Can Someone Be Deported For Stealing A Small $ Amount Of Merchandise?

Was leaving a Walmart super center yesterday afternoon and headed towards the exit. Heard a store worker yell “Hey! You didn’t pay for that stuff!” We turned around and it was an older man with 4 gallons of sweet tea in his basket. He had pushed his cart down past the cash registers and was walking out like he had paid for the stuff. Apparently they were watching him and stopped him. He was acting like he didn’t understand the employee but he stopped, I don’t know how many more were before that employee. He could get arrested for stealing $16 dollars worth of tea. We got the heck out of there and didn’t watch.

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MarineBob · 56-60, M

If it isn't fully prosecuted why should the insurance company or store be allowed a tax deduction for the theft3

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@MarineBob That’s not how it works. The stores take inventory every 3 months and whatever is missing is calculated and then the prices rise on those same products to make up for the loss. The corporation doesn’t actually lose money that way. Now if the prices go up so high that enough customers stop shopping there they will end up closing a store due to that. I know some products, for example Tylenol, got so expensive in the store that I worked at that I wouldn’t want to buy it there. My friend also worked there and could get it a lot cheaper at a store in Arkansas when she went to visit. And so many other products as well