My question involves criminal law for the state of: Colorado
I won't bother you with all of the details, but here's what I've got:
Item value: 99 cents (sale price). Paid $1.68 at the register for it since I wasn't asked for my shopper card.
Didn't take any pictures, sign any papers, show any id, or anything.
But I stupidly paid for the item with my debit card, which inherently means my information is involved.
What happened in the end:
Manager walked up to me as I was walking out, pulled me aside, and we went back and forth over what happened as he continually asked me about the ordeal, I explained, and then he said that what I said wasn't true. So went to his office like I suggested to look at the cameras, and I was telling the truth. He didn't admit it, but whatever. He shut up about his side of the story, at least.
He said he was calling the cops, blah blah blah, but of course he didn't. He rang up the bottle (it was a bottle of juice) and had me pay for it, which I did, and I went home.
I'd like to think that since I paid for it and didn't sign any kind of papers, take any pictures, etc, that it's 100% over. But I can't be sure because stupid me, I paid for the item with a debit card since I brought exactly $10 for all of my purchases and was 50-something cents short without the discount (I'd budgeted the money, coupons and all, what can I say).
He didn't ask me my name, didn't ask for id, or anything. He just got pissy with me when I told him what happened and told me he was calling the cops, so I flat out told him that he might as well stop asking me and look at the tapes if he's going to cut me off every time I tell him the ordeal. To my surprise, he did that, and saw that I was telling the truth and didn't attempt to leave the store with the intent to shoplift, and shut up and charged me.He used the words, "I'm not calling the cops. She paid for it," when another man came up to him asking what happened.
With his affirmation that he wouldn't pursue it further, which he confirmed as he said, "you got it easy since I should have called the cops" as I left, did we enter a verbal agreement that, in exchange for me paying on the spot, he would not connive with the authorities and come back at me for this?
My only worry now is getting a Civil Demand, which I didn't know anything about until I researched some other incidents similar to this. Can the store manager and his cohorts still send me one of these if he agreed he wasn't getting the authorities involved in exchange for me paying, and if he didn't have my name or any information other than that which is associated with the plastic card that I paid for the item with? That said, I know it's illegal to enter a contract when illegal activities are made, even if they were willingly made on his part---was it legal for him to verbally agree to relinquish his right to involve the authorities?
I just want to know what to expect.
Thanks!

He used the words, "I'm not calling the cops. She paid for it," when another man came up to him asking what happened. 