A shoplifter walks into a major retailer in a large IL city, and notices a leather purse that's part of a display. Upon closer inspection, there is no sensor on or in the purse. The purse is worth $2,100. The shoplifter takes the purse, leaves the store immediately, hops in an available cab, gets out of the cab 5 blocks later, and takes a few forms of public transportation home, without pursuit of personnel or any sound of alarms from the store exit. She has never shopped at this particular store before (so no identifiers like car License plate, past credit card/check transactions at the store, etc).
She may wish to return to that store in the future, which leads me to:
1. Would the store be able to visually identify the shoplifter and arrest her if she ever entered that store again at another time, after reviewing the tapes? Could they arrest her if she entered the store a day/week/month/year/years later, for the theft of that purse, even if it's not in her possession? Is there a limit on the amount of time they have a right to detain/question her if she entered the store again, about the purse theft from the past?
2. Are the surveillance capabilities advanced enough so that they could possibly identify her if she walked back into the store in the future, like facial recognition software, etc.?
3. Is there a time limit that the store has for filing a report for this crime, and is there a limit as to when she could be pursued for this crime by the store if they did see this on surveillance? In my net research about this, I found links to Statute of Limitations for the state of IL, but I'm confused about how the statute might relate to her as she might have only been caught on camera, but not caught in person. And is there a way to see if there ever was a Police report filed for this theft, on behalf of the store?
I can't find this info anywhere on the net, for a crime that was not "caught outright" (with an arrest or whatever happens when they are detained at the store or outside of it after they are apprehended with the stolen merchandise), so I'm hoping someone here might have some answers to these questions. Thanks!
She may wish to return to that store in the future, which leads me to:
1. Would the store be able to visually identify the shoplifter and arrest her if she ever entered that store again at another time, after reviewing the tapes? Could they arrest her if she entered the store a day/week/month/year/years later, for the theft of that purse, even if it's not in her possession? Is there a limit on the amount of time they have a right to detain/question her if she entered the store again, about the purse theft from the past?
2. Are the surveillance capabilities advanced enough so that they could possibly identify her if she walked back into the store in the future, like facial recognition software, etc.?
3. Is there a time limit that the store has for filing a report for this crime, and is there a limit as to when she could be pursued for this crime by the store if they did see this on surveillance? In my net research about this, I found links to Statute of Limitations for the state of IL, but I'm confused about how the statute might relate to her as she might have only been caught on camera, but not caught in person. And is there a way to see if there ever was a Police report filed for this theft, on behalf of the store?
I can't find this info anywhere on the net, for a crime that was not "caught outright" (with an arrest or whatever happens when they are detained at the store or outside of it after they are apprehended with the stolen merchandise), so I'm hoping someone here might have some answers to these questions. Thanks!
