[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Township of
Grosse Ile 5-10-1999 by Ord. No. 267. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person who does any of the following in a store or in its
immediate vicinity is guilty of retail fraud, a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than
$500 or three times the value of the difference in price, property
stolen, or money or property stolen, or money or property obtained
or attempted to be obtained, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment
and a fine:
A.Â
While a store is open to the public, alters, transfers, removes and
replaces, conceals, or otherwise misrepresents the price at which
property is offered for sale, with the intent not to pay for the property
or to pay less than the price at which the property is offered for
sale, if the resulting difference in price is less than $200.
B.Â
While a store is open to the public, steals property of the store
that is offered for sale at a price of less than $200.
C.Â
With intent to defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain money or property
from the store as a refund or exchange for property that was not paid
for and belongs to the store, if the amount of money, or the value
of the property, obtained or attempted to be obtained is less than
$200.
