Section 37-24-52 - Organized retail crime-Each act a misdemeanor or felonyA person is guilty of organized retail crime if that person, alone or in association with another person, does any of the following:
(1) Knowingly commits an organized retail crime;(2) Organizes, supervises, conspires, finances, or otherwise manages or assists another person in committing an organized retail crime;(3) Removes, destroys, deactivates, or knowingly evades any component of an anti-shoplifting or inventory control device to prevent the activation of that device or to facilitate another person in committing an organized retail crime; or(4) Knowingly causes a fire exit alarm to sound or otherwise activate, or deactivates or prevents a fire exit alarm from sounding, in the commission of an organized retail crime by another person.Each act in violation of this section under one thousand dollars is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Each act in violation of this section over one thousand dollars but under one hundred thousand dollars is a Class 6 felony. Each act in violation of this section over one hundred thousand dollars is a Class 5 felony.
Added by S.L. 2014, ch. 191,s. 6, eff. 7/1/2014.