Re: Wrongly accused of shoplifting

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They dismissed the case. Are you not happy with the result?

And anyway, the issue would have to be, in what way were you
damaged?

On 5/22/06, orlimmig wrote:
> I was recently issued citation for shoplifting 20$ of items
> which was in baby stroller. My mom accidentally walked out
> of the store without knowing about the items since my baby
> was crying she wanted to pacify her. The security guard
> stopped her and when i came out after check out asked me
who
> kept the items in the stroller, i accepted it honestly
> without knowing what was happening. So they charged my mom
> and me for shoplifting. i hired an attorney and explained
it
> to the prosecutor who did not even prosecute the case, i.e
> dismissed the case.
>
> Now my question is: Can I Sue the store? They also forced
me
> to sign the acceptance letter that i shoplifted the items
> else they would call the child service to take my baby away
> and they would send me to jail...i freaked out and signed
> the papers. after that they let me go home with a citation.
>
> Please please help me, my baby was just 8 weeks old and i
> was still recovering from postpartum pain. i had to go
> through all this mess, lost sleep, was not able to nurse
the
> baby due to all the stress, almost entered postpartum
> depression, took months to recover from this incident. I
> want the store to realise what they did was wrong. please
help.