Comments on: Safeway Store Detectives Nab Unstable Repeat Shoplifter

By: t.c.

t.c. — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:21:40 +0000

There’s always something going on at Safeway.

By: Lionel Hutz

Lionel Hutz — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:14:17 +0000

Cliff, that’s not correct. Store owners can use reasonable force to detain someone they believe is a shoplifter. It’s called the shopkeeper’s privilege. If suspect uses some sort of force to try and get away, they can be charged with what is called an Estes robbery instead of just petty theft.

By: SCUM

SCUM — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:55:01 +0000

By: 0101

0101 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:51:58 +0000

youve got to be an idiot to get caught stealing from there. it’s almost too easy to rack shit from there bwaaaahahahahaha

By: AT0MIKFR0

AT0MIKFR0 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:42:17 +0000

You’ve got it backwards, we’re all lawyers for the plaintiff in the assault & battery / false imprisonment suit.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:30:36 +0000

Look at all of the potential Defense Attorneys here.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:49:24 +0000

Yeah, I guess you’re right! I was just reading the shoplifting section of the penal code: http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/490.5.html

Welp, there you go. Moral of the story? If you’re planning on shoplifting? Hide the object in your clothing, and run like the wind if they try to detain you.

Or, y’know. Just don’t be a fucking thief.

By: JJ san

JJ san — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:47:16 +0000

Man, she should just to to Walgreen’s. They let shoplifters do whatever the hell they want.

By: SCUM

SCUM — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:36:32 +0000

This is from a law firm Herr Doktor http://www.burnhambrown.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.contentDetail&id=8739

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:27:58 +0000

I’m not sure about that. As I read it, the law only allows citizen’s arrest in cases of a felony, or of a directly witnessed “public offense.” However, the penal code is not very clear on what exactly is meant by a public offense, and many things, such as traffic infractions apparently do NOT count as “public offenses,” at least when it comes to justifying a citizen’s arrest.

By: SCUM

SCUM — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:05:13 +0000

Check out the citizen’s arrest law, they are in the right in their actions.

By: guppy

guppy — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:46:48 +0000

If someone was stealing Blue Bottle Coffee or PBRs from Zeitgiest, all the Missionites would be saying….HELL YA! ARREST THEM!

By: siobhan

siobhan — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:39:25 +0000

My husband got roughed up by the Safeway store security once. It was terrifying. They thought we stole something, but hadn’t. and grabbed my husband and forcibly put his hand behind his back as we were exiting the store. I thought he was being mugged. They were still assholes when we showed them our receipt I hope this woman sues — I wish we had time to file charges.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:35:14 +0000

As far as I know, Store detectives CANNOT detain. Not unless they are deputized officers of the law, which, generally speaking, they are not.

By: ooeygooey

ooeygooey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:19:30 +0000

Sounds like they had proof of the shoplifting, in which case they can detain. It sounds like they arrested her, though, which means it was police.

I was assaulted in that parking lot over a parking space — won’t go anymore. Police came real fast for me, I’m sure they came really fast for this.