(A) No person shall knowingly obtain or exercise control over anything of value of less than $2,000 of another without authorization or by threat or deception, and:
(1) Intend to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;
(2) Knowingly use, conceal or abandon the thing of value in such a manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;
(3) Use, conceal or abandon the thing of value intending that such use, concealment or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use and benefit; or
(4) Demand any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person.
(B) For purposes of this section, if any person willfully conceals unpurchased goods, wares or merchandise owned or held by and offered or displayed for sale by any store or other mercantile establishment, whether the concealment is on his or her own person or otherwise and whether on or off the premises of said store or mercantile establishment, such concealment constitutes prima facie evidence that the person intended to commit the crime of theft.
(Ord. 4-07, passed 12-12-2007) Penalty, see § 130.99