thank you for the info, I'm pretty sure it is just an infraction, i hope so at least. And in the large scope of things I think everyone can consider petty theft to be...well, petty. Even if it hurts their wallets it is a ridiculous notion to say that an otherwise law abiding individual is...
where would I find the appropriate penal code? I really don't know what I'm looking for. Nor do I have a proper understanding of my situation it's all really confusing, I'm scared because I don't want to end up going to jail or something for something so dumb and petty.
Long story short I'm 18, in Illinois, stole some condoms, not gonna give you the whole "I deeply regret this I'm so so so so sorry" speech because groveling to strangers obviously won't change anything. It was dumb and clearly not worth it anyways I got 'detained' by a cop, he took me to the...