A Michigan man could spend the next several decades behind bars after using a chemical-dispensing device to distract employees at a grocery store while he was shoplifting.

In August, Alexae Kamron Johnson, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of retail fraud by theft , and one count each of placing an explosive device with intent to alarm, and being a habitual offender.

On Thursday, Muskegon County 14th Circuit Court Judge Annette R. Smedley sentenced him to between five and 50 years in prison.

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The underlying incident occurred in September 2024 at a Meijer on Harvey Street in Fruitport Township – a small charter township located roughly 35 miles northw

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