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Hi, so I am 24 years old and have been living in the U.S. for 10 years in Texas and 6 months ago I got caught at Walmart for shoplifting $14 and I was hand-cuffed and then let go... All they took was my drivers license, no finger prints, no SSN, no picture, nothing and they didn't make me sign anything either... I never received any letters or anything... I wasn't even told not to go back in the store, I told the cops I was never coming back and they told me that I could go back as long as I didn't steal

So anyway, I am applying for my citizenship and I am freaking out, my parents don't know about this and idk what to do. If I contact a lawyer about this my parents will know... I am simply freaking out right now, my permanent resident card expires next year and now I am scared that if I get denied my citizenship then they will deport me to, I swear I am going crazy... Both my parents are brother are citizens already and I have a college degree and college debt

Will I be denied for this? I really believe there is no record or anything whatsoever, do I even need to say it in the forms??
What if I don't say it and then it pops up and they ask me about it in the interview? will I go to jail for not including it? I mean would simply say that since there was no records of anything that I didn't think it mattered

Please someone help me with this. I want to tell my parents cause I am freaking out but idk how to
If the police were not called, then you were not arrested or charged with a crime. Therefore you have no "record". Therefore no, you should not mention it in the forms. It is not going to "pop up" anywhere and you are not going to be asked about it. You do NOT need an attorney.

However, you do need to take this as a lesson for the future. You were very lucky this time. You are unlikely to be that lucky in the future, so do not put yourself at that kind of risk again.