So someone will steal your already paid for merchandise? Not anything new. Really no different than someone doing the same thing in the parking lot.
If you try to stop them by grabbing the item, or detaining them and they continue or resist you in any way it escalates the situation from petty theft to robbery for the criminal.
Robbery is a felony and carries a much stiffer penalty.
You can then use the store security tapes to get a clear picture of who it was, and the parking lot tapes to see where they went or what vehicle they got into.
The store and law enforcement may not go through that trouble for petty theft, but they will have to for robbery.
If you try to stop them by grabbing the item, or detaining them and they continue or resist you in any way it escalates the situation from petty theft to robbery for the criminal.
Robbery is a felony and carries a much stiffer penalty.
You can then use the store security tapes to get a clear picture of who it was, and the parking lot tapes to see where they went or what vehicle they got into.
The store and law enforcement may not go through that trouble for petty theft, but they will have to for robbery.
