Van Winkle performed 100 community service hours and paid $1,139 to the deceased homeowner's estate. According to The Daily Mail, the third-degree felony grand theft charge, which would've included a $5,000 fine and five years in prison, was dropped and leaves Van Winkle without a criminal record.

The Palm Beach Post reported that Van Winkle told police that the items were left on the curb after a foreman told him to keep them at his own house until the renovations were complete. He also called the case a "misunderstanding."

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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