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Hello Hyperspeed,
Unless I am terribly mistaken a person can be charged with criminal trespass without any evidence of "breaking and entering." The "B and E" would be a separate charge. A person who purposely hides inside a store till after closing in order to rob the place does not break in, but they are still guilty or criminal trespass. Please do not get the idea that I am accusing you of anything other than getting stuck in a very bad place not of your own choosing, but to be found in a place after it has been closed is by definition trespass.
I too am not a lawyer and would never presume to pretend to be one, but you need that surveillance video. Every store has them at the customer service windows and the checkout lanes. At least in my state, insurance companies require stores to have constant video in order to get insurance. But you also need to get a lawyer, preferably one who will work on a contingency fee based upon how much you get from the store chain for defamation of character and failure to insure that a known customer had left the building before they closed it down.
If you don't get exonerated and the BATFE goes ballistic and gets on our case again, you might never fly another rocket.
Good luck.
Brad the, "yes I became a pastor too, just like my dad" "Rocket Rev.," Wilson
Unless I am terribly mistaken a person can be charged with criminal trespass without any evidence of "breaking and entering." The "B and E" would be a separate charge. A person who purposely hides inside a store till after closing in order to rob the place does not break in, but they are still guilty or criminal trespass. Please do not get the idea that I am accusing you of anything other than getting stuck in a very bad place not of your own choosing, but to be found in a place after it has been closed is by definition trespass.
I too am not a lawyer and would never presume to pretend to be one, but you need that surveillance video. Every store has them at the customer service windows and the checkout lanes. At least in my state, insurance companies require stores to have constant video in order to get insurance. But you also need to get a lawyer, preferably one who will work on a contingency fee based upon how much you get from the store chain for defamation of character and failure to insure that a known customer had left the building before they closed it down.
If you don't get exonerated and the BATFE goes ballistic and gets on our case again, you might never fly another rocket.
Good luck.
Brad the, "yes I became a pastor too, just like my dad" "Rocket Rev.," Wilson