1. Retail theft, arson, burglary
Criminal Law
Retail theft, arson, burglary

2. Retail Theft’s 5 components
Taking physical control of merchandise without paying
Altering the price of merchandise
Changing the contents of containers

3. The under ring-employee charges less than the ticket price
Removing security strip or inventory tag to defeat security system

4. Detention for Retail theft
Suspect may be detained with probable cause for the following reasons:
Require suspect to ID themselves
determine if the suspect has un-purchased merchandise
Recover lost merchandise
Inform law enforcement

5. Levels of Retail Theft
1st offense-summary offense, $150 or less in fines
2nd offense-2nd degree misdemeanor, $150 or less in fines

6. 1st or 2nd offense-1st degree misdemeanor, $150 or more in fines
Third offense-3rd degree felony, any value in fines

7. Fingerprinting
Anyone over 16 years old who is charged with retail theft must be fingerprinted to see if its their first offense, etc

8. Burglary
Guilty if enter a building or occupied structure with the intent to commit a crime inside
Assume that the burglar is not licensed to be there
Assume the premises are not open to the public at time of entry

9. Assumed the building has not been abandoned
1st degree felony

10. Arson Guilty if you start a fire or cause an explosion
Guilty if pays or agrees to pay for another to cause a fire or explosion
Includes destroying buildings for insurance money

11. Hard to prosecute unless there is a witness Police want to know
Is the fire of a suspicious nature?
Who might have had motive?

12. Police build a case around circumstantial evidence
Comes from inferences
Not from actual personal knowledge or observation of facts