Category Archives: Theft

Category Archives: Theft

Illinois’ Second Chance Probation Allows For New Beginnings

The New Year brings second chances. It is a perfect time to discuss Illinois’ Second Chance Probation, the sentencing opportunity statute that went into effect a year ago. The statute, which can be found at 730 ILCS 5/5-6-3.4 allows certain persons who have not previously been convicted of felony offenses and previously afforded specified diversionary […]

Retail Theft Under Illinois Law

With the retail “sale” season upon us, stores are more vigilant in apprehending persons for the offense of retail theft. As previously posted in this blog (/blog/consequences-of-inadvertently-failing-to-pay-for-groceries), a person commits the offense of retail theft under Illinois law “when he or she knowingly… takes possession of, carries away, transfers or causes to be carried away […]

Consequences of inadvertently failing to pay for groceries

Recently, I have been contacted by a number of persons who have become distracted while paying for groceries and have inadvertently left an item on their grocery cart and left the store without paying for it. At least one high end grocery store appears to have a policy of not allowing patrons to pay for […]

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