What is grand larceny?

The man who threatened to crash a hijacked plane into Tupelo Walmart on Saturday morning has reportedly been arrested and charged with grand larceny and making terrorist threats, according to a number of US-based news outlets. The accused was formerly identified as Cory Patterson of Shannon, Mississippi.

Patterson was under the custody of the Benton County Sheriff’s office after the small plane landed safely.

Also read: Tupelo flight hijack: 7 things you need to know

Mississippi governor Tate Reeves tweeted, “The plane over North MS is down. Thankful the situation has been resolved and that no one was injured. Thank you most of all to local, state, and federal law enforcement who managed this situation with extreme professionalism.”

Also read: Tupelo plane hijack: Timeline of events

What is grand larceny?

History of larceny

Larceny is a crime that involves the wrongful taking or theft of another person’s or company’s personal property. It was unlawful under English common law and was made unlawful in jurisdictions that absorbed English common law into their own laws (including statutory law), where it is still frequently in effect.

Due to the division of the general crime of larceny into the specialised crimes of burglary, robbery, fraud, theft, and associated offences, the crime of larceny has been abolished in England, Wales, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.

However, larceny, which involves the taking (captioning) and transporting (asportation) of personal property without the owner’s agreement, is still a crime in some states in the United States, in Jersey, and New South Wales, Australia.

Larceny in the US

In accordance with common law, larceny is defined as the trespassory seizing (caption) and carrying away (asportation, removal) of another person’s tangible personal property with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it. In all U.S. jurisdictions, larceny is now codified as a statutory offence.

Loss of “money, labor, or real or personal property” is considered theft under the laws of numerous states, including California.

Larceny in Mississippi

Larceny (also known as theft) is defined under Mississippi law as the unlawful taking, stealing, or carrying away of another person’s personal property with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of that property.

Larceny can be committed physically, or it can be committed through deception, fraud, or fraudulent conversion. Larceny is categorised in Mississippi as either a felony or a misdemeanour.

A variety of specialised larceny offences are listed in Mississippi’s criminal legislation as having the same penalties as grand and petty larceny. Among these offences are:

– embezzlement

– stealing a motor vehicle

– stealing bonds, notes, drafts, or public securities

– stealing crops or livestock

– stealing materials severed from buildings, gates, fences, railing, or other improvements

– stealing rental property, and

– receiving stolen property.