More shopping carts than you will find at the entrance of many stores are lined up in a half dozen rows at a Colorado Springs Public Works location designated for recyclable material.

But if you ask pastor and former Oklahoma state senator George Young, he’s not so sure fining or locking up homeless people ...

The penalty for stealing a shopping cart would be a misdemeanor with up to one year in county jail, a fine not to exceed $1,000, or both.