Theft 5 Dollars Going to court?

Hmm... It definitely is a little weird. A store can choose to prosecute someone for doing something illegal, but the degrees of theft are such that anything under $50 is an incredibly minor offense. Here is a law article on the degrees of theft: a href="http://www.criminallawyerbocaraton.com/articles/types-of-theft/" rel="nofollow"http://www.criminallawyerbocaraton.com/a…/a Most likely, even if they only caught her with a five dollar item, they suspect that she stole more and perhaps want to make an example to other employees that they will not tolerate inside theft.