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shoplifting at ca walmart. please help, couldn't sleep.

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dumbc

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What is the name of your state? ca 19yrs old
i got caught shoplifting an eyeliner abt $2 at walmart yesterday. i know what i did was very very very wrong. and very very very dumb. the security took me to the back office, they called the police i think to ask them to run a record on me,( and the security guy said sth like 'she's eligible?' to the police, but i don't know what they were talking abt) but no police officer came at all. ( i have no criminal history)it was just 2 security guy and a woman from walmart there. they asked all of my informations, including my SSN, and took 2 pics of me, and had me sign 2 papers. one is saying that i can't not go to walmart anymore, and the other is commiting that i did shoplift. ( i think that's what signed, i was so scared and embarrased at that moment) And he said that i m going to receive a mail after 30 days to pay a fine between $50-$500. and if i don't pay on time, the fine would go up. then he let me go.
so pay the fine is the only thing that's gonna happen to me? is walmart goin to press charge on me? is the police involved in this case? After i paid the fine, will i be okay? is this just gonna be between me and walmart? it won't be showing on my record?
help me please. thank you everybody.im so scared and so worried...
 
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dumbc said:
What is the name of your state? ca 19yrs old
i got caught shoplifting an eyeliner abt $2 at walmart yesterday. i know what i did was very very very wrong. and very very very dumb. the security took me to the back office, they called the police i think to ask them to run a record on me,( and the security guy said sth like 'she's eligible?' to the police, but i don't know what they were talking abt) but no police officer came at all. (it was my first time, i have no criminal history)it was just 2 security guy and a woman from walmart there. they asked all of my informations, including my SSN, and took 2 pics of me, and had me sign 2 papers. one is saying that i can't not go to walmart anymore, and the other is commiting that i did shoplift. ( i think that's what signed, i was so scared and embarrased at that moment) And he said that i m going to receive a mail after 30 days to pay a fine between $50-$500. and if i don't pay on time, the fine would go up. they said they wouldn't give me a chance, but would give my mom a chance( my mom was there with me, and bagged him to not to sent me to prison. i know, so embarrassing, so heartbreaking...:( )
then he let me go.
so pay the fine is the only thing that's gonna happen to me? is walmart goin to press charge on me? is the police involved in this case? After i paid the fine, will i be okay? is this just gonna be between me and walmart? it won't be showing on my record?
help me please. thank you everybody.im so scared and so worried...

they released you on a civil liability penality. Pay the civil fine or they can and probably will file a criminal complaint. I have a cop friend that use to work secruity at wal-mart and they will go after anything over a retail value of 50 cents...
 

dumbc

Junior Member
RedemptionMan said:
they released you on a civil liability penality. Pay the civil fine or they can and probably will file a criminal complaint. I have a cop friend that use to work secruity at wal-mart and they will go after anything over a retail value of 50 cents...
thank you so much for ur help, i just hope that i would be "okay" after i paid the fine. my record would stay clean, nobody would ever find out... just between me and walmart...:(
 
dumbc said:
thank you so much for ur help, i just hope that i would be "okay" after i paid the fine. my record would stay clean, nobody would ever find out... just between me and walmart...:(
Yes it will but I can tell you that wal-mart supercenters have the most sophisticated secruity cameras that are avalible. They can see almost every angle or 360 degrees of view and zoom in enough to read serial numbers off a dollar bill. Take the BAN order that they placed on you as serious and do not enter that wal-mart every again, but then again you probably have one every 5 miles or so. LOL .....
 

dumbc

Junior Member
thank you guys, i really appriciate your replies. this was my first and last. i would never never ever do it again...and stay out of walmart...thank u guys again.
 

dumbc

Junior Member
more comments are welcomed, before i receive my bill, i'd always be so worried and scared...i was so stupid... :(
 

dumbc

Junior Member
and one more thing...my green card interview is on jan.9th, and i doubt that i'd receive the bill before that . would i be okay for the interview? would the INS find out anything??so worried..... :( :confused:
 

ENASNI

Senior Member
You sound panicked... You might want to post a question in the immigration section regarding this situation.

Keep it brief and concise and maybe Lana or one of the other immigration specialists will let you know how your status might be effected.
 

dumbc

Junior Member
i got replies like "if it's not on my record, then i don't have anything to worry about."

so since the police wasn't involved, the police didn't come at all. then it means that it wouldn't be on my record right? just between me and walmart right? and why the fine i have to pay will arrive AFTER 30 days? why after 30days? what's gonna happen DURING the 30days? :( help me please...
 

dumbc

Junior Member
help please!!

does anyone have any ideas abt the 30 days thing?? can anyone help me please?? so worried.... :(
 

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