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    Default What are the Odds of Being Caught Shoplifting After You Leave a Store

    I stupidly took clothing off a rack that a store had outside on the sidewalk in front of the store and walked to my car and drove away, but I think a random pedestrian noticed me- possibly memorized my licence plate (I didn't see her write anything down or take a picture), and then went into the store to alert the staff, is it likely I will be found and arrested ?
    I feel awful and I want to go take it all back but Im afraid of the possibility that maybe Im just paranoid and they didn t noticed me stealing/get my licence plate/call the police/etc, but if I go back there to return it I will be screwing myself by bringing it to there attention and they will now call the police if they hadnt already. I'm pretty sure the shopping plaza doesn't have any cameras in the lot, and I never set foot in the actual store so I don't know if the stores cameras could have seen me out on the sidewalk. I live in California, I have no criminal record, and it was all off the three dollar and under rack. What possibilities are there? What are the odds of me getting caught? What happens if I am caught? and what should I do moving forward in this situation??(aside from never doing something like this again)

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    Default Re: What Are the Odds of Me Being Caught for Shop Lifting After Leaving the Store

    The answers aren't going to be any different in this thread than they were in your other thread.

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    Default Re: What Are the Odds of Me Being Caught for Shop Lifting After Leaving the Store

    I was just hoping for more feed back

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    Default Re: What Are the Odds of Me Being Caught for Shop Lifting After Leaving the Store

    You're asking for guesses, and that's all we can do. If the question is CAN you be caught, arrested, and prosecuted? The answer is, "yes." If the question is WILL you be caught and prosecuted, the answer is, "Who knows?"

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    Default What are the Odds of Being Caught Shoplifting After You Leave a Store

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
    I stupidly took clothing off a rack that a store had outside on the sidewalk in front of the store and walked to my car and drove away, but I think a random pedestrian noticed me- possibly memorized my licence plate (I didn't see her write anything down or take a picture), and then went into the store to alert the staff, is it likely I will be found and arrested ?
    I feel awful and I want to go take it all back but Im afraid of the possibility that maybe Im just paranoid and they didn t noticed me stealing/get my licence plate/call the police/etc, but if I go back there to return it I will be screwing myself by bringing it to there attention and they will now call the police if they hadnt already. I'm pretty sure the shopping plaza doesn't have any cameras in the lot, and I never set foot in the actual store so I don't know if the stores cameras could have seen me out on the sidewalk. I live in California, I have no criminal record, and it was all off the three dollar and under rack. What possibilities are there? What are the odds of me getting caught? What happens if I am caught? and what should I do moving forward in this situation??(aside from never doing something like this again)

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    Default Re: Am I Going to Be Arrested

    http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169293

    Please don't post in multiple threads.

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    Default Re: Am I Going to Be Arrested

    Sorry just trying to get more help

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    Default Re: Am I Going to Be Arrested

    You've gotten all the help anyone here can give you. Yes, you CAN be tracked down, arrested and charged. There is no possible way we can narrow down the possibility that it will happen any more than we already have.

    If you didn't steal, you wouldn't have to worry about it. Now you're just going to have to wait it out.

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    Default Re: Am I Going to Be Arrested

    wow, three posts on the same thing?

    Again....we can't predict what will happen. We're volunteers, not psychics.

    Yes, you may find a cop knocking on your door. Or you may open the mail box to find a court date.

    Statute of limitations varies by state, so you may not know for 1-2 years. During that time, charges can be filed.

    Advice: Be aware that if they had security cameras outside or on the roof, yes, they could have gotten your info and even a photo.
    - Avoid that store and all locations within a 90 minute radius.

    - If it's in a strip mall, avoid the strip mall, too.

    - Stop shoplifting. That $3.00 shirt could seriously cost you $1500 for a lawyer; Civil Demand from the stores lawyers; court costs and fines. Got it?

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