Nonbinary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton avoids jail time in baggage theft

The nonbinary former Vitality Division official accused of serial baggage theft has prevented jail time in one of many instances.

Samuel Brinton, 35, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor theft fees in a baggage theft at Las Vegas airport in Nevada final July and obtained a suspended jail sentence of 180 days.

He additionally was ordered Wednesday, in line with a report within the Day by day Mail, to pay $3,670 to the theft sufferer.

Brinton initially had been charged with felony theft as a result of, in line with authorities on the time, the stolen items have been price $3,670.

Misdemeanor theft, in line with the Day by day Mail, means the stolen items have been price lower than $1,200.

Earlier than being fired when an arrest warrant was issued for him, Brinton was deputy assistant secretary of the Vitality Division’s workplace of spent gas and waste disposition.

Citing Las Vegas court docket data, the Day by day Mail stated Brinton was instructed to remain out of hassle.

He faces one different formal cost of baggage theft and has been accused in a 3rd such case.