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hikergirl · Jun 20, 2010, 02:42 PM

I am a 58 yr. old woman who should know better. I was caught taking a packet out of a box in the Canadian Superstore recently. I was arrested by the store detective and questioned in the back room. I was asked for my ID and the detective ran a check on me.No police were called, nor was I fingerprinted or photographed. I was told that I would receive a fine in the mail. It has been 3 weeks and I haven't received anything yet.My problem is that in my university days a bunch of us were caught shoplifting and I was given a suspended sentence and my files were erased a few years later. Can this incident make my recent misdemeanour worse or would they even be able to access any old supposedly destroyed records?

tickle · Jun 20, 2010, 03:53 PM

Just forget about it, hikergirl. No police, no fingerprinting (which would have taken place at the station).

Tick

hikergirl · Jun 20, 2010, 04:13 PM

Hi Tick
So I am assuming from your response that the consquences will just be the fine and probably a record that has to be pardoned at some point?

Fr_Chuck · Jun 20, 2010, 04:25 PM

OK, only if they got the police involved would the other arrest make any difference, If it did go to the police then with a prior arrest, you may not get a diversion program and end up with a fine to pay and a record of shoplifting ( still not a hardened criminal)

But since no police, in another month or two they will send you a store bill for a few hundred dollars to pay. If they never contact you, they just wrote it off as a mistake and you will have nothing to do with it.

So stop worry, do nothing, if they send you a bill pay it and it goes away