I couldn't open the link due to a filter on my work computer, but I would have to believe that in order for the police to charge him with petty larceny this would have to be more than just opening a present. Did the story in the link actually say that the present was for him? Did he do more than just open the wrapping paper...perhaps he played with it too, or even took it outside of the house? When he got caught perhaps he refused to return it? In this case I have no problems that the parents called the cops because it is stealing.
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