The Las Cruces City Council will consider an ordinance at the Aug. 5 meeting to make shopping cart possession (outside of the normal grocery radius ... works to remedy homelessness, in wake ...

some of the city’s homeless and other residents have made a habit of stealing shopping carts from various grocery and retail ... property inconveniences the stores and the broader public ...

The penalty for stealing a shopping cart would be a misdemeanor with up to one year in county jail, a fine not to exceed ...