Got arrested for stealing from wal-mart. help?

[Niveks]

Yesterday before work i really needed to get some gel insoles before work because i walk and carry **** for 8 hours. My feet had been killing me the last week. So i stop by walmart and while looking at them i realize i forgot my wallet at home. I decide screw it im gunna take the $8 insoles and i guess someone saw me on cam. i was stopped by 2 security guards with the insoles in my pockets.

So they took me in the back took down my info and called the police. I was cuffed, walked out and put in the back of the police car. The cop then wrote me citation for petty theft. Fukcing ridiculous...all for $8. Has anyone ever had to go to court for this? I have a clean record so im hoping the judge will just give me community service or something, most people dont even get arrested for such a small item. FUuuu

[Covy1]

shouldve taped insoles on inside of legs...

[lefthandedstraw]

****ty inserts brah.... jellin are like $15.

[IsmellMYfarts]

throwing away your clean record for some insoles

[Niveks]

yah i just got the cheapest ones to fit in my vans. But i cant believe they went as far as to arrest me for this. The LP guys were taking it all seriously and the police actually cuffed me and walked me out of the store. I was facepalming the whole time, 4 guys getting paid $10+ an hour to charge a guy whole stole $8 worth of merchandise. they actually lost money.

[bigben2121]

Yesterday before work i really needed to get some gel insoles before work because i walk and carry **** for 8 hours. My feet had been killing me the last week. So i stop by walmart and while looking at them i realize i forgot my wallet at home. I decide screw it im gunna take the $8 insoles and i guess someone saw me on cam. i was stopped by 2 security guards with the insoles in my pockets.

So they took me in the back took down my info and called the police. I was cuffed, walked out and put in the back of the police car. The cop then wrote me citation for petty theft. Fukcing ridiculous...all for $8. Has anyone ever had to go to court for this? I have a clean record so im hoping the judge will just give me community service or something, most people dont even get arrested for such a small item. FUuuu

youre a piece of **** you act like you havent even done anything wrong

[UniversityMisc]

I don't condone theft at all but people really need to learn their rights....you could of walked straight out the door and no employee/secutiry guard could lay a hand on you, only ask you to stop. They can't force you to stay in the store either.

[Niveks]

im not saying what i did was right, but the punishment for this is absurd. Most people dont even get arrested for stealing $25+ worth of merchandise. Walmart is going to send me a civil demand for $50-200 + these criminal charges all for $8...

[SillyRabbit]

If you're 20 years old and you made a conscious decision to steal something worth $8, then you don't really have a leg to stand on.

Next time think about the consequences.

[UniversityMisc]

im not saying what i did was right, but the punishment for this is absurd. Most people dont even get arrested for stealing $25+ worth of merchandise. Walmart is going to send me a civil demand for $50-200 + these criminal charges all for $8...

when they asked you to come to the back room why didnt you just say no and walk out?

[adamsky27]

Ha, you can never again enter another Walmart or Sam's Club for the rest of your life!

[Niveks]

when they asked you to come to the back room why didnt you just say no and walk out?

I dont even know, moment of failure i guess

[papi89]

someone i know nearly got a felony for stealing beer, **** can get real brah

[1nd]

lawlz

They didn't lose money. Sure they had multiple people getting paid $10 an hour to get their $8 back, but you're going to get fined pretty hard from Walmart alone that pays for the LP's work.

THEN you go to court and actually get punished.

EDIT: They can't charge you for stealing until you leave the building. THEN they can stop you and bring you back inside. If they stopped you while inside, it's just a 'concealing' charge, which is almost nothing which is why they like to wait for you to exit.

By the way, I was being interviewed to be an LP at a Lowe's hardware store in PA close to this time last year until I decided I wasn't ready to move to another state.

[matwarrior]

lol run idiot

[SpLinT]

You should have ran out of the store... they cant chase you.

edit: too late

[Covy1]

http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com...07/29/securit/

[NoobThumper]

Stop breaking the law *******!

[balkp]

yah i just got the cheapest ones to fit in my vans. But i cant believe they went as far as to arrest me for this. The LP guys were taking it all seriously and the police actually cuffed me and walked me out of the store. I was facepalming the whole time, 4 guys getting paid $10+ an hour to charge a guy whole stole $8 worth of merchandise. they actually lost money.

same thing happened to my friend for a 5 hour energy drink....i was at the gym for 10 minutes...we felt tired...cross the street to this store and he took a $2 5 hour energy dirnk...stopped us at the door and took us to the abck room...called cops and got cuffed

[john136]

op dun goofed.

the cosequences will never be the same

[1nd]

You should have ran out of the store... they cant chase you.

edit: too late

But they do have cameras everywhere. So if he drove in, they would have his license plate tag, and a good shot of his face. So to top it off, they basically have a BIGGER charge to get him with.

[Nub_Lurker]

yah i just got the cheapest ones to fit in my vans. But i cant believe they went as far as to arrest me for this. The LP guys were taking it all seriously and the police actually cuffed me and walked me out of the store. I was facepalming the whole time, 4 guys getting paid $10+ an hour to charge a guy whole stole $8 worth of merchandise. they actually lost money.

ya OP i know $8 is little but i hear that walmart loses tons and tons of money each year from shop lifters, even tho they make a sh*t load already but if you think they should let u slide because its only $8 then everyones goona start stealing $8 item and get a slap on the wrist and walmart is goona lose money because the $8 adds up.

I don't condone theft at all but people really need to learn their rights....you could of walked straight out the door and no employee/secutiry guard could lay a hand on you, only ask you to stop. They can't force you to stay in the store either.

ahh should listen to this guy, once u get out of the store the security cant do sh*t to u.

[Niveks]

But they do have cameras everywhere. So if he drove in, they would have his license plate tag, and a good shot of his face. So to top it off, they basically have a BIGGER charge to get him with.

This. I figured i could actually make it worse for myself if i ran. I parked pretty close to the front of the store so im sure they couldve had my plate. I might have to get a lawyer for this....god dammit.

[1nd]

ahh should listen to this guy, once u get out of the store the security cant do sh*t to u.

It's not stealing until you're out. So that's when they DO get you. If you were dumb enough to run, then I hope you're not a regular, have anyone that knows you that works there, or didn't drive so the cameras didn't get your license plate number.

Good luck avoiding all of that though.

[PatrickDurden]

op dun goofed.

the cosequences will never be the same

this

[Jburn]

yah i just got the cheapest ones to fit in my vans. But i cant believe they went as far as to arrest me for this. The LP guys were taking it all seriously and the police actually cuffed me and walked me out of the store. I was facepalming the whole time, 4 guys getting paid $10+ an hour to charge a guy whole stole $8 worth of merchandise. they actually lost money.

Lol you are either trollin or a huge dumbass brah.

You cant just steal stuff and act like you did nothing wrong lol.

[UniversityMisc]

ahh should listen to this guy, once u get out of the store the security cant do sh*t to u.

again, i dont condone theft at all, but you do need to know your rights.

security cant do shiit to you even if you're in the store.

retail security is all about prevention. they are borderline helpless if someone decides to steal anyway. they cant stop you from leaving, get in front of you if you try and leave, touch you in anyway, lock any door that prevents you from leaving, etc.

think of it this way. just because you stole from their employer doesn't give them the right to kidnap you. they can ask you to come to the back room under your own free will, but you could easily just smile right in their face and walk out and they cant do anything except call the cops and try to find out who you are through video.

[Misc_Canuck]

consequences will never be the same!

you dun goofd OP

[1nd]

This. I figured i could actually make it worse for myself if i ran. I parked pretty close to the front of the store so im sure they couldve had my plate. I might have to get a lawyer for this....god dammit.

More than likely you will get find around $150 from Walmart before the court date even starts. Then you will go to court, and get a 'Not allowed on any _____ property for 24 months' charge, a little probation, and a small court fine to pay for their time.

But then of course it is on your record, and you will have to wait that "24 months" to pay several hundred to get it expunged off of your record.


All for $8.

[Niveks]

Ive read online about people getting the charges taken down to trespassing which is just an infraction. Im hoping to be able to talk to the Judge to make a deal with a DA before the trial to bring this down to something that wont show on a background check.