Yesterday, my friend and I , were caught shoplifting from kohls, i am 22 and she is 18, we walked out the door and we were apporached by an associate who identified himself as the stores loss prevention person and escorted us into the surveilence room. I had $78 and my friend had $108 worth of merchandise. The guy took our information made us signe two papers one stating we would never enter another Kohls in the US or it would be tresspassing, and hte other stating we did take X amount of merchandise and signed our names. They called the police my friend and i were arrested, we were taken to jail...she spent 6 hours and i spent 8 over night there. Bail bonds are slow as hell here! So today my father went and talked with the guy who caught us and he said my friend being 18 in the state of alabama can be covered by the Youthful Offender Act for persons under 21 years of age. However i am 22 is there anything i can do to prevent jail time? Possibly do commuinty service or even pay some Large fines i dont care..I was charged with Property Theft 3Rd. Does This was my First offense and first time doing somethin like this..however this was not my friends first time doing it...but just getting caught. Does anyone have any advice on a path i should persue so that MAYBE 'Theft' will not remain on my record?!

