Sussex Man Charged with Stealing $14K Worth of DVDs

A 20-year-old Sussex man is facing charges after he allegedly stole 700 DVDs from his cousin and sold them in Milwaukee.

According to the criminal complaint:

Kyle S. Benvenuto was staying with his cousin in a residence in the W23400 block of Main Street because his mother was going through a foreclosure and moved to California. He moved into the residence Aug. 1 and by Aug. 15, his cousin noticed numerous DVDs missing.

A first Benvenuto denied taking the movies when asked by his cousin, but when asked by another acquaintance, he told him he took the DVDs to Milwaukee to a friend named Weezie who then help sell the discs. He then admitted to taking 300 of the movies in order to sell them and use the money to buy cigarettes, gas and to take a trip up north.

Benvenuto then told his cousin he would repay him for the missing DVDs, but a couple days later all but 20 of his more than 700 movies were missing. The missing movies are valued at about $14,000.

Benvenuto is charged with one count of theft of movable property. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines.