Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)

720 ILCS 5 § 16-5: Theft from coin-operated machine

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits theft from a coin-operated machine by knowingly opening, breaking into, or damaging such a machine to operate it or steal from it. The offense is a Class B or Class A misdemeanor, or a Class 4 felony if the person has prior theft or burglary convictions.

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