[benice]

I am charged with theft under 5000.00. This is the incident. I was asked by a homeless acquaintance to meet and drive him to the bottle recycling depot. He loaded the trunk with a garbage bag full of tins. The he moved boxes of items I had in the back seat to the front passenger seat. I asked him what he was doing and why and were he was going to sit. He opened the rear drivers side door, went around the corner of a building and returned with 2 wrought iron patio chairs shoving them into to the open rear car door. He slammed the car door and I said what are you doing? Then a man, yelled from his upper apartment window "Where are you going with those chairs, they're not yours. My acquaintance took off and I yelled back to the man I was going nowhere and was going to return them. Now I realize I am involved with a theft and not sure what the man yelling would do if I got out of the car. So I drove away panicking and scared and 1 block away I removed the chairs between 2 dumpsters. I drove past the crime site to go home and the man recognized my car and wrote down my plate numbers. I got home changed to night attire and had a feeling the police would be at my door. Sure enough 30 minutes. Later I was asked to go with them in an unmarked police car to the station. I went and on arrival thought I would be printed and photos in my p.j's. But instead signed a promise to appear for processing, and a promise to appear in court. Also I gladly signed a restriction to not have contact with acquaintance. I was told the chairs belonged to the town Mayor, who I have known most of my life. I admitted the act was wrong no matter who but I took fright to flight regardless. I need to know if these charges will hold to the crown prosecutor. I have no criminal record, am a retired nurse, 56 years old and have always been a caring person. Anyone please answer my situation. Thank you.

[Fr_Chuck]

Let me see, stolen chairs in your car, and you "know" they are at this point, a man yelling, and You drive off and dump the chairs??

Ok that is theft. ( NOT Theft would be saying I am sorry the homeless guy you were helping did it and you were going to stop him, even better why were you still in the car and not out asking him to get the chairs out of the car.

Personally take a poll here but make a plea deal, if this goes to a jury I believe they will find you guilty