Theft by shoplifting

Convicted

As a teenager my friend and I had traveled to Colorado from Ohio and arrived on a Sunday. We had no food and almost no money (I had an ATM card but there were no ATM's in Gunnison at that time). We made a stupid decision to buy a loaf of bread and take but not pay for) a pack of lunch meat and pack of cheese from the Safeway grocery store. We were teens at the time, and were told by a judge (who met with us informally in his office) that the charges would be dismissed and not appear on our personal records. I believe there was a record-keeping mistake by the court, which erroneously state that we were found guilty of the charge.