{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_zzmaq2x4odv7gelkx2ha","title":"Joel Duzevich sentenced for shoplifting from five Auckland stores, possessing meth pipe","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/joel-duzevich-sentenced-for-shoplifting-from-five-auckland-stores-zzmaq2x4od","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_srcbymtxetausjugespa","seq":1442468,"kind":"article","title":"Joel Duzevich sentenced for shoplifting from five Auckland stores, possessing meth pipe","url":"https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/crime/joel-duzevich-sentenced-for-shoplifting-from-five-auckland-stores-possessing-meth-pipe","summary":"On paper, it might look like a 50-year-old repeat shoplifter, living between prison and the streets, stealing bulk resellable items with a meth pipe in his pocket, was stealing to feed his addiction. But Joel Duzevich tried to tell a judge there were bigger factors at play, and that he took meat, eggs, chocolate and alcohol from five major retailers because he was homeless. At his sentencing this month, Judge Kate Davenport, KC, said she understood the “difficult position”…","published":"2026-10-02T21:46:51Z","seen":"2026-10-02T22:41:11Z","lang":"en","country":"NZ","source":{"id":"kite-newstalkzb-co-nz-92f0f1","name":"newstalkzb.co.nz","domain":"newstalkzb.co.nz","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7019845","name":"Newstalk ZB","type":"broadcaster","country":"NZ","designations":["radio network"]}},"via":"kite-newstalkzb-co-nz-92f0f1","entities":[{"id":"Q37100","name":"Auckland","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/media/qr1pkce1/joel-duzevich-was-sentenced-in-the-auckland-district-court-photo-dean-purcell.jpg?rmode=pad&v=1dd53247f2b86f0","story":"st_zzmaq2x4odv7gelkx2ha","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.8700000047683716,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6399999856948853,"political":0.10999999940395355},{"id":"n_zzmaq2x4odv7gelkx2ha","seq":1436289,"kind":"article","title":"Joel Duzevich sentenced for shoplifting from five Auckland stores, possessing meth pipe","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/joel-duzevich-sentenced-for-shoplifting-from-five-auckland-stores-possessing-meth-pipe/3GY3IEFT2RGADDRJDOIYKYXXU4","summary":"Joel Duzevich says he stole bulk items because he was homeless, not to feed his addiction.","published":"2026-10-02T21:15:00Z","seen":"2026-10-02T21:45:03Z","lang":"en","country":"NZ","source":{"id":"kite-nzherald-co-nz-89d545","name":"nzherald.co.nz","domain":"nzherald.co.nz","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q137925634","name":"NZ Herald","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-nzherald-co-nz-89d545","authors":["Ella Scott-Fleming"],"entities":[{"id":"Q37100","name":"Auckland","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Q3TYTUTFV5CDVKHHW4BLKHYBAI.jpg?auth=b3b35a0345c4debe8571644fbc76f6aa96ab7348b1e445da0b14a3b423226736&height=300&smart=true&width=300","mentions":2,"story":"st_zzmaq2x4odv7gelkx2ha","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.8700000047683716,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6399999856948853,"political":0.10999999940395355}]}