hello all,
my girlfriend, who lives in connecticut had a rather bizzare experience.
she shoplifted a wallet from T.J. Maxx, and was not caught in the store, but the next day she recieved a voicemail from someone claiming to be the manager telling her that she was "identified" and should come back to the store "to be arrested". neither of us have any idea how they identified her and found her cellphone number, but assuming that this is not some sort of prank, and that they do indeed have video evidence of her in the act, how far can they pursue this? i had always thought that surviellence camera footage was not enough by itself to prosecute for shoplifting and i advised her to just ignore the message as they did not have enough evidence to do anything. is this good advice? most importantly, can T.J. Maxx, based only on video footage, send police to her house or issue a summons?
thanks,
-MF
my girlfriend, who lives in connecticut had a rather bizzare experience.
she shoplifted a wallet from T.J. Maxx, and was not caught in the store, but the next day she recieved a voicemail from someone claiming to be the manager telling her that she was "identified" and should come back to the store "to be arrested". neither of us have any idea how they identified her and found her cellphone number, but assuming that this is not some sort of prank, and that they do indeed have video evidence of her in the act, how far can they pursue this? i had always thought that surviellence camera footage was not enough by itself to prosecute for shoplifting and i advised her to just ignore the message as they did not have enough evidence to do anything. is this good advice? most importantly, can T.J. Maxx, based only on video footage, send police to her house or issue a summons?
thanks,
-MF
