My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
One week ago my brother and I were shopping in the mall, and we decided to go into Target. I admit, I stole maybe $200 worth of CDs and DVDs. He didn't know about it. I didn't tell him, or show him. When we were leaving the store, my brother was the one who pushed the cart out of the store, and the alarm went off. My brother was the one handcuffed, and brought to the security office. They told me "We know it wasn't him, but since he physically pushed the cart out, we're taking him." and they asked me to sit in their food court (by myself, I wasn't with security or the police or even a Target employee). They didn't ask me if I did it, I didn't say a word to them except for "ok" when they asked me to wait. I thought the best thing to do with keep my mouth shut. I am a high functioning autistic, and sometimes, when something big happens (like this), I can either barely speak or yammer on, not really thinking about what I'm saying. So, I kept my mouth shut.
An hour later, the Target security, the manager, and one policeman came back out and said that they were charging him, "since he was the one who physically pushed the cart out. We are not going to charge you, you can go home."
My brother had nothing to do with it, nor did he know that I shoplifted. I didn't see the surveillance video, he did, and he said that it doesn't anything against him. His court date is January 10, and he is going to tell the court just that, that he had no clue (he really didn't).
He already met with his lawyer and he said that his lawyer said that for him it's pretty much just a formality, there's no reason why they would do anything to him.
But what about me? Will they still go after me? The Target manager and security said they weren't going to charge me because I didn't physically had anything on me when I left the store.
I have a clean record, this is the first time I ever shoplifted (and the dumbest thing I ever did).
Thank you in advance for your help.

