chrisjackson
New Member
Hello,
First of all, I did something stupid yesterday. I decided to put $24 worth of goods into my pocket while shopping for something. After paying for everything I bought, I was stopped by store security. I was asked to signed several paper not to enter the store again in state of IL. Police was called in, it is my first time. Police wrote me a village violation ordinance under "retail theft" description and let me go home. I asked him that I did something stupid and I regret, can this stay out of my record. Police told me that paying the fine of "$100" then it won't stay on the record. Is that true? I didn't get any citation YET, will that ever happen in the future?
I'm in graduate school and have a job, I don't want to go to jail or have criminal record. I haven't slept since yesterday...I don't want to have my life ruined because of the stupid thing I did. What should I do now...
Thank you in advance.
First of all, I did something stupid yesterday. I decided to put $24 worth of goods into my pocket while shopping for something. After paying for everything I bought, I was stopped by store security. I was asked to signed several paper not to enter the store again in state of IL. Police was called in, it is my first time. Police wrote me a village violation ordinance under "retail theft" description and let me go home. I asked him that I did something stupid and I regret, can this stay out of my record. Police told me that paying the fine of "$100" then it won't stay on the record. Is that true? I didn't get any citation YET, will that ever happen in the future?
I'm in graduate school and have a job, I don't want to go to jail or have criminal record. I haven't slept since yesterday...I don't want to have my life ruined because of the stupid thing I did. What should I do now...
Thank you in advance.
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