Hutchinson ? A Reno County judge has decided that charging a Hutchinson man with a felony for stealing $2 worth of chicken might be a little steep.

Napoleon Irving admitted taking the chicken Wednesday night. And he acknowledged that he had been barred from the same Dillons store three years earlier for shoplifting.

But he didn’t think he deserved to be jailed on a $10,000 bond, and the judge agreed and reduced the bond to $2,000.

Judge Randy McEwen on Thursday told the prosecutor who argued for an aggravated burglary charge that the Legislature didn’t intend to spend $150,000 locking up someone for stealing $2 worth of food.