Horrible Mistake Made at a Boscov's
A few days ago I was caught shoplifting in a Boscov's and PA. This is my first offense and my record is clean. The security officers took me to their office, asked me some general questions. The police were not called, no fingerprints or photos were taken. The woman who was asking me the questions told me that I would have to pay a civil fine, $150 plus the cost of the merch which was under 150 bucks. I am really worried from reading all of these posts on this site that I will have to go to court, hire a lawyer or do jailtime. I have also read other posts that people have paid the civil fine and were okay. I am so worried that this will be on my record. The woman told me that this would not give me a criminal record. As a fresh college graduate I am worried that this incident will prevent me from getting a new job. How will I know if this will be on my record. Should I look into hiring a lawyer? I haven't gotten anything about the fines in the mail yet but I want to be be ready for what is about to come. I wish this would just all go away this was a really stupid mistake and now I am worried that it will ruin my future. Any advice would be appreciated.
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If Police were not contacted there should be no criminal charges just pay the Civil Demand and hopefully learn your lesson
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So if there are no criminal charges what will be on my record? anything? whatever my record says, will it affect me if I apply for a job where they do a background check?
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If no criminal charges were filed yo will have no criminal background! That being said the store "might" have put your name in a database that other retailers could access
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what are the chances of the store pressing charges against me or a warrant be sent out for me. im am just really worried a civil demand won't be the only thing they want from me. thanks for all your help.
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We are not Vegas odds makers. No one can say however if no Police were called the chances on them filing charges after the fact are very slim
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Boscov's would of called the police at the time you were stopped and taken to the LP office. Boscov's does not subscribe to any of the databases.
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y do some stores arresst(sp?) people and others dont
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Its just a matter of policy there is no why. Some press on dollar amount others for other reason some not at all its a coin toss. However your big box retailers like Target etc all have a policy on arrests a prosecution