Penalties for Shoplifting an Inexpensive Item
Full Question:
I was caught shoplifting roughly $5.69 worth of cough medicine. I am twenty years old and have no legal record other than this. What is the worst they can do to me?
10/23/2007 |
Category: Criminal |
State: Kentucky |
#10775
Answer:
The following is a KY statute:
514.030 Theft by unlawful taking or disposition -- Penalties.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 217.181 or 218A.1418, a person is guilty of
theft by unlawful taking or disposition when he unlawfully:
(a) Takes or exercises control over movable property of another with intent to
deprive him thereof; or
(b) Obtains immovable property of another or any interest therein with intent to
benefit himself or another not entitled thereto.
(2) Theft by unlawful taking or disposition is a Class A misdemeanor unless the value
of the property is three hundred dollars ($300) or more, in which case it is a Class D
felony; or unless:
(a) The property is a firearm (regardless of the value of the firearm), in which
case it is a Class D felony; or
(b) The property is anhydrous ammonia (regardless of the value of the ammonia),
in which case it is a Class D felony unless it is proven that the person violated
this section with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of
KRS 218A.1432, in which case it is a Class B felony for the first offense and a
Class A felony for each subsequent offense.
Effective: July 14, 2000