wow we are in basically the same situation: http://www.thelaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48161
i have court on the 27th so ill tell you if they charge me with the alcohol or not
Yeah, the first thing he asked me was if I had priors. I assume that he could have charged me with possession of alcohol by a minor and slapped that on the ticket, right? He was telling me how it wasn't the "crime of the century". Also, he stressed that it was going to be a local not a state...
The only charge on the ticket is for retail theft, is it possible that is the only thing I get punished for? The arrested officer made it seem like it was not going to be that heavy - he said fine, community service, and possibly a rehab kind of thing. I really don't want alcohol charges...
Hi.
I'm 16 and I was charged with Retail Theft on Friday for taking a 12 pack of Miller Lite from a store. There was a witness who told store and they got the plates off the car I left in. I'm pleading guilty but I was wondering if there might be further consequences past the theft due to the...