VIRGINIA PLASENCIA, 42, of Susanville, was sentenced to 16-months in state prison on June 25, 2025, after having pled guilty to a violation of Penal Code section 666.1.
This section was enacted by voter approval under Proposition 36, implementing stronger penalties for retail theft. This was our county’s first prison sentence for a standalone violation of 666.1.
PLASENCIA had five (5) prior convictions for theft crimes, three of which occurred just this past March. On June 11 of this year she committed two acts of shoplifting from two different local retail establishments in short succession and was apprehended by the Susanville Police Department. Due to the enactment of section 666.1, the officer was able to take her to jail rather than release her on a citation. Our office was then able to file this case as a felony rather than a misdemeanor.
The defendant accepted responsibility for her actions by entering a guilty plea, waived application for probation, and agreed to a 16-month prison sentence, to be served in CDCR and not in our county jail.
