Esta ley dice que si un grupo de personas roba cosas de tiendas para venderlas, eso es un delito grave. También es ilegal comprar cosas robadas, incluso si sabes que son robadas.
Es como cuando un grupo de amigos planea ir a una tienda y robar dulces para venderlos en la escuela; eso es un problema serio y puede tener consecuencias.
Imagina que Juan y Pedro se juntan para robar juguetes de una tienda. Después, venden esos juguetes a su amigo Carlos, quien sabe que son robados. Todos ellos pueden meterse en problemas por este delito.
Es ilegal cometer robo organizado con valor superior a 2,000 dólares y puede haber consecuencias legales severas.
SECTION 16-13-135. Organized retail crime; penalties. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Organized retail crime" means two or more people conspiring to commit theft of retail property from a retail establishment with the intent to sell, barter, exchange, or reenter such retail property into commerce for monetary or other gain. (2) "Retail property" means an article, merchandise, property, money or negotiable documents including gift cards or other forms of credit, products, commodities, items, or components intended to be sold in retail commerce. (3) "Retail property fence" means a person or business that buys retail property knowing or believing that the retail property is stolen. (4) "Theft" means to take possession of, carry away, transfer, or cause to be carried away the retail property of another with the intent to deprive the merchant of the possession, use, benefit, and value of the retail property. (5) "Value" means the retail value of an item as offered for sale to the public by the affected retail establishment and includes all applicable taxes. (B) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) commit organized retail crime, with a value exceeding two thousand dollars aggregated over a ninety-day period, with the intent to cause the retail property to be placed in the control of a retail property fence or other person in exchange for consideration; or (2) receive, possess, or sell retail property that has been taken or stolen in violation of item (1) while knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the property is stolen. A person is guilty of this offense whether or not anyone is convicted of the property theft. (C) Acts committed in different counties that have been aggregated in one count may be indicted and prosecuted in any one of the counties in which the acts
Se considera 'robo organizado' cuando dos o más personas se juntan para robar artículos de una tienda con la intención de venderlos o intercambiarlos.
Si sabes o deberías saber que el artículo es robado, puedes ser acusado de un delito, incluso si no robaste el artículo tú mismo.
Sí, si el robo ocurre en diferentes condados, se puede procesar en cualquiera de esos condados.
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