My question involves criminal law for the state of: Pennsylvania
I know theft is wrong, I shouldn't do it. I need legal advice, not a moral lecture.
I'm a minor, but my friend is over 18. She asked me to go to walmart. She makes it a routine to fill up a cart and get purses and bags from the store, take the cart and bags into the bathroom and fill them up. This sounds insanely stupid, but she has gotten away with it many times. I usually just watch which I know is just as horrible. Last weekend we got caught. The LP claimed we had over 600 worth of merchandise which I do not believe for one second. I know I was only carrying my purse which had less than 30 dollars worth of makeup and some tampons. (dumb things to steal, but my family doesn't have much). My main question is will I be charged for everything she was carrying as well? She had three bags and her baby in a baby carriage, I had my purse and her diaper bag. Also, will we be charged for the full amount of the items that we had? The officer that was called on scene said we would only be charged for everything that couldn't be resold, but I can't see Walmart being honest about what they could and couldn't resell. They are probably royally ticked and are just going to charge us for everything which I don't think is very fair. I know that my parents didn't steal the stuff so they shouldn't be paying a huge fine. Will their be anyway that I could do community service or something along those lines? I don't have a job, my parents wont let me I'm a straight A student and they say they want to keep it that way so I'm not permitted to work. Can someone tell me what kind of fee's or penalties that I will be facing.

