For crying out loud, when Cam Newton was QB at Auburn, he stole another students laptop.
When University police came knocking, he flung the laptop out his dorm room window. It was recovered. There were several attempted logins to the University computer system with the id C.Newton.
Anyone else other than their star QB would still be in Alabama prison making license plates.
See #18.
For stealing a laptop? Some states are making it a misdemeanor for stealing a gun. They'll just get probation.