Saw an article online that has me wondering about our own sanity.
A 54 yr old man was shopping at Walmart on black friday. In the traditional way of expressing the celebration of the coming Christ incarnate, shoppers were grabbing at video games, snatching them from one another and even pulling them away from children.
This man had a game, and hid it in his shirt. Someone called security who called police. At this point it gets a little, ummmm.... hazy. Some indication of police brutality happened.
Anyway, I'm curious. Assuming we can't prove intent, I thought that someone has to be leaving the store with unpaid merchandise for shoplifting to be valid.
Anybody know?
If you conceal it, you are technically shoplifting. The act of concealment is the intent. I worked retail for a bit while I was in college. We used to bust them all the time before they left the store.
It varies from state to state NM.
In Va, there's a Specific Statute titled "Willful Concealment". He would have been guilty of it here.
Quote from: peternap on November 27, 2011, 11:38:18 AM
It varies from state to state NM.
In Va, there's a Specific Statute titled "Willful Concealment". He would have been guilty of it here.
Good info. I should have clarified my response as New Mexico specific.