Doesn’t happen.  My grandmother was caught shoplifting a $1 item and was banned from the store.  She got caught two more times, again the item was between 30 cents to $1, and now she not only had to pay Wal-Mart $600 in fines but is banned from all Wal-Mart companies and its subsidiaries around the world.  The judge and Wal-Mart didn’t give a damn that she is almost 90 and suffering from dementia, so she forgets whether she paid for something or not.  They wouldn’t allow her to pay the item when she got caught either.  Anyhow, Wal-Mart told us that she’d be arrested on sight next time and the bail will be higher.  My ham mom is so paranoid about her being arrested that my grandma is now under house arrest, only time she’s out of the house is to the mailbox and back.  Grandma’s depression got worse because she can no longer be trusted to do her daily walks or people watch, now she’s stuck indoors until someone’s nice enough to go out with her and monitor her behavior.  I hate WhaleMart for what they did.  All that for just $3-$4.