California has a separate statute for shoplifting. Anything up to $950 is a misdemeanor, higher than that is a felony.storewanderer wrote: ↑January 18th, 2022, 6:39 pm
I don't know much about the laws. Is breaking into trains and stealing items in transport the same law being broken as shoplifting? I am surprised the trains do not have their own special rules/protections. It may be time they get them. I suspect if someone broke into an airplane parked at an airport and stole cargo, the, literally, book would be thrown at them for breaking numerous laws.
Rail theft is not shoplifting, so it would be prosecuted under petty theft (under $950) or grand theft (over $950). If the thieves broke into the train, then it would be burglary, which is a separate crime regardless of whether anything was stolen. The CHP runs a "Cargo Theft Interdiction Program" but it seems to focus on trucks, so rail theft falls to the railroad and municipal police.
I believe airplane cargo, at least at an airport, would be under federal jurisdiction, and the FBI is likely to have less tolerance than local police/prosecutors. But the TSA is very strict about access control so I doubt much of anything is being stolen at airports. It's probably easier to wait until it gets further along.