I dont know how this stupid mistake came to my mind last night. I needed a windows XP compact disk for my computer. So, I went to walmart to purchase it. But the price was $134, which kind of discouraged me to pay for it. Hence, I opened the box, and took the disk itself and put it in my pocket. And I bought some cherries, and when I was leaving walmart security person came to me, and escorted me to their room. After half an hour police showed up, he wrote down my information, and asked me to come to the court in Dec.22, 2004. He checked my background, and released me right there. He did not take me to jail or police office, thanx to god.
My background is clean, this is my first time I am having problem with the law. I am in Florida. I am a foreign alien, my status is a political asylum. In three months I have to apply to green card. I am an MBA student. I would be grately thankfull, if you could answer to the following questions:
- Do I need to hire an attorney before the trial?
- Is any way to prevent this to be posted in my criminal background, since I am an MBA student, and I have career goals.
- What might be the punishment for this crime: (Florida law says up to $500 and/or 6 months in jail)
- Do they report to the Department of Homeland Security to deport me?
- Do they report it to my college? (i gave them the name of my University)
- Do I have to plead guilty, laceny (sorry for misspelling), or any other?
Please, Thelawprofessor and/or NYClex, help me .....Thank you very much in advance..Please give me any advice...Bests, Joe
My background is clean, this is my first time I am having problem with the law. I am in Florida. I am a foreign alien, my status is a political asylum. In three months I have to apply to green card. I am an MBA student. I would be grately thankfull, if you could answer to the following questions:
- Do I need to hire an attorney before the trial?
- Is any way to prevent this to be posted in my criminal background, since I am an MBA student, and I have career goals.
- What might be the punishment for this crime: (Florida law says up to $500 and/or 6 months in jail)
- Do they report to the Department of Homeland Security to deport me?
- Do they report it to my college? (i gave them the name of my University)
- Do I have to plead guilty, laceny (sorry for misspelling), or any other?
Please, Thelawprofessor and/or NYClex, help me .....Thank you very much in advance..Please give me any advice...Bests, Joe