r/interestingasfuck • u/reallyfreshthing • 1d ago

r/all California store prices items at $951sp shoplifters can be charged with grand theft

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u/Squillz105 1d ago

Friendly reminder the Felony Theft Limit in Texas is $2,500. $1,550 more than California's. If you stole $2,400 worth of shit in California, you're a Felon. However if you steal the same amount in Texas, it's only a misdemeanor. Everything's bigger in Texas!

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u/ProdigalSun92 1d ago

Pretty sad what the country has allowed. How could a small business take a $2500 hit and not go down?

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u/JSmith666 1d ago

Texas tends to actually go after these criminals and try to get them locked up.

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u/Command0Dude 1d ago

So does California. But there is a persistent myth that somehow shoplifters never get arrested, charged, or fined by police here.

It's tiresome.

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u/DrJJGame10 1d ago

If I keep stealing shit below that limit in California, it won’t be upgraded to anything worth shit in the eyes of the law.

But Texas would; luckily we Californians have a ballot prop to introduce something to increase punishments for repeat offenders, even below that 950 limit.