‘You will go to jail’: Serial thief warned he will be jailed if he steals again

A man who packed hundreds of dollars worth of goods into his trolley at Kmart and walked out without paying has been told he is ‘running out of options’ after a court heard shocking details of his criminal history.

A serial thief who stole $500 worth of goods from Kmart and more than $120 worth of fuel from three northside petrol stations has been warned he “will go to jail” if he steals again.

Joel William Brizzolara pleaded guilty at Pine Rivers Magistrates Court to stealing.

The court heard Brizzolara, 24, entered the Toombul Kmart where he put more than $500 worth of household goods into his trolley and left the store without paying.

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At a later date he approached police officers at a railways station and asked if they could run his name, believing he had a warrant out for his arrest.

When he spoke to police he made full admissions and said he had given the goods to family and friends.

Joel Brizzolara pleaded guilty to stealing fuel and household goods from Kmart.

The court heard on three separate days, Brizzolara fuelled up his car at service stations at Kelvin Grove, Deception Bay and Nudgee totalling $121.83.

Each time he tried to pay in store using a bank card but was declined. He then left without paying and never returned to settle the debt.

The court heard he had been a meth user but now wanted to get his use of drugs under control.

Magistrate Trevor Morgan said Brizzolara had been convicted for stealing 16 times and would go to jail if he did it again.

“You’ve run out of options. Any more and you’re going to jail,” he said.

Brizzolara was ordered to pay a $1000 fine and pay restitutions. A conviction was recorded.

Originally published as ‘You will go to jail’: Serial thief warned he will be jailed if he steals again