If you get stopped by LP at store for shoplifting but take off and leave the merchandise, can you be arrested?
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If you get stopped by LP at store for shoplifting but take off and leave the merchandise, can you be arrested?
Asked on February 15, 2013 under Criminal Law, Indiana
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Yes, you can be arrested and charged with larceny. Larceny is the trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive.
When you took the items with the intent to steal, you committed larceny. The fact that you abandoned the items and fled does not alter the fact that you had committed larceny.
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