Illinois Statutes
§ 16-5 — Theft from coin-operated machine
Illinois·Topic RIGHTS AND REMEDIES·Ch. 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES·Act 720 ILCS 5/ Criminal Code of 2012.·Art. Title III - Specific Offenses
(a)A person commits theft from a coin-operated machine when he or she knowingly and without authority opens, breaks into, tampers with, triggers, or damages a coin-operated machine either:
(1)to operate or use the machine; or (2) with the intent to commit a theft from the machine.
(b)Sentence.
(1)A violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class B misdemeanor.
(2)A violation of subdivision (a)(2) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3)A person who has been convicted of theft from a coin-operated machine in violation of subdivision (a)(2) and who has been previously convicted of any type of theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential burglary, possession of burglary tools, or home invasion is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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Legislative History
(Source: P.A. 97-597, eff. 1-1-12.)
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