Wtf anything we can do?

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

Also,I've never heard of a store asking for cash money or they will call the police. Sounds like blackmail/bribery.

 

[grayfox587]

yea i dont see them bringing in the police when he said we have to pay it for all the time to process all the paperwork and such all i heard was a free way for us to make money

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

No matter the situation though. YOU should NOT pay anything. Let her accept her own responsibility. They arent going to throw her in jail for shoplifting lipgloss. It'll be healthy for her to have to suffer the consequences of her actions.

 

[ruger 10+ year member]

stop going to that store, ez...

unless she is like trailor trash or somthing and NEEDS to be there.

 

[pitbull12888]

x2 about what mitch said....

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

If she read the paperwork, she probably agreed to pay the fine and if she didn't she would be taken to court.
Gotta love kids who sign things when they get scared.

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

they cannot get the cops involved. it would be a civil suit. been through this. they count on dumb people just paying them.

 

[LeofromtheH 10+ year member]

and to think, i used to steal cd players from target when i was younger. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

lipglos is just stupid. bums are what they are if they can't afford that

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

they cannot get the cops involved. it would be a civil suit. been through this. they count on dumb people just paying them.

I don't know what retail theft laws are like in your area, but in mine they sure as hell can.

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

When I worked at a grocery store, we caught like 5 shoplifters in in a 3 day span, needless to say they all left in a cop car.

 

[pitbull12888]

once again who the fuc* is stealing from a grocery store?!!

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

I don't know what retail theft laws are like in your area, but in mine they sure as hell can.

bull. only fines unpaid through the courts are criminal. ie: state, county, city fines. that is a private civil suit claiming damages.

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

If she couldn't afford lipgloss, she can't afford 375 dollars. I'll tell you the truth, they can't get 375 dollars from you or her. I don't care if she signed a contract saying that she would pay them that for the next 10 years, she is underage, and therefore can not be held responsible for her actions without a conscenting adult present to witness and sign. They might as well have asked her to get them a unicorn or else she is going to get the electric chair. It really doesn't matter.

But still, lipgloss? What is this world coming to that people steal lipgloss (6 dollars)?

If she is underage she is going to be fine. I did a large spree of stealing from sears when I worked there in my youth and got caught stealing 3 camcorders. The total was over 3,000 dollars and it is considered a felony. BUT I was underage. So I got 3 months house arrest (taken down to 2) a 6 month probation and a 117 dollar fine.

 

[Ne1 10+ year member]

Good point. Is she a minor? If so did a legal guardian sign the papers or no?

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

Good point. Is she a minor? If so did a legal guardian sign the papers or no?

minor or not, they would have to take her to civil court to get that money. she should already be paying a fine through the court system. that's called double jeapordy to try and collect a 2nd fine. the only way she would have to pay on a civil suit is if she did actual damage on top of the shoplifting. i called king soopers attorney's over my gf's little brother being in almost the exact same situation. i told them to f off, **** my junk and many other expletives and never got another letter. they got the property back and they're isn't any damages to collect, therefore not worth going to court.