Third woman charged in Ulta Beauty incident sentenced to 12-40 years

[MichMan]

A third woman has been sentenced to prison in connection with a retail theft incident at Ulta Beauty in Green Oak Township about a year ago.

Joya Omega Williams, 37, of Detroit, was sentenced to 12-40 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Thursday, Feb. 1, in Livingston County 44th Circuit Court before Chief Judge Michael Hatty. Williams receives credit for 384 days served in jail. She must also pay roughly $9,200 in restitution.

Williams was one of five women charged in connection with the incident. Tirezah Scott was sentenced to 17-40 years in prison in December. Shanel Webster was sentenced to 25-60 years in prison on Jan. 4. The two final defendants, Laronda Chase and Kari Williams, are scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, Feb. 8.

Joya Williams pled guilty in December to one count of conducting criminal enterprises, two counts of first-degree retail fraud, two counts of organized retail crime and one count of concealing stolen property less than $20,000. Williams was charged as a fourth offense habitual offender.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/community/livingston-county/2024/02/02/third-woman-charged-in-ulta-beauty-incident-sentenced-to-12-40-years/72439171007/?fbclid=IwAR0SNEeaz7GAu5EnOeMk5ZiR0xgLdnDnfNpvhtFHhWnVkXPj2AbG62_WAIk

[getagrip_already]

1. 12-40 years for stealing cosmetics.....

6 months for rioting, assaulting police, and breaking into the capitol.

Wtaf?

[3Hotdogs]

2. Habitual offender. Guess it's kinda like a "3 strike" law.

O.T.O.H., the minimum sentence for the peaceful tourists at the Capital should have been 5 years.

[MichMan]

3. One of the getaway vehicles attempted to run down a State Trooper

"According to Michigan State Police, while a trooper was attempting to arrest the woman who fled on foot, the second vehicle drove directly at him. He fired his weapon, and the car was struck. There were no injuries. The vehicle stopped in the parking lot after colliding with the back of Men’s Wearhouse."

[getagrip_already]

4. I saw that... but this wasnt the driver

Just one of of the snatch and grabbers.

And many of the j6 rioters actively fought with police.

It just doesn't seem proportional.

The j6'rs should be getting 12-40 years at least.

[MichMan]

5. She was a driver in one of the two get away vehicles

Livingston County Assistant Prosecutor Kollette Bordeaux said Williams drove a getaway car.

Williams was ordered to pay nearly $10k in restitution, so clearly it wasn't just a few cosmetics. She obviously did more than slip a tube of lipstick into her pocket.

What the courts in DC did regarding Jan. 6 has zero to do with an organized crime ring in central Michigan.