Stealing your ankle monitor from probation does not end well as a defendant found out today

A defendant I have been seeing for months in Courtroom 1 whose case kept being put on calendar was finally resolved today. It is not a case I have been following but today, when he finally accepted the People's offer to resolve his case. I found out that he was pleading guilty to Count 1 for embezzlment.

And who did he steal from? Humboldt County Probation! He had an ankle monitor that he did not return and "used for his own gain." He also had two pending misdemeanor cases and two probation cases.

He was waiting for his preliminary hearing and then decided the smarter choice would be to accept the offer.