I just got charged for petty theft or however you spell it for shoplifting. im 18. will i get jail time?
i really dont know what my sentence will be. but i am a good kid ha..i get good grades and got accepted into a four year university..i start school soon and cant afford to miss classes. do you think i will have to go to jail or that my future/past will work well for me? please help! also do i need a lawer?
Will it show I commit petty theft?
Yes, I was stupid enough and I committed petty theft first degree. I'm 18 by the way. My lawyer got me a settlement agreement where I would pay $200.00 to Best Buy(the store I shoplifted at). If I pay, will everything be done? Also, will it show on my records that I was convicted? If not, what will the record show?
I got a job offer at target and have petty theft on my record will that show up on the background check?
it will show up. not to be a downer but you might want to start searching for something else. if they check your background they have a policy for only hiring people with clean backgrounds.
How long will a warrant for petty theft stay active before the courts just drop the entire thing?
Forever. Not the answer you wanted, I expect.Most courts and law enforcement agencies have files full of old arrest warrants, waiting to be served. Minor offenses like unpaid traffic tickets and petty theft don’t merit assigning a cop or two to go out, locate the person, and physically serve the warrant (although this does happen now and then), so the warrants sit in file against the day that a cop will run across the person named in the warrant. Then, surprise, you’re going to jail.Once in a while, a judge will issue an order to recall all misdemeanor warrants that are more than X years old (the “X” is usually double digits), but this is the exception, not the rule. The medium-sized city police department I worked for in the 1980s had well over 40,000 active misdemeanor warrants in file, most for unpaid traffic tickets.I once served a misdemeanor warrant that was over ten years old. The original violation was a ticket written by an animal control officer for an unrestrained dog. The dog’s owner foolishly blew off the animal control officer, who had retired but was still in the area and appeared to testify on the ticket.So, if you’re waiting until “the courts just drop the entire thing,” don’t hold your breath. You will be looking over your shoulder until the warrant is served, and its presence will likely follow you around and cause you to trip up on background checks and driver license renewals. It would have been a much better plan to just not commit the theft.Edit: I just saw the comment to the question. There is virtually no way to clear up the warrant from out of state. The court will almost certainly require an in-person appearance, and Walmart is known to be completely without mercy in these matters. Your cousin should also keep in mind that a theft arrest at Walmart generally means being banned from all Walmart properties. That means, if they want to get persnickety about it, he can be charged with trespassing if he goes into a Walmart anywhere in the country.
Im 18 and got caught stealing alcohol and charged with petty theft will i get jail time?
this is my first offense, me and my friend both got caught, i had 1 bottle and she had 2. win co is already fining us like $260 each and they pressed charges because it is an employee owned Business. we got arrested and now have a court date. what will happen in court? jail time? probation? fine?
Does theft go on your permanent record?
Okay... this is what happend to me: When I was 17 I got arrested for shoplifting from JcPenny and had to go to the jail, get fingerprinted, and got picked up by my mother. The stuff I was taking totaled around 72 dollars. I had to pay JcPenny a 300 dollar fine. and I had to take a shoplifting class for 20 dollars and it only was a one time thing and only lasted about an hour. I never went to court, and it was never put on my record at all.
Will petty theft hurt my chances in the medical field?
Mitigate it. That means show them that you've been in treatment for your depression, show them you've been working with at risk youth, show them you've been attending support groups, show them you've had steady work without incidents. A petty theft misdemeanor from years ago may not be massively problematic if you have a resume stronger than anyone else applying. However, it will always show up in background checks, so you will always have to be upfront about it. I recommend contact the licensing boards for your state to see how they handle petty misdemeanors when licensing comes. If you call hospitals, they will tell you that they cannot discriminate against you unless you are in a job that specifically prohibits this offense, so you'll get a wishy-washy answer. I wish there was a magic way to make it all better, but stuff like this is sticky and stays with you. It does suck that getting caught did exactly what it was supposed to do - scare you straight - and that that's not enough. Good Luck