52-cent doughnut may cost man 30 years to life

He stole a doughnut. A single doughnut.
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That is when Masters allegedly delivered "a backhanded punch to the chest" and took off running, police said.
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Farmington Police Chief Rick Baker said the two incidents taken
separately equaled two misdemeanors: shoplifting and minor third-degree
assault. Together, they make for second-degree robbery, a class B
felony, defined in state law as forcibly stealing property. The amount
of force and the amount of property does not matter.