My question involves criminal law for the state of: Indiana
I was shopping in Elder-Beerman in Sept of 2007. I brought my hand bag in with me and in it was a wallet I had purchased for my sister which was empty and the same one that I had purchased for myself a couple months prior. I was buying her a purse to match the wallet (it has bright colors and lots of designs) I pulled my wallet out of my purse which has been used for the couple months and matched it to the purse. I continued to shop, bought a picture frame which did not have a price tag on it, a $150 bed in a bag and tried on some shirts. When I was in the fitting room my cell phone rang I bend down away from the meor and pulled my cell phone from my purse hit the ignore button and placed it back inside. I payed for all my items and walked out of the store. At that time I was confronted my the security guard and the store manager. They took me to a small room and emtied my purse. They saw both wallets and said the man said that he had me on tape in the fitting room putting it in my purse. LOL WOW! The store manager came in when she over heard what he had said to me and got mad at him and he back peddled. Needless to say I was arrested. Probobly because I was mad that they would even suspect someone that just spent $300 in their store not to mention .. I asked them to if I could pull up my bank statements and show them when I purchased it. They could have used the POS number off of my statement to pull the recept and they refused to do so. I went to jail... spend 6 hours ... was unable to pick my children up from school and 2 months later lost my job when my manager found out it happened on my lunch hour. Since then court has been continud 3 times. once because they didnt have the evedence yet (tape) second becasue the Store Manager was on Maternity leave and the 3rd time, I have no idea. I am worried that if they dont move this along I am going to loose my chance to file a law suit against them. What are my rights? What do we do now? I know everything there is to know about family law but I am lost when it comes to criminal law. I have never been in trouble in my life! help me please

