Kirsten Dunst Purse Thief James Jimenez Gets 4 Years

NEW YORK — A man convicted of stealing Kirsten Dunst's designer purse from a New York City hotel suite has been sentenced to four years in prison.

James Jimenez was convicted of burglary in June. He was sentenced Tuesday.

A jury had found him guilty of stealing Dunst's $2,000 designer purse. Actor Simon Pegg's cell phone and other items also were taken from the chic hotel in 2007.

The actors were staying at the hotel while filming "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People."

Prosecutors had argued that Jimenez deserved seven years behind bars.

He denied any wrongdoing.

Comments

[Uproar]

08:11 PM on 09/09/2010

He dserves jail time, but wow...4 years is longer than violent offenders get, and animal abusers.

[caughtya]

04:11 PM on 09/09/2010

Charlie Sheen, Paris, Lohan, Mel Gibson, ...... half the NFL, MLB and NBA and this guy gets 4 years ?

[olddognewtrick]

12:31 PM on 09/09/2010

Four years? What was in her wallet?

[SteveNeptune]

12:11 PM on 09/09/2010

But Andrew Kelly, a drunk driver cop who killed a 32 year old woman gets 90 days.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/08/2010-09-08_tk.html

[Michael Mouton]

01:31 AM on 09/09/2010

Where's your precious Spiderman now?

[Marklar]

10:09 PM on 09/08/2010

I bet if his name was Mike Jones he would have gotten probation.

[WongFoo]

10:03 PM on 09/08/2010

And justice for all who can afford a lawyer.

[Sembawang]

07:09 PM on 09/08/2010

but Lohan and Hilton walk.
'and equality and justice for all'.

[Marklar]

10:07 PM on 09/08/2010

While I agree with your meaning...I am totally ashamed of your butchered quote...the proper quote is "with liberty and justice for all"

Now I would like to ask you to point out where The United States of America is located on the map.

[Andman0121]

06:56 PM on 09/08/2010

He DID steal, yes, but honestly? FOUR years? This country's judicial system is @ss backwards.

[yamaniyama]

07:24 PM on 09/08/2010

Tell me about it! Just read that a Brooklyn cop who struck and killed a 32-yr. old mother of two while driving drunk got 90 days:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/boozed_up_brooklyn_cop_pleads_guilty_CXgPkqn8mQEEs1dR9GjIUN

[NevadaLib]

06:35 PM on 09/08/2010

he'll probably only do two years, but it's still insane. It's grand larceny in new york after 1000 dollars. Unfortunate that he's being nailed to the cross for this, but he did steal.

[LindyK]

05:20 PM on 09/08/2010

I hope Kirsten Dunst weighs in on this over-zealous sentence.

[Christian Figueroa]

02:48 PM on 09/08/2010

Like I've said before. There is a HUGE disconnect between treatment of everyday people, and the people who are the politicians and newsmakers. Till they have to live by our laws, there is no incentive to change. The rich people that make our laws have no reason not to give themselves huge tax breaks and make stiff penalties for laws that they don't have to follow. It's pretty sickening.

[NevadaLib]

06:37 PM on 09/08/2010

access to the law is not equal. This country loves to throw people in the slammer, too. Bad combo unless you were born into a rich family.

[ConsciousChristian]

09:18 PM on 09/08/2010

Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children.The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. And all of the awards violated a foundation requirement that scholarship winners live or study in a caucus member's district.
She said she would repay the money and all is forgiven. Did Mr. Jimenez give the purse and all belongings in the purse back to Ms. Dunst? If so, all should be forgiven.

[mmsuki]

02:02 PM on 09/08/2010

I agree with a lot of the posters here.
4 years seems like overkill.
But a lot of the "lock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key" readers are happy.

[lj9283]

11:22 AM on 09/08/2010

Four years for stealing a purse?

What should we expect Paris Hilton to get for Cocaine possession?

[lj9283]

11:31 AM on 09/08/2010

That's right, my bad....Paris Hilton is not Hispanic.

[Jeffreygeez]

05:44 AM on 09/09/2010

A good long tongue lashing, which will be filmed and sold as porn.

[copelli21]

11:12 AM on 09/08/2010

4 years for stealing a freakin' purse....that's called injustice.

How much time did Winona get when she was stealing stuff from Saks?

Oh wait.....she didn't get ANY time. She was just sentenced to three years probation and 480 hours of community service.

Hm.