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    Default Should You Come Forward for Stealing from a Store

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Michigan

    I’ve stolen from target recently for around 125$ worth of clothes and I know I’ve been watched by one of the guards working there although she didn’t stop me she followed me even into the bathroom I wanted to return the things but there was no way she was gonna leave me so I walked out with them. now I’m afraid to get charged and have a letter sent home and pay all these fines as well as go to court more importantly I don’t want my parents to know I don’t want to have it on my record I just want it to go away.

    I can’t eat, sleep, think or do anything I’m just waiting for target to do something because I have a big feeling they will contact me about this. I’m 17 and just want this to end I’ve never been more sorry and regret anything more in my life so I was thinking of taking everything and going back to target to the store manager and turning it in as well as offer to pay for it and agree to never ever go back to target with many apologies .

    I’m just afraid this won’t be good enough I’m scared don’t know what’s gonna happen and really need help or any advice please and thank you to whoever can advice me is this a good or bad idea?

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    Default Re: I Would Like to Come Forward for Stealing

    You desperately need to talk to your parents. You sound as though you are more worried about the "letter sent home" than you are about going to court, and that's not straight thinking. You need to tell them what happened, let them get you an attorney, and let the attorney deal with what you've done. Also, you desperately need to get help and counseling about doing this, it's a self destructive impulse that needs to be dealt with while you're still a juvenile so it doesn't impact the rest of your life.

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    Default Re: I Would Like to Come Forward for Stealing

    There are no charges, and there wasn't even a detention, so at this point no letter is coming home and there is no need for a lawyer at this time.

    There are ways to work out how you might pay for merchandise you 'forgot' to purchase. You could, for example, return the price tags along with payment in full by money order (plus sales tax) with a note that you are paying for the items you forgot to purchase.

    You're 17, so in Michigan you're an adult for purposes of criminal law. You definitely should speak with your parents and with a lawyer if you plan to try to turn yourself in.

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