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    Default How to Know if You'll be Criminally Charged for Shoplifting

    I was being incredibly stupid today and got caught stealing a tube of lipstick from the drugstore. They took me up to a room and made me sign a paper saying I would not enter the store in the next 3 years, or else I would be charged with trespassing. They also gave me a civil recovery fee of $350 to pay. They called police, who came and, since I had no previous records or legal incidences, did not take me to the police station or charge me or anything. They did say though that if this happens again, police officers would be able to look me up and see this incident occurred, so they would not be so easy on me next time. The guy who caught me seemed fairly understanding considering the circumstances. How do I know if they are going to press charges?
    So my question is, will I have a record from this? Will this affect my future employment in any way? As well, if police came and assessed the situation, can I still get charged or summoned to court over this? Since the police already came and knew what happened but did not charge me or anything like that.
    Thanks in advance for any help! I have never been in this situation before so Im a little confused and quite rattled by the whole thing

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    Default Re: How to Know if You'll be Criminally Charged for Shoplifting

    If the police told you that they are keeping an internal record but are not forwarding the matter to the prosecutor's office for review and charges, odds are that's what they are going to do. Beyond that, all you can do is wait and see what happens.

    There are circumstances in which your confession to shoplifting can come back to haunt you -- for example, if you apply to work in the drugstore chain, if they participate in a national reporting network and they have included your confession in a national database accessed by other retailers, if you apply for work with the police department, in the event of a deep enough background check, and the like. For the most part, though, as it appears that you will have no formal arrest record or prosecution record, it is not likely to come up.

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