• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    She stole $1281 of stuff over multiple shopping trips.

    Target can ID faces and track thefts across multiple store trips.

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      9 months ago

      One thing that any would be shoplifter should take away from this is NEVER steal from Target. Target waits and tallies up what a person has shoplifted until that dollar value exceeds what is required to charge them with felony theft, in Florida‘s case a dollar value greater than 750, and then has that person arrested.

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      9 months ago

      I’ve heard that target waits until you hit some amount that makes it a felony then busts you hard

      Which basically means you can steal from target, but only once.

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        9 months ago

        Yeah, there is usually a dollar amount that you need to hit in order for charges to actually be meaningful in a number of states. For example, in CA you need to steal over $950 for a judge to have the option to make it a felony. If it’s under $950 it’s a slap on the wrist.