Great story indeed! But I'll try beating you on it.........
I've shoplifted quite a lot when I was young, together with friends we would go to a mall just for the reason of stealing things, mostly I took small things like bracelets, earrings and other stuff that I actually didn't even wair once I had it. When I was about 15 or 16 I started to push the boundaries further and further. One day, me and my best friend stole for over 150$ on CD's, make-up and other stuff.
Anyway, one day, I was brought to a hold....
The worst part of it all was the location... it was in EuroDisney (Paris). Thé family-place, and I was caught shoplifting. It was a week after our big succes (>150$) so we felt like queens of the world!
It was almost closing time of the amusementparc and me and my friend hopped in quickly in a giftshop, looking for something to steal. If you've ever been to Disneyland you'll know that they only sell really stupid things like a pencil with the head of Donald Duck on it or a candy box from Winney the Pooh, but still, I wanted to steal something (just for the kick of it) So I took this REALLY STUPID little backsack (as big as your hand actually) with a mickey mouse on it. Honestly I don't know WHY I took it, for it was really stupid and I'd probably had dumped it right away when I got home...
Anyway, i saw that there was this guy who kept on looking at us, so I told my friend to go out of the shop, since there were tons of people drumming to get to the exit, we quickly were absorbed by the crowd and we'd figured we were safe.....
But then two "elderly" women came to us, asking if we spoke english, when we said yes, they nicely told us we were arrested!!!
The problem was, that we were there with a whole bus that was waiting for us to leave... Anyway, to make a long story a bit shorter... my friend was sent to go to the bus and bring her parents (mine were at home, totally unaware of the whole thing). In the meantime, they brought me to a Parisian prison, with a special police car, with siren and everything! Giving me a preach (which, because my french wasn't that good back then, I didn't totally understand)...
Anyway, it took a very long time before my friend and her mother found out where they had locked me up.... so i spent an hour or so in real prison cell, which was probably the lowest I've ever sunk!
Because I was still under 18 (I was 16 or so) they let me go after that, but I tell you, it left quite an impression and I have never stolen since!!!!!