Quote Quoting Harold99
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He was not fined at all. He we asked to pay for the items that were in his cart...that the checker neglected to ring up.

The only crime here would be if the OP admitted that he knew the goods in his cart were not paid for and he was trying to take them anyway.
Pretty much all states have laws in place allowing for civil demands. Pretty much all retailers make use of those laws and demand that the shoplifter (or accused shoplifter) pay a civil demand. The theory is that the civil demands that are paid help cover or cover the cost of in store LPOs.

So, yes, the OP might very well have paid a civil demand, which the OP might have viewed as a fine.