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    Default Retail Fraud at Meijer

    A while back I got caught taking like $30 worth of merchandise from Meijer. It was a civil demand and I never took care of it. More recently I was caught at Kmart taking DVD's which were probably a few hundred dollars worth. I recieved a civil demand from Kmart also without police involved. Just a few days ago I was pulled over and arrested for 3'rd degree retail fraud. I figured it was for the Meijer incident. The part I don't understand is when I was arraigned, the judge mentioned Kmart. The Kmart incident only happened a few weeks ago, and I hadn't even recieved my demand letter in the mail yet. How could I have had a warrant for the recent one before I even recieved my civil demand in the mail? The judge didn't even mention Meijer. On a seperate recent incident, the police were at my parents house looking for me accusing me of taking something from Sears. But I don't understand how I could have got arrested for that either because the judge only mentioned Kmart. Since the police were looking for me because of Sears, I'm guessing that is where the warrant is coming from. But they didn't catch me with anything, they just wrote down my plate. Meijer and Kmart both caught me red handed. But Kmart seems too recent to have a warrant already and the judge didn't even mention anything about Meijer or Sears. Can someone please make sense of this?

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    Default Shoplifting Arrest

    K-Mart probably filed a police report, which resulted in the issuance of the arrest warrant.

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    Thank you Aaron, does that mean that the cops looking for me about Sears were just trying to get me to admit something? If Kmart did file a police report, can they also give me a civil demand on the side?

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    Default Shoplifting at Sears and K-Mart

    Quote Quoting titan529
    Thank you Aaron, does that mean that the cops looking for me about Sears were just trying to get me to admit something?
    The police are consistently trying to get suspects to make self-incriminating statements. It's a big part of their job.

    Quote Quoting titan529
    If Kmart did file a police report, can they also give me a civil demand on the side?
    Yes. Although, typically, if you are ordered to pay restitution through the criminal court, that may satisfy part or all of the civil demand.

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