Class B Misdemeanor Charge for Shoplifting

[lauren.coker]

I'm sorry, but this is MY post. And I did not ask for any of this. As I have been told ALREADY, to get an attorney, so he did NOT have to reply when I was already getting help from someone else who was actually being polite about it, he just felt like showing off his knowledge, and basically telling me that I am unfit to be an adult. And yes it was a mistake, it was not my choice to go and steal, that's not the kind of person I am, but I have trouble saying no, I have always had problems with that, people always tell me I need to not be nice and so "no", And I was saying no to her, but she still did it. I give in easily. But I will not anymore.
And I am now working on getting an attorney because I just found out that they charged me with even more items which neither me, or my friend took. In reality, I only should have been given a fine.

[DeputyDog]

With your maturity level and attitude, you'll go far in life. I'm sure we'll be hearing about you again.

If you showed this type of attitude with store LP and/or the police, it doesn't surprise me that they are slamming you with anything and everything they can.

And no, it wasn't a mistake. You stole. You meant to steal. Apparently that IS the kind of person you are. OWN IT.

Oh, and nobody cares who started the thread. I can almost hear you say "MY post" in the tone my three year old uses. The other poster wasn't "showing off," he was telling you how it is, and you apparently don't like to hear it.

You've been told the truth by multiple people. Too bad that you don't like what you're hearing.

[cbg]

Unless someone was holding a gun to your head, yes, it was damn well was your choice. "I have problems saying no" is just another way of saying, "I chose to steal rather than stand up to my so-called friend".

It's not up to you what penalty you "should have" received.

[darwinrules]

In reality you should only have been given a fine?

Why?

You. Are. Responsible. For. Your. Actions. You made the choice to steal. The faster you understand that the better your life as an adult will be.

Plus, as others have mentioned, this is a public forum. You do not get to decide who replies or what they say.

[lauren.coker]

I stole $22 worth of things, they said it was $35, I looked it up, and they said my friends was over $80, when it was actually a little over $50. They were lying to put us in jail. - They said we stole a DVD, JCPenney doesn't sell DVDs.

And who are you to call me a child? The fact that you're getting heated over this makes you the child. If the guy had something he wanted to say backs he could have done it himself, instead you're making this site another Facebook.

Who would want to face reality at a time like this? Of course I just want to find a way out of this because I have worked way to hard to let it all go to waste over something stupid that I have done, I do deserved to be punished for it, but they had lied about what all we stole to make the situation worse. I shouldn't have done that, I know. And I am an idiot for doing it. But I know the kind of person I really am, and that one thing does not define who I am. And if all of you are going to jump to conclusions and decide that I am some immature little girl who deserves to be put down by strangers over the Internet, fine. Have fun with that.

[LawResearcherMissy]

I'm sorry, but this is MY post.

Um, no, actually, once you post it here, it's mine and the admin's. You don't get to determine how people respond, and you don't get to determine whether it stays or goes. Hint: It stays.

You got the correct legal advice: Get an attorney. You say you have one now, and that's good. But don't expect that you're going to walk away scot free, even with the help of counsel. Hitch up your Big Girl Britches and do EXACTLY what he tells you to do, and you MIGHT get a favorable deal. Tell the court what you think you "should" get, you may find yourself getting quite embarrassed in open court. Speak when your attorney tells you to, elsewise, zip it.

And who are you to call me a child?

Adults, natch. Do try to keep up.

[DeputyDog]

In TX the difference between a Class B and a Class C misdemenor appears to be the $50 mark. So even if they somehow racheted the amount up to $35 from $22 it woudln't legally make a difference. And making "over $50" into $80 also wouldn't legally make a difference, because over $50 but less than $500 is the same charge. And I'm sure you're wrong about them arbitrarily changing the amounts "to put you in jail." Seems that with the original amounts they had enough to put you in jail.

And if you worked "way to hard" [sic] to let it all go to waste, than you should have given your actions more consideration before you undertook them. This reminds me of all the 22 year old education majors I used to arrest for shoplifitng who said "No, you don't understand, I'm 2 months away from graduating and if I get this conviction I won't be able to be a teacher." Every one of them ended up having to find another line of work with which to use their education degree, because all were convicted of theft and became instantly inelligible to be licensed teachers.

Don't go to a casino and bet your house on one throw of the dice and then be upset when their house wins and you lose yours.