If you have been arrested for any type of theft or property crime, or if the police or an employer wants to question you about an alleged theft it is time to call the Offices of Lynn Carroll at 214-749-7777.   We will fight for you if you have been accused of fraud, bank fraud, welfare fraud, wire fraud, check fraud, theft by check, identify theft, grand theft, credit card theft, burglary, forgery, robbery, possession of stolen property, shoplifting, counterfeiting, attempt to defraud, theft of mail, or Social Security theft.  We provide legal services all over North Texas, including:  Dallas, Ft. Worth, Irving, Denton, McKinney, Terrell, Greenville, Kaufman, Ennis and other cities in the area.   Lynn Carroll has been practicing for 15 years in the area and knows what to do to help you with your case.

Theft and property crimes include anything from a shoplifting charge for failure to pay at a department store to an extensive and complicated scheme to defraud, which may wind up in state or federal court.

A shoplifting accusation usually occurs after a person has left a store, but there are exceptions. The State must prove that the person was intent on stealing in order to obtain a conviction. “Intent” is usually shown at trial by evidence that the accused tired to hide merchandise on her person or concealed in some way her failure to pay. Often, a client has put some items under his or her cart or baby carriage and left without remembering to pay. In some cases, a child faces juvenile charges fter innocently carrying an item out of a store.

Sometimes an employee is charged with a crime that he has had nothing to do with.  Sometimes he was just at the wrong place, at the wrong time.  Other times he becomes the fall guy, and something minor is blown up into something much more serious.  Give the Carroll Law Firm a call at 214-749-7777,  if you are facing something.   When there is advance warning that a fraud charge may materialize, we may be able to prevent an arrest altogether.

(1) Theft: A Felony offense under Penal Code Section 31.03 (Theft) or 31.04 (Theft of Service), except when the property involved is a motor vehicle; an offense under Section 31.05 (Theft of Trade Secrets); or an offense under Section 32.31 (Credit Card Abuse)

(2) Automobile Theft: A felony offense under Penal Code Section 31.03 (Theft) is the property involved is a motor vehicle, or an offense under Section 31.07 (Unauthorized Use of Vehicle)