Help With New Jersey Shoplifting

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Quoting p123

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im 18 and was caught shoplifting in nj...i have no record was a good student in hs and am in college and idk why i did something so stupid...but they took me to the back room and made me sign some papers about what i stole and a paper saying that i would never come back to the store, the cops were not called. the lady said i would be getting something in the mail in 7-10 days about what happens next. does anyone know if i just pay the fine, and get it over with since the cops were not called, or can the store still press me for charges and take me to court ( even though the cops were not called). also, even if the cops were not called and i just pay the fine that they are going to send me, does it go on my record?

im so confused as to what happens now...can someone please help me out, id really appreciate it.

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Notice the part in bold! it would be at that time (not now) to call cops!

Yes call the store and ask LP if they are prosecuting. LP is not going to get angry for asking a question

are you sure? so you know if it's the LP that decides to prosecute or if its someone else that will decide....do you also know if they decide based on the $amount of the item or past records...or what exactly do they base that decision on?

Decision is based on policy not how LP feels!

so all records are submitted by the LP's to police, and they decide to prosecute or not?

If Police are called then they prosecute. The decision to press charges comes from store policy not Loss Prevention

is there any way that one can access a store's policy on prosecution or is that not available to public?

Its generally not available however ask if there are any LP's from store your asking about they might say

are you an LP? or just a very knowledgeable person?

A little of both