Contact Our Edison Office To Speak To The Former Prosecutor of Edison Municipal Court or a Former Director in the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office About Your Shoplifting Charge
If you were arrested and charged with shoplifting in Edison NJ, you need to take swift action to protect your interests. The reason we say this is because a conviction for shoplifting under N.J.S.A. 2C:20-11 not only results in a criminal record but one that portrays you as someone who was found guilty of theft or stealing. There can be significant consequences that flow from such an outcome, including issues in employment, sustaining immigration status and obtaining financing.
The best way to avoid the negative impact of a shoplifting conviction in is to retain an attorney that is highly experienced in handling these types of charges and who has considerable familiarity with Edison Municipal Court, its personnel, and the loss prevention officers from Macys, Nordstroms, and other stores that frequently appear there. This is exactly what the staff at the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall can provide as our lawyers have been handling cases in Edison for literally decades.
Lawyers With Exceptional Qualifications If You Have Been Charged With Shoplifting in Edison Township
While there are many attorneys who hold themself out as equipped to defend a shoplifting charge in Edison New Jersey but we don’t think there is another that has the type of qualifications that our law office offers. The head of our Middlesex County Practice is Jason Seidman, a former Director in the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, the agency that oversees all indictable shoplifting charges arising in Edison Township. Our team also includes William Wachowski, a lawyer who served as prosecutor in Edison Municipal Court. On top of our intimate knowledge and experience working in either court that your shoplifting charge may be pending, we also offer you the benefit of over 200 years of combined experience defending shoplifting cases, fifteen (15) attorneys who specialize exclusively in defending those accused of criminal offenses, and a team that includes certified criminal trial attorneys (i.e. less than 2% of those licensed in the state).
Our law firm obviously has you covered on either front if you were arrested for shoplifting and we honestly don’t know of another firm that can offer this protection. A lawyer in our Edison Office is ready to assist you immediately and initial consultations are free of charge, so do not hesitate to give us a call if you were issued a complaint for shoplifting. An attorney is available now at (732) 248-7675 to take your call.
Edison NJ Shoplifting Attorneys
Shoplifting charges heard in the Edison Township Municipal Court are governed by 2C:20-11. This law sets forth five (5) varieties of shoplifting: (1) taking merchandise with the intention of depriving the merchant of the item; (2) purposely concealing goods; (3) altering or transferring a price tag; (4) transferring merchandise to a container; and (5) underringing a sale. If the prosecutor establishes that, beyond reasonable doubt, you committed one of these 5 acts, you may be convicted of the criminal offense set forth under N.J.S.A. 2C:20-11.
Penalties If Convicted of Shoplifting
If a shoplifting case is being heard in Edison Municipal Court, the offense is what is commonly referred to as a disorderly persons offense. A fine of up to $1,000 may be imposed, along with mandatory court assessments and costs. A jail term that can reach six (6) months also applies and ninety (90) days is mandatory for anyone convicted of a third or subsequent offense. Ten (10) days of community must be performed for a first offense, 15 days for a second offense, and 25 days for a third offense. More serious shoplifting charges arise in Edison, which are referred to as indictable crimes (i.e. Fourth Degree, Third Degree & Second Degree), are heard at the Middlesex County Superior Court.
Diversion of Your Edison Shoplifting Case
Our team of accomplished Edison shoplifting defense attorneys has a long history of not only securing dismissals, but also avoiding convictions through diversionary programs such as Pretrial Intervention (a.k.a. PTI) and Conditional Dismissal. Either form of relief allows someone to avoiding the potentially crippling consequences of a record for stealing, for example, it providing an impediment to citizenship, a green card, professional license, or employment. This is another avenue that our law office will explore in order to allow you to move on with your life with little impact from a lapse of judgement resulting in an arrest or charge for shoplifting in Edison New Jersey.
Edison NJ Shoplifting Lawyer
If you are found guilty of shoplifting, it can have a huge impact on your life. With sound representation this result can, however, be avoided in many cases. The Edison shoplifting defense lawyers at The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall represent the largest team in Middlesex County and we have a long history of successfully defending charges (e.g. downgrade to an Ordinance Violation or dismissal) in Edison Municipal Court. A free initial consultation with a lawyer on our team is just a telephone call away.
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