Can you get petty theft for breaking into a house? if so how is that even possible?

Question

Can you get petty theft for breaking into a house? if so how is that even possible? just wondering because I know some one who is claiming that they only got petty theft for two different home burglaries

Answer 1

FOR 2 BREAK INS???? NO THEY R NOT TELLING THE TRUTH

Answer 2

petty theft is putting a candy bar in your pocket and walking out the store.

Breaking into someones house is called burglary  unless they worked a deal with the DA's office and got it reduced.

Answer 3

You would be hit with a breaking and entering charge, not petty theft.  Petty theft is stealing, i.e. shoplifting items less than $20 in value.  Anytime you break into a home for purposes to rob the place, that's burglary, big difference.

Answer 4

They may have pleaded guilty to petty theft in exchange for dropping a breaking & entering charge.  Especially if the evidence involving them was not airtight or if the value of the items stolen could not be confirmed.

Answer 5

More than likely, the prosecutor lowered the charge for a plea of guilty by the offender.

Answer 6

nope!

this is definitley burglary! this charge is a felony and cannot be knocked to a misdemeanor at all.

Answer 7

Its called "Breaking and Entering" and you can go to jail, get a felony, plus be fined a lot of money.

Answer 8

no its not petty theft if your break into a house thats BandE way more worse, petty theft is at a store less than 500.00.

Answer 9

Not in Texas