters Anonymous course and to perform 15 hours of community service.
