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Organized retail theft of golf clubs leads to 6-year sentence

Connor Burgess was sentenced to six years in prison for three counts of organized retail theft. (Courtesy of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office website)

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty in an organized retail theft of golf clubs, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Thursday in a release.

Connor Burgess pled guilty to three counts of organized retail theft.

Between October and November 2025, Burgess committed a series of retail thefts targeting sporting goods retailers across the valley, resulting in more than $26,000 in losses, according to the release.

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