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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    hmmm.
    well nothing on the form looks like that at all.

    There is a "case number" : RE: ##-######-SM (with actual numbers, of course)

    and a number at the bottom of the page that says:

    "...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    So I received my papers today, finally.
    In response to the thoughts previously...
    I don't see any numbers and/or letters, except for the case number.
    Are them the numbers you were refering to?
    ...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    I was caught shoplifting.
    Searched by LP's.
    Policce showed up.
    Filled out all the paperwork the stores make you do.
    Handcuffed, taken to jail.
    Waited.
    Finer-printed, etc.
    Paid bond right then...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    Oh.
    Yeah, I never received any of that.

    I contacted an attorney after the incident.
    He told me as soon as I receive them papers to call him, pay the specified amount, and that he would go handle...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    From Michigan.
    And no clue what a code section even is.
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    incorrect information regarding what?
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    Perhaps it is an infraction.
    It was first ever offense, literally of anything whatsoever.
    And the amount stolen was about $48.00

    A lot of people have been telling me it will most likely qualify...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Caught Shoplifting in Walmart

    3 times the amount of merchandise?

    i love in Michigan.
    anyone i know that has been convicted of shoplifting have paid 10x the amount.
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Questions About Shoplifting Prosecutions

    I'm curious about a few things regarding law and a shoplifting case I was convicted of.

    1.) How long does it usually take to get your case up to the judge for you to go in? I've been waiting a...
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    Weapons Offenses: Carrying A Pair Of Scissors

    I was recently caught shoplifting.
    When I was searched I had a small pair of craft / art scissors in my shorts.
    Yes, I used them to open what I took, but I didn't purposely bring them along for...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Consequences Of Being Caught Shoplifting

    But if I pay the fines early or on time than they wont bother me anymore and i just worry about the court / judge?
    Or can the store turn around and do other things as well?

    sorry for so many...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Consequences Of Being Caught Shoplifting

    Yeah, I received a paper from the store called a "Letter of Demand for Civil Damages." which is a set-amount of money, suually 10 times the amount that you stole.
    Is this the store's punishment to...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Consequences Of Being Caught Shoplifting

    Another thing.
    It's all confusing, you have to admit it.
    But I already was booked, paid bond and released.
    Now I have to set a date to appear in front of the judge,
    as it says so on my bond...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Re: Consequences Of Being Caught Shoplifting

    1.) even if the scissors werent purposely brought for that they can use it against me? i'm a fine art major at my college, i have stuff like that on me or in my car all the time.

    2.) i didnt...
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    Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: questions about getting caught shoplifting

    Yesterday I decided to be an idiot and shoplifted a product from a Meijer store.
    It was my first offense of shoplifting.
    The total amount that was taken amounted to about $45.00 or so.
    As...
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