My question involves criminal law for the state of: New Jersey
Summary:
I was arrested (22 years old) and released immediately after processing for changing price tags on a coat at a department store with a price different of $1000. I was given a complaint summons to appear at court in one week. What should I expect at this court date and the proceeding events and how should I prepare? I have no prior records on file at all I am planning to call a criminal defense lawyer for a consultation as soon as I can find one.
Context:
I was shopping at a discount department store and saw my father try on a coat that he enjoyed so I picked it up aft er he had put it down and tried to find a label or price tag. All I found was half a price tag with $1199 scrawled onto it in pen. I waited on line and asked for a price check and after about 5 minutes of difficulty, the employee had stopped scanning and looked at the price and said that the price might be number written on the tag so I put the coat back where I found it. I was confused because this discount store had extremely steep discounts ranging from 75% to 90% off retail prices. In a rush to purchase it and avoid the rain/ice/darkness on the highway I switched the tag with another coat on the same rack with a similar retail price/look and proceeded to purchase it. I was then detained by LP and to my horror found out after their processing that $1199 was the discounted price, not the price from which they marked down. This coat had no designer label like the others and was accompanied by coats that were all heavily discounted by 80-90%. It seems I had made the terrible mistake in assuming that $1199 was the discount store's retail price rather than manufacturer's retail price of which the discount is applied. I didn't even know coats could be that expensive at a discount store. After being arrested I was released immediately after processing and have a court date next week for the difference ($1000.40).
Questions:
1.) The complaint-summons says in violation of: Original charge 2C:20-11B5 which according to the state judiciary website is price switching by an employee (I'm not). Is this relevant to me?
2.) What are the proceedings that occur during my court date?
3.) What are the legal events that will occur after the court date? I understand that it's impossible to know exactly which ones, but what are the possible proceeding legal steps?
Thank you all in advance. I feel like such a sheltered naive idiot after all this and will stick to my usual online shopping for awhile.
Summary:
I was arrested (22 years old) and released immediately after processing for changing price tags on a coat at a department store with a price different of $1000. I was given a complaint summons to appear at court in one week. What should I expect at this court date and the proceeding events and how should I prepare? I have no prior records on file at all I am planning to call a criminal defense lawyer for a consultation as soon as I can find one.
Context:
I was shopping at a discount department store and saw my father try on a coat that he enjoyed so I picked it up aft er he had put it down and tried to find a label or price tag. All I found was half a price tag with $1199 scrawled onto it in pen. I waited on line and asked for a price check and after about 5 minutes of difficulty, the employee had stopped scanning and looked at the price and said that the price might be number written on the tag so I put the coat back where I found it. I was confused because this discount store had extremely steep discounts ranging from 75% to 90% off retail prices. In a rush to purchase it and avoid the rain/ice/darkness on the highway I switched the tag with another coat on the same rack with a similar retail price/look and proceeded to purchase it. I was then detained by LP and to my horror found out after their processing that $1199 was the discounted price, not the price from which they marked down. This coat had no designer label like the others and was accompanied by coats that were all heavily discounted by 80-90%. It seems I had made the terrible mistake in assuming that $1199 was the discount store's retail price rather than manufacturer's retail price of which the discount is applied. I didn't even know coats could be that expensive at a discount store. After being arrested I was released immediately after processing and have a court date next week for the difference ($1000.40).
Questions:
1.) The complaint-summons says in violation of: Original charge 2C:20-11B5 which according to the state judiciary website is price switching by an employee (I'm not). Is this relevant to me?
2.) What are the proceedings that occur during my court date?
3.) What are the legal events that will occur after the court date? I understand that it's impossible to know exactly which ones, but what are the possible proceeding legal steps?
Thank you all in advance. I feel like such a sheltered naive idiot after all this and will stick to my usual online shopping for awhile.
Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: Proceeding with a Shoplifiting Charge
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