Even if you didn’t directly participate in or plan a crime, you could still be liable for what happens during the commission of the crime. The main person carrying out a crime is typically known as a principal. Others who help the principal before, during, or after the criminal act
A suspected shoplifting situation took a strange turn in New Jersey when the store clerk pulled a gun on the suspect and ordered him to strip naked. The whole situation was caught on camera. The suspected shoplifter turned out to be innocent. The clerk, though, is now facing gun charges
A Maine man is being accused of theft for allegedly taking someone else’s motor home without paying for it. The incident is an illustration of Maine’s decision to consolidate different offenses like shoplifting and petty larceny into a single theft statute. Man Agrees to Buy Motor Home, Doesn’t Pay According
Maine’s criminal laws are almost always interested in what was going through your mind, when you’re accused of committing a crime. What you were thinking is a crucial element of many crimes in the state, and having what is called a “culpable state of mind” is required, in order to
An alleged shoplifting incident out of Phoenix that led to a chilling video of police brutality that went viral has drawn the ire of city officials. In the end, despite insistence that their response was justified, police did not file shoplifting charges. Police Threaten to Kill Shoplifter in Phoenix On
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