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New Jersey Man Charged with Shoplifting Candy and Red Bull

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A 21-year-old man has been charged with shoplifting in Union County following a police investigation. According to a February 9, 2011 report by The Independent Press, the man was arrested in New Providence. Police believe the man stole over $1,700 worth of candy and Red Bull from a business on Springfield Avenue. It is unclear how they determined he stole the items or how he could have possibly walked away with $1,700 worth of items that are individually priced at less than $2. New Jersey?s shoplifting statute 2C:20-11 makes it a crime for "any person purposely to take possession of, carry away, transfer or cause to be carried away or transferred, any merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale by any store or other retail mercantile establishment with the intention of depriving the merchant of the possession...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on February 22, 2011 (boomark / email).