State: SC
I'm having difficulty finding cases concerning the legal definition of a "safe" and whether or not a cash register is a safe. The happened in Spartanburg County, SC. A girl was given a key that opened the cash registers for a large National Chain Store. The Key came from a former employee. She and another person were arrested for stealing money from the stores cash registers using the key. The stores were open for business at those times and they were charged with safe-craking and possession of master keys.
Is this actually safe-craking? In SC the penalty for safe craking is 30 years and grand larceny is 5 years. I think it should just be a larceny charge. Does anyone have any knowledge of similar cases in the U.S. or SC that may be of any help?
I'm having difficulty finding cases concerning the legal definition of a "safe" and whether or not a cash register is a safe. The happened in Spartanburg County, SC. A girl was given a key that opened the cash registers for a large National Chain Store. The Key came from a former employee. She and another person were arrested for stealing money from the stores cash registers using the key. The stores were open for business at those times and they were charged with safe-craking and possession of master keys.
Is this actually safe-craking? In SC the penalty for safe craking is 30 years and grand larceny is 5 years. I think it should just be a larceny charge. Does anyone have any knowledge of similar cases in the U.S. or SC that may be of any help?