Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

Re: Questions regarding grand larceny

I'm not sure I understand what happened exactly, but what you describe sounds like the following to me: During the time when the person worked for the store, he was acting for the store. So it is irrelevant that he is now gone. At the time he worked there, he gave permission for payment later. The problem would be that the store would deny what happened and say it never happened that way. So the problem would be proving that permission was given. It's not a problem of the law, but that the store would say it never happened. The best thing to do is to go ahead and pay on the account. This is best in several ways. It tends to prove and confirm that the deal was "pay later," if the buyer ACTS like that was the deal. Also, if the store has not lost anything because the account is paid, then the losses are $0.00 and this affects both the type and seriousness of any possible legal charges as well as the desire of either the government or the store to pursue it. It also tends to confirm the idea of an innocent mistake (if there was any mistake at all). "Intent" may be an important question in whether this is perfectly innocent or a criminal problem. So going ahead and paying shows that the intent was innocent, not criminal.

Re: Questions regarding grand larceny

How about as an accessory either during or even after the fact?