Q: Can the state pick up a larceny charge if the object that was stolen was a customers purse from a waffle house
If two employees participated in stealing a customer’s purse from their job, should they be charged separately or together considering the value of they took from the purse was different. Also, can the state press charges, the customer or the restaurant?
A:
The state theoretically could pick up charges without the restaurant or customers pressing charges, but a local DA would want the police to formally file a report / charges with the DA office. It’s unlikely the police would file without a customer or the restaurant complaining.
I think the most likely charging scenario is the police would aggregate or combine all the property stolen from the purse, and then charge both suspects as parties with the total amount stolen from the purse.
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