(a) A person commits the offense of shoplifting if, with intent to appropriate merchandise without paying the merchant's stated price for the merchandise, such person, alone or in concert with another person, knowingly: (1) Conceals the merchandise upon his or her person or in another manner; or
(a) Evidence of stated price or ownership of merchandise may include, but is not limited to: (1) The actual merchandise alleged to have been shoplifted; or
A person convicted of shoplifting shall be punished as follows: (a) First offense conviction. Upon a first shoplifting conviction: (1) When the value of the merchandise is less than or equal to $500, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, shall be fined not more than $250.
An act of shoplifting as defined herein, is hereby declared to constitute a breach of peace and any owner of merchandise, his agent or employee, or any law-enforcement officer who has reasonable ground to believe that a person has committed shoplifting, may detain such person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of […]
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Theft detection device” means any tag or other device that is used to prevent or detect theft and that is attached to merchandise held for resale by a merchant or to property of a merchant.
(a) General rule. — Any person who commits any of the acts described in section one of this article shall be civilly liable: (1) To restore the merchandise to the mercantile establishment; and
(a) "Card-not-present credit or debit transaction" means a credit or debit sale of merchandise by telephone, mail order, Internet or other means that does not require the cardholder's signature or physical presentation of the credit or debit card to the merchant. (b) “Conceal” means to hide, hold or carry merchandise so that, although there may […]
(a) Any person who enters into a common scheme or plan with two or more other persons to violate the provisions of section one of this article involving merchandise of a cumulative value of $2,000 or more with the intent to sell, trade or otherwise distribute the merchandise shall be guilty of a felony, and, […]
