My question involves criminal law for the state of: Texas
I am in my early 50s and was stopped when I was walking out of a Walmart store. The young LP man asked if I had something that I had not paid for and I responded no because I had just checked out and had paid for everything. He then said well then what is in your back pocket and that is when I remembered that I had placed a pack of stick on appliqués for nails that cost no more the $4.00 and they kept falling out of the basket so I put them in my back pocket so that I wouldn't lose them and since I had my 6 year old grandson with me crying that he was tired and hungry I forgot to pay for them. I then said I could go back in and pay for them but the LP man said it was to late and asked me to go into the office. They then asked for my drivers license, SS#, and telephone#. They asked me to sign a paper that said that I was receiving the asset protection recovery letter and then took my picture so that I couldn't deny that I had received the letter. No police were called and I was told that I could not go back to that particular Walmart. They also said that I would be receiving a fine from Walmart.
My questions are
What do I do when I receive the fine letter?
Is this going to go on a criminal record?
Will it effect my present employment?
How can I argue that my intent was not to leave the store without paying for the item?

