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Shoplifting (also known as shop theft, retail theft, or retail fraud) is the theft of goods from a retail establishment during business hours. The terms shoplifting and shoplifter are not usually defined in law, and generally fall under larceny .
Charge Penalty First degree robbery 3, 4, or 6 years in prison. if the defendant committed first-degree robbery in an inhabited structure, in concert with 2 or more other people, 3, 6, or 9 years in prison. If it involves serious bodily injury, 6, 7, 9, 10, or 12 years in prison. If a firearm was used, 13, 14, or 16 years.
It reclassified specific offenses—including some theft offenses not previously addressed in AB2372 and certain drug-related charges—as misdemeanors, rather than felonies. It did not eliminate the prosecution of these offenses. Prior to the adoption of AB2372 and the proposition, many instances of shoplifting were treated as misdemeanors.
Despite schemes tackling some shoplifting, figures suggest only a fraction of crimes are prosecuted.
It allows law enforcement to combine the value of goods stolen from different victims to impose harsher penalties and arrest people for shoplifting using video footage or witness statements.
What do California’s crime numbers show? The data showing if retail theft spiked — already an underreported theft — is less clear. Commercial burglaries dropped by 9% in 2023 from last year ...
External theft, including organized retail crime, represented 36% of losses, versus 37% in 2021. Other contributors were employee/internal theft (29%), and process/control failures (26%). [11] From 2022 through August 2023, 9 U.S. states passed laws to impose harsher penalties for organized retail crime offenses. [12]
The charge Churilla faces carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to information in an indictment memorandum also filed on Tuesday.