(A) No person shall willfully conceal or take possession of goods offered for sale by a retail or wholesale store or other mercantile establishment with the intent to convert the goods to his or her own use without paying the purchase price thereof. It shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to convert the goods to his or her own use if such goods are taken from the premises of such retail or wholesale store or other mercantile establishment without having paid for the same or without having made arrangements with the owner, manager or one of his or her agents.
(B) Notwithstanding O.R.S. 133.220 through 133.225, a peace officer, merchant or merchant’s employee who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed the crime of shoplifting may detain and interrogate the person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.
(C) Where a peace officer, merchant or merchant’s employee, with reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed the crime of shoplifting detains and interrogates him or her, and the person thereafter brings a civil or criminal action for slander, false arrest, false imprisonment, assault, battery or wrongful detention based upon the detention and interrogation against the peace officer, merchant or merchant’s employee, such reasonable cause shall be a defense to the action if the detention and interrogation were done in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.
(Prior Code, § 132.12) (Ord. 259, passed 5-8-1979) Penalty, see § 132.99