Theft and Shoplifting Charges Spike During the Holidays — Know Your Rights in Pennsylvania

By attorney | November 6, 2025
The holiday season often brings joy, time with family, and festive shopping in communities across Northwestern Pennsylvania — from Erie to Crawford, Mercer, Venango, and Warren counties. But it also brings increased risk of theft and shoplifting. Stores are busier, inventory is visible, staff may be stretched thin, and thieves often see opportunities.

The holiday season often brings joy, time with family, and festive shopping in communities across Northwestern Pennsylvania — from Erie to Crawford, Mercer, Venango, and Warren counties. But it also brings increased risk of theft and shoplifting. Stores are busier, inventory is visible, staff may be stretched thin, and thieves often see opportunities. If you’re…

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Penalties for Theft Offenses in Erie

By attorney | January 4, 2021

Theft offenses in Erie are serious crimes. Pennsylvania laws define theft as taking or exercising control over movable property belonging to another person with the intent to deprive that person of the property. Theft is also defined as unlawfully transferring or exercising control over immovable property belonging to another person with the intent to derive…

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Erie Man Charged With Multiple Armed Robberies

By attorney | December 8, 2015

49-year old David Durell committed three armed robberies over the weekend of November 28 and 29. These occurred at a Dairy Queen, a Circle-K and a Gulf Express. As a result of these crimes the six charges applied to Durell include theft, resisting arrest, and robbery. He threatened to shoot an employee during this chain…

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