if i've never been arrested, and i'm an adult, what is the most i would get for a b&e if i didn't have a weapon with me? i'm talking residental, and commercial.

it seems like they could only really get you, if you did something stupid after you got away, because if they catch you in the act, it couldn't be grand larceny right?

Most you could get is life. BnE is srs stuff, perhaps even more serious that the internet..

Commercial the max penalty is 10 years or something like that, residential is life.

If you do get caught, get a lawyer. Make sure you stress that you knocked 100 times, banged on the door, etc to prove you knew they weren't home...home invasion=hardc0ar.

Well a buddy of mine is 17 and just recently got arrested for b&e. I'm not sure of his exact charges, but he had a gun, and posession of a controlled substance. I think he took the plea bargain and just got B&E but he's got 2 years at the Arkansas Department of Corrections and has to serve at least 50% of that and then has Drug Court for a year when he gets out.

100 years? why would anybody bother doing homes then? people get away with $100,000 with jewelry stores.

i never got why people get arrested for burglary/controlled substance. i understand the gun.

but azure, your saying if you get caught breaking into a jewelry store, you will probably get less time, than if you broke into someones home?

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying...it has to do with the possibility of people actually being inside the house, the danger is poses to them, the increased risk of violence, etc.

# if the offence is committed in relation to a dwelling-house, of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life, and
# if the offence is committed in relation to a place other than a dwelling-house, of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Are you sure it's life for residential b&e?

The maximum penalty is life, he most likely won't get it however. I read somewhere that the average sentence for a first time offender in the US is somewhere around 2-3 years.

Under 18 FTW.

You can still get tried as an adult for serious felonies.

WTF?!

Fucking B&E is NOT a FEDERAL crime.

Read your god damned state laws.

Kevinwatkins, not in your lifetime will you hit a jewelry store so stfu.

I dont see how you can get so many years for that.
Shit, and how the fuck do you get caught in the first place.

I've seen 14 year olds get charged as an adult for murder.

I got charged when I was 17 and it was a felony. Or thats what I was charged with. Got a lawyer and I got the same sentence as the two girls that were with me got who were both 16. Misdemeanor which got sealed after a year of no records. Also this happened in a federal building with a cctv.

Me -

3 Counts of residential Burglary

18 years old
+
Returned 20K worth of jewelry I had hidden in the woods
+
5K lawyer
+
White
=
200 weekends in jail
10 years probation


oh with the jewelry I actually bragged about it in the following thread (Post 6) but you fucks didn't believe me
http://www.totse.com/community/showt...hlight=jewelry

(I got caught via rats though)

forget the police, a hunting rifle in your face is what you should consider.

Remember that texax man who shot 2 robbers because they were breaking into his neighbors house(unoccupied at the moment). He walked free if i am not mistaken. In some places you re allowed to kill to protect your own property.

Dude, you had a picture of yourself in your photo bucket......
Remember that kid who got booked for blowing up a fucking liquor store, because he posted on totse, bragging about it.

Did you not learn, the first rule of BI. No bragging

I would not brag about having 20 thousand dollars worth of jewelry.

Didn't' hear about that story but I knew what I was doing. And believe me if I thought for a second there was any risk in me getting caught I wouldn't have posted it.

The cops didn't even find the jewelry until I showed them were I had it hidden. My lawyer worked out a deal were I returned the jewelry and got no prison time. (DA was trying to get me sent to prison for 2 years)

Also regarding the picture...
http://www.dizzy.ws/how.to.lie.to.people.txt

Has anyone actually called that phone sex number at the bottom of the text file?

Explain to me how exactly you got caught.

I got caught trying to break into a house last Memorial Day. I was charged with first-degree attempted burglary, which is a felony. It was first-degree because someone was home.

The DA set my maximum sentence at three years eight months, but I ended up doing two weeks in juvie, six months on house arrest, and six months on probation. As on June 30th, my record is sealed.

While a year may not sound like a long time, it sure is when you can't do anything...

- Tom

I don't understand any of you who got caught didn't book it? Did you NOT have a police scanner, hence not knowing the police were on their way?

no waiz

Dude gets caught stealing car. In an attempt to save his own ass he rats out a couple people. In turn those people rat me and half the world out for shit we've done.

(I'm 18 so I didn't get any of that Juvie bullshit)