Illinois Has One of the Lowest Felony Theft Thresholds in the U.S.
If you are convicted of theft of over $300 in our state, you will be convicted of a Class 4 felony.
That’s right – $300 is all it takes. And a Class 4 felony isn’t anything to sneeze at, either. Penalties can include one to three years in prison.
And if you are incarcerated (Class 4 felons in Illinois spend, on average, 7 months in prison), you will arrive to an overcrowded prison, where around 40% of your [...]