Shoplifting: Sharon's Story

all right what are you doing i'm with store security miss would you please come with me back into the store don't make a scene come along peacefully i won't embarrass you by putting on the handcuffs [Music] are you gonna handle this please sit here miss please place the merchandise you pick on the desk wait i don't understand just put it on the desk everything you took all right this is jim turner down at fast shop i've got a what is that a lovely necklace i've got a shoplifting three down wait who's he calling yeah look when you leave a place of business with merchandise you haven't paid for it's step store policy to bring in the police the police hold it i didn't steal anything couldn't we just talk to the manager or something i am the manager and we don't have anything to talk about i could have just forgotten to pay for it nope sorry it's a store policy to prosecute in cases like this but not all the time i mean you must have seen me spend i just spent 20 dollars in here this you have the right to remain silent anything you say can be held against you in a court of law do you understand that did you understand what he said you're supposed to say so out loud yes okay do you have any identification on you you still live in three six one four okay what's this sharon what do you do what's your occupation i'm still in high school telephone three nine four four eight eight are you gonna call my parents too no they leave that after you hey hold on can't we do something here i mean like every time you catch a kid feeling gummy call the police i mean like i know sometimes they just give you a warning why can't you just give me a warning i'll pay for it the knuckles i need well i don't know if this is your first time or if you've been taking things for quite a while now i never stole anything before i say i don't know all i know is i'm sick and tired of having to put up with people like you you know what you cost me i have to sell 10 of those to make up for the one you stole one hair yeah come in good afternoon what do you have here yeah this is the shoplifting three we called you about you stand up and face the camera please okay sharon travers i'm placing you under citizen's arrest for theft now that you're under citizens the rest i'm accepting the rest i have to search your purse i told you before i never did anything like this this whole thing is really the only one right right sister okay sharon i have to take you down the station isn't there any other way out of this you're on your way out and if you ever on this property again we'll arrest you for trespassing would you come with me please thanks a lot you're welcome [Music] seven one zero over here put your hands above your head okay why are you doing this to me to everybody who comes in but i'm not going to jail it's just for id no stop hey i'm not going to jail nobody says they're going to jail it's just for identification it's standard procedure yeah but doesn't mean i have a record now well since you've just been arrested you now have an arrest record that's all okay you can clean up the cleaner over there okay come with me sharon foreign [Music] nobody's going to see the picture it's only for police use to just sit up straight in the chair no i don't want my picture taken we have to have the pictures without them you don't leave here so the sooner you finish the sooner you can leave for the stairs straight camera okay turn to the right stare at the sign okay that's all there is now this is section 833 misdemeanor you have to close the veil of 25 and tomorrow morning you have a hearing in district court you have the 25 dollars you're free to go all i have on this is seven oh well i'm sorry it has to be in the full amount do you have someone you can call a friend or your mom and dad can't you just take my driver's license i thought they took your driver's license no we only do that with traffic citations here you can use that telephone [Applause] traverse oh hi sean what's up yes go ahead what is it oh wait wait a minute wait a minute slow down you're racing a mile a minute you were what that's terrific that is true that's absolutely beautiful sharon that's really beautiful no no no no it's absolutely wonderful you don't know how proud that makes me well of course they fingerprinted here they they do that you know they send the prince to washington so that they have them on fire so the fbi has them on trial when can i don't leave here until 5 30 or 6. you expect me to drop everything and come running i don't get out of here until 5 30 or 6 o'clock i don't know what you're going to do until that shower sympathy sympathy you have no right to expect any sympathy what made you do with you what made you do this sure bail is how much all right ask them if they take checks yes i thought so i will come about 5 30 or 6 when i am finished here did you call your mother yet yeah i thought so all right goodbye hey no not in there not in there i'm sorry but you said i wasn't going to jail he promised he said i wasn't going to jail it is in jail really hey what do you call them what are you told then why can't i just wait on those there don't sharon hey listen i didn't do anything wrong hey [Music] circling around [Music] okay here's your fair receipt she has to be at district court tomorrow morning at 8 30. know where that is no up on the third floor she doesn't show prince wong the issue for arrest plus the bill money will be forfeited i'll release your daughter now all right i want to know what's going on here i want to know why my daughter is stealing a lousy 12 necklace from some bargain basement yeah listen john why why why why go for this nickel and dime stuff why not go the whole way grand larson you want to you want to rob a gas station how about robbing a bike oh be quiet you want to rob a bank what difference does it make it's all the same if you get caught roger don't work yourself why shouldn't i work myself up why shouldn't i watch myself up everybody does exactly what they want with this in this family so i should do whatever i want all right all right how about a cadillac john you want to want a hot hot ride in a cadillac enjoy riding the cadillac steeler cadillac the judge will understand everybody does exactly what they want he probably has a daughter of his own what about your job sharon you don't think they're going to keep you on cash register do you you'll be lucky to bust tables after this fbi's looking for some maniac they'll find you in the files next to him the problem would be in the newspaper i can't stand any more of this i just want to be alone right now not until we get to the bottom of it i want to know what was going on inside that head of yours look at this i mean look at this sharon you've got more jewelry than i got how could you drop a piece of cheap chain in your the purse itself and for what honey for what sometimes you just do something just like that anytime i can't explain it to you now all right honey we'll do the best we can okay try to look decent in the morning good night sir so all rise district court of the first circuit is now in session the honorable walter a carlotta judge presiding now before we start this morning i have a few words for all of you i've got over 45 cases to hear today and we're going to get through them as fast as we can now on our mother and traffic court i consider that you're having to get down here and get dr dave's faith is punishment enough but i'm a little stricter about the offenses you're here for and while i don't believe in packing the jailhouses full of people i do think that anyone guilty of a petty crime should be made to pay for it and i do mean pay now i don't want to hear any loud talking or other disturbances and i want you to pay attention and i want you up here promptly when your case is called very well mr brannon call your first case your honor the first case on the calendar is state versus benson with the bailout please call the defendant warren h benson step forward please are you r h benson uh yes i am your honor your honor this is a continuation of a case from january 24th the defendant mr benson was testifying in his own behalf on the court recess oh i see very well mr spencer takes your stand again court advises you that you're still under oath what is your statement on these charges mr benson well like i said the first time my case came up but i told him i told the uh security deck and the policeman all i was doing is bringing back some defective merchandise now mr benson when you were arrested you were walking toward your car isn't that true i was going over to my car to get the receipt for the the spark plug wires and you told the store manager that these wires were defective i must have said uh three or four times look i bought these spark plug wires last weekend and they were no good i was bringing them back to the store for a refund yet you were observed by the store manager putting these wires under your jacket mr benson you claim that you tried the wires and found them to be defective but the cellophane packaging was still intact it was a defective brand a very cheap brand uh uh i knew that from experience well i cannot accept your explanation uh all i'm saying is uh i think there's a reasonable doubt well there's no doubt in the court's mind mr gordon presented videotape recordings from his stall monitors as well as several witnesses this is the third time you've been before this court in four months court finds you guilty as charged one hundred dollars fine and 30 days imprisonment call the next case mr brannon state versus travers your honor sharon travers are you sharon travers yes i am your honor very well mr brannon read the charge sharon grace travers you are hereby charged at honor about april 19th you did maliciously appropriate the property of another with intent to deprive him of set property thereby committing the offensive theft in the third degree in violation of section 833 of the revised statutes you understand that charge yes sir you're advised that the theft in the third degree is a petty misdemeanor if you are found guilty the court may impose a jail sentence of up to 30 days or a fine of up to 500 now in view of this the court advises you that you have the right to have an attorney presence if you cannot afford one the court will appoint one for you without cost to you first do you have an attorney there you are do you want an attorney no you're on it mr bayless uh however no way from council forms please miss travers what is your plea to the charge guilty your honor i submit the defendant's arrest report very well on your plea of guilty the court finds you guilty is charged guilty with an explanation very well what is your explanation well it's only that everything just got blown up into such a mess i mean i'm not a thief your honor i'm not a criminal do you uh compose yourself you realize how serious and offense like this is your conviction becomes a matter of public record anyone can look at it the court finds you guilty as charged and imposes a fine of one hundred dollars and suspends the execution of seventy five dollars of that fine for a period of twelve months if you should return on the same offense the court may impose a seventy five dollar fine or a jail sentence as circumstances required call your next case mr brandon state versus phillips your honor james s phillips james that's phillip please step forward for the schedule for today was this case continued your schedule today your honor made the record notes and non-appearance of the defendant made a benchmark [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you