Highlights
- Alexander Dantzler received an 8-year prison sentence and 14 years of probation at his April 23 sentencing.
- Dantzler personally stole more than $140,000 in merchandise from Walmart stores across seven Arizona counties.
- He pleaded guilty March 10 to four counts, including organized retail theft and illegally conducting an enterprise.
- Co-defendants in the case have been charged and remain in litigation, the Arizona Attorney General's Office said.
Alexander Dantzler was sentenced to eight years in prison after stealing more than $140,000 in merchandise from Walmart stores across seven Arizona counties as part of two separate organized retail theft operations, the Arizona Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday.
Dantzler targeted Walmart locations in Mohave, Graham, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Maricopa and Yavapai counties in one operation, prosecutors said. A second operation involved a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Pima County.
At his April 23 sentencing, Dantzler also received 14 years of probation and was ordered to pay $140,000 in restitution. He had pleaded guilty on March 10 to four counts: organized retail theft, trafficking in stolen property, fraudulent schemes and artifices, and illegally conducting an enterprise.
The case was reported by KTAR and corroborated by 12News and the Arizona Attorney General's Office. Co-defendants in the case have been charged and remain in litigation, prosecutors said.
Litigation against Dantzler's co-defendants is ongoing.
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