If any person:
(A) Conceals upon his person or among his belongings, unpurchased merchandise displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale in a retail mercantile establishment; and
(B) Removes that merchandise beyond the last known station for receiving payments for the merchandise in that retail mercantile establishment, that person shall be presumed to have possessed, carried away, or transferred the merchandise with the intention of retaining it or with the intention of depriving the merchant permanently of the possession, use, or benefit of the merchandise without paying the full retail value of the merchandise.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 16A-4)