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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious. For everyone saying it's illegal to open a box of crackers and eat some in the store (even if you pay for it at checkout), can you please cite the law? From what I have seen, it's only illegal if there is no INTENT on paying. At least in VA. It may be different in HI. Does anyone have the citation that proves otherwise?

"Shoplift" means any one or more of the following acts committed by a person without the consent of the merchant and [b]with the purpose or intent [/b]of appropriating merchandise to that person's own or another's use without payment, obtaining merchandise at less than its stated sales price, or otherwise depriving a merchant of all or any part of the value or use of merchandise (...)"

2006 Virginia Code § 8.01-44.4[/quote]

Thanks for citing the Code - but how does one prove/determine intent in this situation - either way?  At the time that your DC is consuming the item, how does the store manager or store security KNOW what your intent is?  Oh, and just telling them after the fact may not be sufficient.  Remember, there is a difference between being detained/arrested for shoplifting (where intent need not be established) and being convincted of shoplifting (where proof of intent would be applicable).  [/quote]

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