Kill for an iPod? Here’s What the Judge May Give You

Jonatan Bustos, the latest teen charged with murder over an iPod.

In the latest in a long string of murders over iPods, a 16-year-old in Salt Lake City is now being charged as an adult after the alleged stabbing of a classmate over an Apple device.

Jonatan Bustos is in jail charged with criminal homicide-murder after a tussle with classmate 15-year-old Taylor Pankow over a stolen iPod.

How many years could Bustos get?

Killing for Apple’s must-have device has earned perps a wide range of sentences — from under 10 years to life in prison.

Here are a few examples of how long you can spend locked up over an iCrime:

• Nine years in prison for Michael McMahill-Dearmond, 18, in King County, Washington for stabbing Michael Woolson, 49, to steal his iPod.

• 12 years in prison for 22-year-old Safeolah Fizeeli for the “senseless” stabbing over a missing iPod of 17-year-old Hassan Al-Khazaali in Ottawa, Canada.

• 15 years to life for 22-year-old Shane Beausoleil for aggravated battery in the killing of 20-year-old Ryan Dyer in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

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• 22 years behind bars for Darran Samuel, 17, for killing 15-year-old Christopher Rose in a brutal Brooklyn mugging. Steve Jobs was so struck by the murder that he called Rose’s father Earl to express his condolences.

• Life sentence for 19-year-old Shawn McKenzie for the stabbing death of Michael Oatway, 23, on an Ontario, Canada bus over an iPod.

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highwire
Two of those happened here in my hometown of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Lots of urban thugs in this city.
dave
Just FYI, A “life” sentence in Canada is anything but. Even for 1st degree murder of a cop, you automatically are released after AT MOST 25 years. And depending on your charges, you can be automatically released after 10 years. And that’s if the parole board doesn’t release you earlier.
king
I don’t think these people killed for an ipod,
ipod is not worth killing for
I think those people are disturbed or mentally ill
they just wanted to get violent in the first place
Thomcarl
Islamic fundamentalism dictates death for any violation of their criminal code.
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there will always be trouble no matter what the gadget is. jealous folk out there just want to have everything and will no anything to get it
Caitlin
Get your facts straight. Shane Beausoleil was ORIGINALLY charged with a penalty for up to 30 years. His trial this past March proved what actually happened, and he was charged with aggravated assault which is a penalty up to 5 years. But Shane is on a Ryder and will not be going to prison. Before posting stuff, get all the info and all the facts. Steven Mitchell was the one who killed Ryan Dyer.
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Kristi
This is also in regards to Shane Beausoleil, like Caitlin said it was Steven Mitchell whom stabbed Ryan Dyer it should be Stevens name on the list not Shane’s.
ryan’s friends
Shane kicked and punched while the stabbing was taking place, he got away with murder that is all. And the community of Idaho Falls knows this