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The Jersey City resident allegedly tried to leave a Bayonne Walmart with two flat-screen televisions in his shopping cart without paying.
Police arrived to find Williams in the custody of store security. The merchandise, according to nj.com, had an alleged value of $556.00.
New Jersey law criminalizes the conduct of any person who purposely takes possession of, carries away, transfers or causes 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, use or benefit of such merchandise or converting the same to the use of such person without paying to the merchant the full retail value thereof.
SECOND DEGREE:
- Full retail value at least $75,000; or
- In furtherance of or in conjunction with organized retail theft enterprise and full retail value is $1,000.00 or more
- Sentencing exposure five to ten years New Jersey State Prison
- Full retail value greater than $500 and less than $75,000; or
- In furtherance of or in conjunction with organized retail theft enterprise and full retail value is less than $1,000.00
- Sentencing exposure three to five years New Jersey State Prison
- Full retail value between $200 and $500, inclusive;
- Sentencing exposure eighteen months New Jersey State Prison
- Full retail value less than $200.
- Sentencing exposure six months county jail
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