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    Default Can You be Charged With Shoplifting by Concealment if You Haven't Left the Store

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: North Carolina.

    So my boyfriend was caught in Wal-Mart for shoplifting. How can they charge him with a crime when he didnt make it out the door with the product. He wasnt even arrested he got a concealment of goods charge. I work for a well known grocery store and I've always been told they have to make it out the door before they can be charged.

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    Default Re: Walmart

    You were told wrong:
    Quote Quoting NCGS Sec. 14-72.1. Concealment of merchandise in mercantile establishments.
    (a) Whoever, without authority, willfully conceals the goods or merchandise of any store, not theretofore purchased by such person, while still upon the premises of such store, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in subsection (e). Such goods or merchandise found concealed upon or about the person and which have not theretofore been purchased by such person shall be prima facie evidence of a willful concealment.

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