A. Prohibition: Any person who wilfully conceals or wilfully takes possession of any goods offered for sale by a wholesale or retail store or other mercantile establishment, without the knowledge or consent of the owner thereof and with intent to convert the goods to his own use without paying the purchase price therefor is guilty of shoplifting.
B. Detain, Interrogate: Any peace officer, merchant or merchant’s employee who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed the crime of shoplifting, as defined in subsection A of this section, may detain and interrogate such person in regard thereto in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.
C. Penalty: Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 1-4-1 of this Code.
(1982 Code § 13.01.080)
Statutory reference:
Statute authority, see WS § 6-3-405