My question involves court procedures for the state of: Florida
Let me begin by saying, I am not a permanent FL resident and am temporarily renting a house here while my husband is in the military.
Here's the timeline: I woke up and took my PRESCRIBED Xanax (low dose just to manage my anxiety and depression and whatnot) and it kicked in around 6am when I woke up. This dose 'expires' around 5 hours later.
I went to my local grocery store and picked up a couple things around 10:30/10:45 (I probably arrived there right at 10:40am) and upon exiting the store I was stopped for shoplifting. They let me off 'easy', no cops were called, no fines were paid and I was banned from the store as a chain. Ok I'm not worried about that....
What I'm worried about is that I LITERALLY had no recollection of putting the item in my purse (a pregnancy test which I don't even have a need for) I remember looking through the brands and knocking them over, then my phone made a noise and I left the aisle.
My concerns are as follows;
a. Should I get my doc in on this and 'fight' them on this, or just nah.
b. If they don't believe me (I did NOT disclose that I was on Xanax because that's not their business) can they come after me?
c. How long do bans last? They made it clear that I couldn't enter ANY of the store but not for how long (when I'm 50 I'll probably look different and have different hair.) I don't typically shop there anyway but I'm still curious.
Any advice is welcome!
{Side note about Xanax; I have never experienced symptoms this severe though I did take a DVD from my brothers house once after reading the back of it which was almost 5 years ago. I have heard shoplifting stories from Xanax users before but all of the stories I've heard end in jail processing or fines - I had neither. I am also working with my doctor to find an alternative to Xanax}
Let me begin by saying, I am not a permanent FL resident and am temporarily renting a house here while my husband is in the military.
Here's the timeline: I woke up and took my PRESCRIBED Xanax (low dose just to manage my anxiety and depression and whatnot) and it kicked in around 6am when I woke up. This dose 'expires' around 5 hours later.
I went to my local grocery store and picked up a couple things around 10:30/10:45 (I probably arrived there right at 10:40am) and upon exiting the store I was stopped for shoplifting. They let me off 'easy', no cops were called, no fines were paid and I was banned from the store as a chain. Ok I'm not worried about that....
What I'm worried about is that I LITERALLY had no recollection of putting the item in my purse (a pregnancy test which I don't even have a need for) I remember looking through the brands and knocking them over, then my phone made a noise and I left the aisle.
My concerns are as follows;
a. Should I get my doc in on this and 'fight' them on this, or just nah.
b. If they don't believe me (I did NOT disclose that I was on Xanax because that's not their business) can they come after me?
c. How long do bans last? They made it clear that I couldn't enter ANY of the store but not for how long (when I'm 50 I'll probably look different and have different hair.) I don't typically shop there anyway but I'm still curious.
Any advice is welcome!
{Side note about Xanax; I have never experienced symptoms this severe though I did take a DVD from my brothers house once after reading the back of it which was almost 5 years ago. I have heard shoplifting stories from Xanax users before but all of the stories I've heard end in jail processing or fines - I had neither. I am also working with my doctor to find an alternative to Xanax}
