What is the name of your state? Michigan
My friend and I were bumming around in the mall when we went to target and we came up with one of our dumbest ideas to steal something. Our total was $194.97 the cops told us we were lucky that it wasn't $6 more or it would of been 2nd degree retail fraud. When we were caught I had nothing at all in my pockets, however my friend had an exacto knife, a mp3 player and a radar detector. They said they have me cutting open one of the boxes on camera which I only cut open the back not the whole thing. When we were in the room talking to the LPs' they asked who the exacto knife belonged to and I said it was mine. The officer asked me what I carried it around for and I told him for self defense, he then told me that is a felony and asked me if I wanted to try again so I said it was for cutting open boxes. When they asked my friend why he had a radar detector when he doesn't have a car I told them it was for me. We are both 16 and were released to our parents and told we would be getting something in the mail from the court. I have no prior record with the police or anything, my past is clean, I am a mainly A and B student. I also drove us to the mall if that means anything. If any one could please give me any information as to what is most likely to happen to me I would be very grateful. Thanks. I forgot to add that we both signed something from target admitting to stealing, and I am planning on pleading guilty at court. What will happen if I plead guilty at court?
My friend and I were bumming around in the mall when we went to target and we came up with one of our dumbest ideas to steal something. Our total was $194.97 the cops told us we were lucky that it wasn't $6 more or it would of been 2nd degree retail fraud. When we were caught I had nothing at all in my pockets, however my friend had an exacto knife, a mp3 player and a radar detector. They said they have me cutting open one of the boxes on camera which I only cut open the back not the whole thing. When we were in the room talking to the LPs' they asked who the exacto knife belonged to and I said it was mine. The officer asked me what I carried it around for and I told him for self defense, he then told me that is a felony and asked me if I wanted to try again so I said it was for cutting open boxes. When they asked my friend why he had a radar detector when he doesn't have a car I told them it was for me. We are both 16 and were released to our parents and told we would be getting something in the mail from the court. I have no prior record with the police or anything, my past is clean, I am a mainly A and B student. I also drove us to the mall if that means anything. If any one could please give me any information as to what is most likely to happen to me I would be very grateful. Thanks. I forgot to add that we both signed something from target admitting to stealing, and I am planning on pleading guilty at court. What will happen if I plead guilty at court?