I've never been so worried in my life. It's been a tough week and I have bills I need to pay so I decided to do something dumb and shoplift a $129 cable from Radioshack so I can sell it and have some funds. I brought the cable to an area where I knew there wouldn't be cameras pointing at me and put it in my shirt. There were no visible signs that I had anything on me and walked out of the store and went to my car.
After I started my car and put the cable away in the backseat, about a minute passed after I was in my car and I was about to pull out, and then a Radioshack employee walked out of the store. I don't really see any reason that she would be walking out besides to possibly check if I were there. So I pulled out naturally, but tried to block view of my license plate and drove off. Most likely she didn't see it or get a chance to write it down because I was a good 50+ meters away, but if she did get it, what's the most she could do with it?
I know it's real early, but I'm just thinking about possible scenarios. Due to all the fear that I'm having today, I can honestly say that I will never do something so stupid again. I'm 17 and starting my second year in a community college transfering out to a UC in the next. Would I be tried as an adult if it gets that far? When would be the latest I would recieve notice if something does happen?
I know none of the employees saw me and I was not caught on tape doing anything. So I figure at worst, she did get my license plate, and reported it to the police department.
What sort of punishment can I be looking at here?

