thank everyone so far. Now my case is more bad because they accused of assisting stealing stuff. But all i did was give that girl my receipt and i did not ask her why she borrows it. It's a long story of what she done with my receipt that got me into this big messs. Anyway, now they don't believe me that I have nothing to do with it. She even admit that I did not involved in this whole situation. So how do I defend myself since they dont believe that I have nothing to do with it.
Did you permit her to "borrow" your receipt while you were still in the stores parking lot? I don't know how else the store would be able to identify you as being the person who provided this receipt, unless they actually witnessed you handing it to her, or witnessed you make a purchase for the exact same items which she attempted to leave the store with shortly afterwards, with the same receipt. How would they know she didn't simply find it blowing around in the parking lot?
At the time you decided to be a good samaritan and lend her your receipt, could you have possibly driven to this store in the same vehicle and were planning on leaving together as well?
Do you have any prior arrests/convictions for theft related crimes?
You claim that you had no knowledge of why this person wanted to borrow your receipt. However, there are only a hand full of reasons for wanting such a receipt.
1. She was looking for deductions on her income tax.
2. She was trying to receive a replacement item, for one still under warranty.
3. She was looking to receive a mail in rebate.
4. She needed it to return merchandise for a refund or store credit.
5. She needed it to leave the store with merchandise she could claim had been paid for.
6. The ladies room was out of toilet paper.
I'm going to have to guess she chose what was behind door number four or five, which turned out to be the big deal of the day.