Shoplifting Charge While On Parole, in Nevada

Panther, thanks again for your interest in my dilemna... but I still am uncertain as to how the law in Nevada is interpreted... does the crime take place at the moment of concealment, or at the moment of exit from the store...? as per the NRS statutes...?

john,

Concealment may not even be the issue. You past the last point of sale and that alone could be enough. I have not seen NV laws on this so I cannot say. However as you have been told you need to consult an criminal defense Attorney

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. Any merchant may request any person on his premises to place or keep in full view any merchandise the person may have removed, or which the merchant has reason to believe he may have removed, from its place of display or elsewhere, whether for examination, purchase or for any other purpose. No merchant is criminally or civilly liable on account of having made such a request.

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Hi, I was shopping at a local groc. store, and selected a bottle of asprin along with my other food items... When I got to the registers I placed the items on the conveyor belt and was told by the clerk that I could not purchase non-food items with a foodstamp card.. I asked her to hold the things until I ran out to the car to get cash... which I then proceed to do, however on the way I stopped off at the bathroom... without realizing that I still had the bottle of asprin in my hand... Store security then entered the bathroom and arrested me for shoplifting. The asprin were found on the t.p. dispenser next to the toilet.. They WERE NOT concealed as I had no intention of leaving without paying... To make matters worse I am currently on Parole (expiration in Nov) court date for this charge in DEC. Should I plead not guilty? I never approached the exit, and I didn't show intent by concealing the item... Once I realized I still had them in my hand I sat them down on the dispenser in order to continue my bathroom visit, at which point I would have returned them to the clerk to hold for me while I went to get cash.. Security stated that ordinarily he would have waited till I reached the exit but didn't.. STATE OF NEVADA....:wallbang::wallbang:

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Apparently the LP that caught you is discussing your case here:http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...ead.php?t=3900 Interesting :confused:

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Quoting panther10758

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Taking into the bathroom was concealment.

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How was taking the merchandise into the bathroom concealment?

The missing element that could help this all make sense to me.... I just want to know if this was a really bad hangover, or (no offense) if you were under the influence of alcohol or some other substance which interfered with your judgment. You seem way too coherent here to be as forgetful and absent-minded as you were when this occurred, unless....

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The missing element that could help this all make sense to me.... I just want to know if this was a really bad hangover, or (no offense) if you were under the influence of alcohol or some other substance which interfered with your judgment. You seem way too coherent here to be as forgetful and absent-minded as you were when this occurred, unless....

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Johnhill is actually the LP person. He's been yanking our chain. He's admitted this on another site.

Okay, but asking if he was stoned still seems like a fair question. ;)

Fair enough.:p