Can you get arrested for shoplifting, if you are caught putting something back , having previously left the store with the item?
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i think so just keep whatever you have but never do it again
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Technically you can because you already committed the crime.
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I don't really know, but surely it's best not to take it in the first place because if you are caught trying to put something back you've an awful lot of explaining to do. How embarrasing.
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In the USA, they can usually only get you for shoplifting, actually arrest and charge you, if you completely take the item out of the store. You can put in in your purse or hide it in your jacket. They can stop you and ask you to remove it and put it back. But they cannot arrest you until you commit the crime, which means you leave the premises with the item. If you are bringing in item, back, thee is no way for them to know you had it before and you aren't leaving the store with it so I say no, they can't arrest you for shoplifting.
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I think so. if the servailance camera cought you leaving the store with said item and then you returned it i would say yes you can be aressted.
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The law is based on intent. you apparently had the original intent of shoplifting. your conscious took over and you attempted to put the item back and got caught. Sorry, the original intent to shoplift, does not include trying to place the item back. Only A counts, not B. Its like trying to place a bullet back in a gun, after you have shot someone.
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I hope so because it's a little suspicious. It kind of reminds me of the cyanide poisoned eye drops back in the 80's. It would be good to arrest you just to investigate, then release you without charges.
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When I was 16 I worked in a retail store that experienced reverse inventory shrink -- in other words, we had *more* stuff than we expected. It was probably a clerical error, but it is also possible that people were shoplifting from other stores and leaving stuff in our store. I chose to believe the latter!
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Shoplifting occurs once you pick up the item with the intent to steal it. Thus, you can be charged with shoplifting even if you never slipped the item in your pocket or left the store. Most stores have a policy not to stop you until after you leave the store because proving intent is difficult. The reason for this is clear when you look at an inverse scenerio. If you pick up an item and put it in your pocket without the intent to steal, then you are not guilty of shoplifting. Thus, if you never leave the store, it would be difficult to prove your intent. However, once you leave the store, your intent is clear.
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