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    Default Recently Charged With Shoplifting

    i was recently charged with shoplifting and had a few questions i was hoping could be answered.
    Me and my friend were caught shoplifting at a local mall. we had both stolen some cologne. we were 75 to 100 feet outside the store when a store employee chased us down, he asked my friend to take the cologne out of his pocket and told us to come back to the store with him.(1. Did he have the right to chase us out of the store and have us come back in to the store with him?) As we were escorted back to the store we were joined by a security guard who noticed the cologne sticking out of my pocket. we were eventually led to a back office were they asked us to empty our pockets onto the desk. After this i asked if i cold call my parents (i am a minor) they refused, after about 15 min i demand that they let me call my parents after i did this they said no and called the police.(2. Did they have the right to not let me call my parents?) after about 20 min they final let me call my parents. even after my parents had arrived at the store they would not let me see them. We continued to wait in the back room another 25 min before the cop showed up and were still not allowed to see my parents untill after the officer had arrested me and read me my rights. I was held in the back room for over 1 and half hours before i was finally released to my parents.

    3. Will this case even make it to court, since it was only a 30 dollar bottle of cologne?
    4. Can they charge me as an adult? (i turn 18 in 7 months)
    5. Do i have a case of false imprisonment against the store since we were held in the back room against our will?

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    Default Re: Recently Charged With Shoplifting

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    i was recently charged with shoplifting and had a few questions i was hoping could be answered.
    Me and my friend were caught shoplifting at a local mall. we had both stolen some cologne. we were 75 to 100 feet outside the store when a store employee chased us down, he asked my friend to take the cologne out of his pocket and told us to come back to the store with him.(1. Did he have the right to chase us out of the store and have us come back in to the store with him?)Yes he was conductinga citizens arrest no if store gave him that authority is in question but it was legal As we were escorted back to the store we were joined by a security guard who noticed the cologne sticking out of my pocket. we were eventually led to a back office were they asked us to empty our pockets onto the desk. After this i asked if i cold call my parents (i am a minor) they refused, after about 15 min i demand that they let me call my parents after i did this they said no and called the police.(2. Did they have the right to not let me call my parents?)Yes they did after about 20 min they final let me call my parents. even after my parents had arrived at the store they would not let me see them. We continued to wait in the back room another 25 min before the cop showed up and were still not allowed to see my parents untill after the officer had arrested me and read me my rights. I was held in the back room for over 1 and half hours before i was finally released to my parents.

    3. Will this case even make it to court, since it was only a 30 dollar bottle of cologne?
    4. Can they charge me as an adult? (i turn 18 in 7 months)
    5. Do i have a case of false imprisonment against the store since we were held in the back room against our will?

    If store presses charges yes you will go to court and since PD was called I would guess you will be facing a judge

    They could but its not likley


    False imprisonment?! I hope your joking otherwise you make yourself look silly!

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    Default Re: Recently Charged With Shoplifting

    Whether or not you would be charged as an adult will depend in no small part upon the laws of your state, which you chose not to disclose.

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    Default Re: Recently Charged With Shoplifting

    you seem to have no cares for what you have done... all your post seems is to find away to get away from all this... they did everything they are allowed to do and the judge will not care if it was $30 or 250$.. I had a girl who took $7.99 hat and tried to plead not gulity so i had to testify.. she was found guility and guess what.... FINED $978 Hope you and your friend enjoy the legal process

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