Shoplifting

ok well i went to target the other day to buy some headphones. i opened up a pair of nike headphones that cost 24$ after trying them on and seeing that they fit i decided that i wanted to buy them. but instead of putting the ones i opened back, i put them into the box of another pair of the same head phones. i guess i thought that i could get two for the price of one. i then got a pack of red bull and a pack of gum and paid for the stuff. it came to 35$ and i walked out of the store. after walking for 50 ft security comes up to me and askes what i did with the empty package that had the headphones, i told them that i put them inside the package of the headphones i bought.

they brought me back to the security room and asked me why i did it, and i told them that i really had no reason for doing it and that it was stupid. they asked if i had ever done this befor, and i told them no. i have never gotten in trouble befor and was very imbarresed.

after being taken into the room the security guard took my id and started to write it down on a piece of paper. this went on for five minuets. then the other security guard came in, and told me that i am lucky because they are just goint to let me go, and he told the other security guard to cancel what he was putting into the computer.

i said thanks and definitly learned my lesson. my question is, will i be getting anything in the mail, like a fine or whatnot. they said they werent going to do anything but they did take down all of my info. also i did not have to sign anything, they just walked me out of the store.

im just kinda nervous, thats why im asking.

You may have indeed dodged a bullet.

We have no way of knowing what they're going to do, though. They may yet send you a civil demand. All you can do is wait and see.

You'd do well to stay out of that Target, lest they change their minds.

thanks for the info

im deffinitly not going to target for a while, even though they said i could come back.

i guess il just have to wait and see if they send anything to my house, im guna break the news to my parents this weekend when i go home so they are not shocked if they get the letter. i am away at school, can i give my parents money and have them pay the civil demand? or do i need to do it myself, im 20.