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calidiva97
I have spent my whole adolecent, teenage years trying to do the "right" thing. I am 27 years old and have better things to doThat means nothing at this point sorry with my time than to steal baby wipes and deoderant that were ON SALE!!!!As many before and after you have said and will say
I feel guilty because I know that I put the stuff in my purse, but in no way was I trying to "conceal" the items. The LP officer said I looked straight at him as I was doing this!?! Intent cannot be proved
I am sure that this is one of the biggest excuses in the text book,Pretty close but now I am wondering how often is it true?!?!Does it matter? You met the legal requirment for theft How can I be Guilty already? Doesn't intent count 4 anything?In murder yes but not theft I feel as though the actual facts prove my intent...I had cash on me, I was grocery shopping (I even had a list), I paid for at least $50 dollars in other stuff. Many others mor eguilty than you have also i I was purchasing items for two seperate transactions and had put the items in question aside so 1)they would stay seperate from my boss's stuff (I am personal assistant so I ALWAYS do her shopping) 2)so they wouldn't fall from the "seat" where my purse sitting. I just feel disgusted. I did what I did. I made a mistake and tried to fix it at the moment it was brought to my attention.By thgat time it was too late
The LP officers were the ones who gave me a hard time, the police officer seemed to be understanding and told me just to go to court. With a Lawyer I hope That I had the cash on me so all they could prove right now was that I had items i did not pay for.Having cash doe snot prove innocence He even told me that if it were him, he would have apologized profusely and asked to pay for the item.LP have policy they must follow its not up to them to make those decisions When I told him I tried that, he looked puzzled and asked why I was in handcuffs?Depends on what store policy is I didn't have a good answer for that, but the LP officers said I was being "difficult" and made an attempt to "run" however THAT never happened and they even had cameras where I was being questioned as well as a female store employee to witness.It doesnt help with your theft case but might on another issue
I don't want to plead Guilty because in all honesty I planned on paying for the items!!!If you fight charge and are still found guilty your sentence could be worse I just feel like this has been blown way out of porportion.It hasnt Will a public defender represent me as well as private councel?You can't have both I am completely lost and just feel sick about this whole situation.
Another question...when I was being questioned by LP I was told I could not make any phone calls from my cell phone. Do they have the right to prevent me from calling who I choose? They can do that
I feel that the LP people were highly unprofessional.Why? They kept trying to preassure me into saying I "just didn't want to pay for the items" and when I wouldn't change my story that is when they said I was under arrest and they would need to get an officer. To which I replied "fine".If you had done as they asked they might not have pressed charges you blew it there They kept telling me I was going to be there all night. Talking about how they don't mind the O.T. Talking about the guy they lost because of me , who was stuffing bottles of alcohol down his pants. Even when the officer told me I was free to go the 2 LP staff were arguing over who should get me my grocery kart from the fridge. Very unprofessional.