i live in a relativly big city. i went with some friends to a much smaller city about an hour away from my city. I was caught stealing at the store for two video games (about $100 worth, i know stupid). I was held in custody by security until a cop came down and gave me a citation. I will probly go to court but I would just like to know what would happen if I dont (seeing how i live in another city would they come after me?)
2007-02-26 11:16:00 · 16 answers · asked by irritated 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
by the way this is in the state of california. seeing how the two cities are differnt countys, would one county know charges i have in another county???
and thanks for the advice. a flollow up question. what will the punishment be for petty theft?
2007-02-26 11:31:45 · update #1
They will put out a warrant for your arrest. sounds fun huh?
2007-02-26 11:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may sound fictional. Long shot here, listen up. If you
can find out how it is done, there is a class action suit in
America and several other countries by the actual owners of
the game production station level. This means that there is an
outstanding suit against the stores, that they have never paid
their own bills for the equipment. Because these people have
won twice, you may want to join the case. Here is the point. If
for any reason you can prove you are an educated person that
is invested to support freedom(the name of the suit won) you
could be contacted by and employed to help stop these stores
from selling merchandise without giving clients their rights.
This involves well over 20 billion dollars has been sent to the
winners for related products that they were in arears to pay.
So many people turn to shoplifting you may have these rights
that you were forced by their poor procedure of sharing the
peoples paid rights. Anyway good luck, try to win. Read here
http://www.freedom.com
2007-02-26 19:32:23 · answer #2 · answered by mtvtoni 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A warrant will be issued for your arrest. When you get a speeding ticket or try to get a job, they will do a background check and show you have a warrant. You will be arrested and go straight to jail and get bailed out on their time not yours. An employer will just see a warrant and won't hire you.
Go to court, face what you've done responsibly. Now, you can take your punishment and move on. If you choose the other way, everything you do in life will reflect that you have a record
2007-02-26 19:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by ggirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you miss your court date, a failure to appear warrant will be issued. This means that any time in the future that you get pulled over, The officer will hold you until the original Police Department that charged you with the theft of property, decides whether they want to hold you for court, or simply issue another court date. The fines for failure to appear can add up pretty quickly. You are much better off to go to court and get it taken care of, because the longer you wait the more it is going to cost. If this is your first time in trouble, then it is highly likely that you will receive probation, which is no big deal, as long as you stay out of trouble during your probation time.
2007-02-26 19:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by tjg1987 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They will issue a warrant that will show up the next time you get pulled over in the big city, who will arrest you and send you back to the small town, where you will be tried for the original charge and the added failure to appear. And forget about bail. Go to your court date, you'll be much better off.
2007-02-26 19:24:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A warrant for your arrest will be issued at the time you don't show up. It will be published to all jurisdictions within reason, probably state wide.
You will be arrested. It will happen, sooner or later, you will be taken in due to a traffic stop or something else.
Show in court, get it done with, living with an outstanding warrant is not any fun.
2007-02-26 19:34:32 · answer #6 · answered by Charles V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on what state you are from. Where I come from, with me being an officer, a warrant would be issued for your arrest. More than likely it would be a POA. Which means you pay the warrant (fine), pleading guilty, in lieu of going to court. Good Luck
Or you may go to the Clerk Of Court and pay your fines, which means you are pleading guilty, and get it over with. By all means, if you are not guilty, go to court.
2007-02-26 19:24:48 · answer #7 · answered by police282k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eventually, an extradition order would be given for your arrest - this would mean the crimes you will be charged for are thus:
1] Shoplifting (misdemeanor)
2] Failing to attend court (definitely a prison sentence)
2007-02-26 19:25:04 · answer #8 · answered by peter m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bench warrant will be issued for your arrest. It will show up anytime you get stopped or ticketed in future, and may show up on employment background checks. Pay your little debt to society and be done with it.
2007-02-26 19:22:14 · answer #9 · answered by justbeingher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The court will issue a warrant for your arrest.
2007-02-26 19:21:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋