Recent content by BNC_77

Okay, I know this is a naive question, but I'm having to learn a lot quickly about the legal system, and am genuinely looking for perspective. For context, I'm facing a first-offense shoplifting charge (less than $30 amount), that, as I now understand it, I cannot possibly defend against. My...

HA! Well now see there, you've already saved me some embarrassment. Also, I've edited out the store name, per your suggestion. Thanks again!

Thanks, shrinkmaster, for your reply. I've actually just been reading your other posts on this website, and they've been very helpful! I do (now) get that I shouldn't have requested police, but at the time I had no notion of LP's or any of the rest, and I just felt really unsure of what was...

On Friday afternoon I went to [Large Chain Grocery Store], bought a couple of weeks worth of groceries at the self-checkout, and, it turns out, left ~$29 of assorted food-stuffs (see list below) unpaid for in the cart. Very soon after moving on toward the store entrance I was stopped by a very...