Can I Be Charged With Theft Without Any Evidence

[des_ark]

My question involves criminal law for the state of: New York


To briefly describe myself, I am a Canadian medical student who will be graduating in May from a school in Quebec, Canada. I have not committed any crime before.

Here's my situation.
On Sat, I was checking out from the hotel I stayed at (one of the Hiltons) for my job interview.

I decided to go for a quick lunch at a local restaurant so I checked my luggage at the front desk and they gave me a claim ticket.
During lunch, I got a phone call from my airline telling me that my 5pm flight has been canceled but they can put me on an earlier flight that leaves in an hr.
I rushed back to the hotel. Little did I know, I lost my claim ticket.
The baggage person asked me to identify my bag, and asked to photocopy my driver's license.
He made a copy and made me sign the copy, then he gave me my bag back. I even made sure that the bag was mine by taking out my medical textbook in front of the baggage person but he told me to go away.
Then I rushed to the airport.

Problem is, I realized that I didn't sign anything specific on the copy (ie. no mention about the bag whatsoever).

What if they lose someone else's bag and try to frame me for those lost bags just because they have a copy of my driver license?

I am actually a Canadian citizen with a Canadian driver license. Basically, I have no contact in USA. Would they press a charge against me without my knowledge and I would only find out one day when my program does a background check on me? That would not be ideal.


Thank you so much. This is making me very nervous.


Evidence I have:
I arrived at the airport 45min later after leaving the hotel and went through the TSA without checking-in any bags because I was only carrying my own carry-ons.
The hotel might also have security cameras in the lobby.

[Disagreeable]

The likely hood of any problem is about zero. The employee was documenting your retrieval, to protect them from a claim of theft.

[jk]

for not doing anything, you sure seem to be awfully worried about what might happen. Paranoia or guilt?

If paranoia, get over it.

If guilt, deal with it if something happens.

[des_ark]

for not doing anything, you sure seem to be awfully worried about what might happen. Paranoia or guilt?

If paranoia, get over it.

If guilt, deal with it if something happens.

I only took my own bag back and I did open it up and showed him my medical text.
I am usually not paranoid but its just that he repeatedly refused to sign that copy of my driver's license. That makes me wonder why he refuses to do so.
All I was trying to ask him to do was to describe my bag (the brand, the size, the color, and the content) and verify that I only took 1 bag.
But he refused.

[jk]

I would just relax. I don't know if he intended on doing something but there is no way for you to do anything about it if he was.

[des_ark]

I would just relax. I don't know if he intended on doing something but there is no way for you to do anything about it if he was.

Right. I mean, those hotels do have security cameras basically showing me using the check-in service and retrieving the same luggage an hour later.