Corona Woman, Cohort, Granted Probation In Grand Theft Plea Deal

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — A man and a woman pleaded guilty to grand theft of over $950 Tuesday, stemming from a robbery in the Blythe area late last month, and were immediately sentenced to nearly two years of formal probation.

Anthony Stallings, 28, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and 32-year-old Charity Burnley of Corona were charged with two felony counts of robbery, according to court records. Burnley was additionally charged with one misdemeanor count of possessing controlled substances.

They both had their charges amended to include one felony count of grand theft over $950, to which they pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Blythe Courthouse, according to court records. Their other charges were dismissed.

Stallings and Burnley were immediately sentenced to formal probation until Sept. 4, 2025.

Deputies responded at 5:09 p.m. Aug. 26 to a report of a robbery in the 13000 block of Mesa Drive in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Blythe, according to Sgt. Varon Potter of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

The suspects "entered the location, started a verbal altercation with employees, and proceeded to take multiple items," Potter wrote in a statement. "During the theft, Burnley grabbed an employee and threatened to shoot them."

Stallings and Burnley then fled the scene in a grey sedan, which was subsequently found by Blythe police officers in the area of Hobson Way and Neighbors Boulevard, according to Potter. Officers conducted a traffic stop and took the two into custody without incident.

The defendants do not have any other felony convictions in Riverside County.