From Chelsea Phua
A Placer County Superior Court judge has banned a 45-year-old Lincoln man from entering any Fry's Electronics store.
Douglas Wayne McCauley (photo) was convicted by a jury for stealing electronics equipment from the Fry's store in Roseville and admitted to four prior theft convictions that included two at Fry's in Sacramento.
"He is not to go to any Fry's - worldwide," Placer County Superior Court Judge James D. Garbolino said.
McCauley was placed on five years felony probation and ordered to serve 60 days in jail. The judge also suspended another 120 days of incarceration.
Garbolino called McCauley's shoplifting crimes a "psychological problem" and said McCauley can be helped through counseling.
"The conduct in this case is pretty much inexplicable," the judge said, also noting that everything else in the defendant's life seemed to be "mainstream or above."
The latest theft occurred July 7, 2008, at the Fry's store in Roseville. McCauley took keyboard components, authorities said.
The jury convicted McCauley on felony charges of commercial burglary and petty theft with a prior.
Prosecutor Carl Mayhew of the Placer County District Attorney's Office said a lifetime ban from an entire chain of stores is "very unusual."
"But this case certainly cried out for it," he said.
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