My wife took my son twelve year old son to walmart yesterday for some back to school shopping or should I say shop lifting.He wanted to look around the toy department while my wife shopped .He ended up putting a pack of Yugio cards in his pocket for some reason that he could not explain to me worth about 4$.I was at work when I got the call.She and my son were stoped out side the store and was brought to the back of the store were he told her he witnesed my son put the pack of cards in his pocket and followed him around the store as he fiddled with his pocket .He then told my wife he did not want to press criminal charges but this is were the money comes in .He had her sighn a paper saying my son would not be able to go back to walmart for life and she was to pay a civil fine somewere in the amount of 250$ or so that we havent got in the mail as of yet.Let me say now I know what my son did is wroung and am not condoning theft of any kind.I am asking wy the man in the store waited till he was outside the store to aproach him when he visibly seen him put the item in his pocket and followed him around the store?My second question is will my son or my wife have a record because of this insident?My son has deeply disapointed me and my wife is at a loss for words I am just hopeing he will learn from this experience and not become a carreer criminal we as parents will forgive him and love him unconditionaly but walmart wont.I do think a life ban to go into a walmart is a bit harsh.