Tresspassing Warning After Shopping With a Friend Who Shoplifted
My question involves criminal law for the state of: Fl
Alrighty. A friend and I were at an outside shopping plaza tonight. We walked by this store that I've never heard of before, it seemed from the outside glancing in that it was a small women's boutique store. She wanted to go in, and I said I was going to Bath and Body Works, which was two stores down from this current boutique. So she went inside the boutique and I went by myself to Bath and Body Works. Keep in mind I didn't even touch the door, or go inside said boutique. Around 10 minutes later she comes inside Bath and Body with a plastic mug/tumbler in her hand. I asked her if she bought it at the boutique and she said yes. 5 minutes later flashing lights are outside the store and a police officer tells her to come outside and tells me to come outside. We both got written "Tresspassing Warnings" and are banned from the area. In shock, I asked the cop doing my paper that I have never even been in that store, let alone take anything. She said it was on video that we were together. So now I'm banned from the area and have a tresspssing warning. I'm aware that this is only a warning, but is there any way this could affect me at all for future things?
Re: Tresspassing Warning (Friend Shoplifting)
As long as you don't violate the trespass warning and get arrested, it will not have any effect on you.