As a previous answer said, stealing qualifies as moral turpitude. This means the chances of him being allowed into USA are low. Unless you are rolling in money, and can afford to buy a holiday you probably wont be able to use, and get no refund on, it would not be wise to book a holiday to the US.
You could try and apply for a visa, but it will take months (you probably left it too late), and you probably wouldnt succeed in getting one. You could lie on your forms, but if it doesnt work (likely), you will have wasted your money, and you will be in even more in trouble for lying.
There are plenty of other places you should be able to go to, so i'd stick with that.