If you lose a purse at a store and is in posession of somebody and money is missing can they go to jail?
482332
Don't count on it. Basically, the only way that it (them going to jail) would happen is if someone either saw them take it, or saw them take the money out of it. They can say that there was no money in it when they found it, and that is usually going to be enough for reasonable doubt unless, like I said, someone saw them take either the purse or the money. \n\nYou can never mind the answer above if there was something identifiable [other than money] found on their person (not in the purse) when they were found.
132471
Hi Mitzi-\nI'm very familiar with PA law.  The theft is going to be based upon the amount involved.  I can almost guarantee that there will have to be restitution.  Sentencing depends on the person's past criminal history (if any), the facts of the case...if it was particularly heinous and the victims involved, etc. and the amount of cash or items taken.
142969
Call the jail or sheriffs department and ask.
633180
You don't give the circumstances.  I knew of a case where someone wanted to pay the money back to a supermarket, but they refused and went to court.  If you knowingly write a check and know there's no money to cover it, it's punishible by fine and up to 18 months in prison depending on your state.  Is this the first time?  I've seen sheriff's departments with a section just for bad checks.  How did it happen (was it to a court?) and why did they want to make an example out of him?\n\nThe amount may or may not carry weight.  Ask his attorney.
682058
This is not someone you want to go shopping with. \n\nWhen they are caught the authorities may take you also since you are with your friend. And if someone is dishonest enough to steal they may get scared and slip it to you somehow (backpack, purse, pocket, etc.) without you realizing it. Think security is really going to believe that 'you've never seen it before and don't know how it got there'?\n\nTalk to your friend about not stealing again. A friend of mine was security at a high end department store chain. A 22 year old guy stole something and was caught. It was for kicks. He had a rich family that was prominent in a nearby town. He was used to being bailed out and having everything handed to him. His formidable grandmother contacted the store manager who refused to drop charges. She went up the ladder all the way to the owner. They all refused. Grandma's money and influence couldn't save him, and this time he was forced to take responsibility (possibly the first time he had ever had to.) \n\nA criminal record is nothing to fool around with. And when you have a rep as a shoplifter it can spread.\n\nStealing is not only dishonest, it is a selfish, irresponsible act. Do you think the companies take the losses from theft? They pass the hundreds of thousands of dollars of loss back to the consumer. You and I literally pay for your friend's actions. Don't rationalize and say 'its a big company, they can afford it.' They don't afford it. You and I pay for it.\n\nShoplifting is no joke.
382674
Of course. If the wallet is missing and there's no way to find the moron who lost it ... BAM ... into my bank account goes the cash.
677673
wooo....\nyes u have to pay nicely...\nif not, the shop keepers will call the police...
1046073
I answered a question like this before and everyone said they would keep it and I said I would turn it in, I still would turn it in. How would you feel if you lost it? For those who have said anyone walking around with 1000 can afford to lose it. This is not necc. true. What if it was someone who was a business and lost it out of their cash box, it's still not right to take someone elses things. Maybe it was going to be donated to a charity like a food pantry.
845774
Yes, they can take your car, your house, and any thing else associated with the crime. It is part of RICO Anti-racketeering law.\n\nOh, and you still have financial responsibily for the confiscated items.
903327
Ok,  they should have found alot of fingerprints on the envelope the money was in ( remember that from previous post)  they person who handed you the envelope, the person who put the envelope in a drawer,  your fingerprint.\n\nFirst unless they took your fingerprints they won't know that the print is not yours.  ( it is not valid police investigation not to take as a base the fingerprints of anyone that should have touched the money,\n\nIf they merely find a fingerprint on the outside of your purse, it only proves someone touched the outside of the purse, not enough evidence to do anything with ( really is not)\n\nIf the fingerprint matches someone in the system, if they have thier own machine to match prints, they will have a match in a day or two, if they send it off to the state crime lab or FBi it will take a month or two to get results back.\n\nI would say it is a lost case and they are not really doing anything with the fingerprint.
844850
Its fraud and theft.  The consequence could be prosecution and jail.
644643
This is the least of your worries unless you are actively buying from him.  I would not be so much concerned about possible jail sentences for him but more about the probability that his activities could attract a criminal element and that this could affect you in a bad way.  If I knew something like this was going on next door to me I'd send an anonymous tip to the police.
982415
You lose your money if they don't show up for court. New offense means new bail.
881460
A friend of mine was arrested at 27 for shoplifting. She was put on probation and fined the amount of the lose that the store took. She is a career shoplifter, which is why I will not hang out with her anymore.\n\nYou or the person that was caught can look forward to a long legal road. Yes you need a lawyer and yes you will be made very uncomfortable in court. \n\nI hope this helps!
324116
you'll have to call the jail. They will tell you what you need to know.
534883
true story - I actually found several $50's and $20's in the street durring a rain storm and took to police station.. 90 days later I got to keep the money as it was unclaimed... I assume the person lost a lot more becuase the money was going down the street in the rain water river and down to the drain.. there must have been more but I missed it.. it was near 2 banks
290466
you lose the case you go to jail probably