Shoplifting
what is shoplifting?
Entering a shopping center with intent to commit larceny
What does possessing burglary tools involve?
making altering, or repairing almost any kind of instrument or tool with the intent to use tool to break or enter into a specified structure to commit any misdemeanor or felony.
What is needed to prove a burglary has occurred?
That the burglar entered the building or structure for the purpose of committing grand theft, petty theft, or some other felony offense.
The crime of possessing or receiving personal property with altered serial numbers or identification marks requires what?
Knowledge of the alternation
What is forgery?
signing the name of another or of a fictitious person, without authority or otherwise altering a document with the intent to defraud.
What value can the property taken or intended to be taken not exceed?
Cannot exceed $950
What penal code does this crime fall under?
Penal Code 466
What happens without specific intent during a burglary?
the individual may have committed a different crime, such as unauthorized entrance or trespass, but not burglary.
To arrest for this crime what is necessary?
any person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or has in possession
any personal property
from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed.
What Penal Code does forgery fall under?
Penal Code 470
What penal code does shoplifting fall under?
Penal Code 459.5
What are the crime elements for this crime?
-Possession of certain tools
-Knowingly making, altering, attempting to make key other instruments with intent to break and enter to commit crime.
-Intent to break into a specified structure to commit a crime
What Penal Code does Burglary fall under?
Penal Code Section 459
What Penal Code does it fall under?
Penal Code 537e
Forgery is a misdemeanor if the value doesn't exceed $950. T or F
True
Is shoplifting a felony or a misdemeanor?
Misdemeanor
Possessing of burglary tools is a felony. T or F
False
What is a burglary crime considered?
It is considered predominantly a serial crime committed by individuals who use consistent methods based on their skills.
What are related statutes for Possessing or receiving personal property?
Tampering with vehicle identification numbers and tampering with identification marks on a tear gas weapon.
What is forgery called when it the value exceeds $950?
Super strike
What are the elements needed to arrest for this crime?
the entry to a commercial establishment with the intent to commit larceny
Specified structures, in relation to the crime of possession of burglary tools involving houses, stores, warehouses, barns, and tents fall under what penal code?
Penal Code 459
What must responding officers be aware of?
The forms of physical evidence that may be collected from a burglary crime scene.
Is mere possession sufficient to arrest?
Yes
What documents can be used in forgery?
deeds, mortgages, wills ,lottery tickets, negotiable instruments (checks, money orders) contracts