Petit Larceny is a crime – a class A misdemeanor and is a charge that is filed if you steal something with a value of less than $1000.  A conviction of Petit Larceny can result in up to 1 year in local/county jail, up to [...]

Grand Larceny in the fourth degree is a class E felony pursuant to New York Penal Law section 155.30. This is a charge that results if you steal any car worth more than $100, a credit or debit card, or anything worth more than [...]

Grand Larceny in the third degree is a class D felony pursuant to New York Penal Law section 155.35. This is a charge that results if you steal money from an ATM or anything worth more than $3,000.  You face up to 7 years in [...]

Grand Larceny in the second degree is a class C felony pursuant to New York Penal Law section 155.40. This is a charge that results if you steal anything worth more than $50,000.  You face up to 15 years in a New York state prison [...]

Grand Larceny in the first degree is a class B felony pursuant to New York Penal Law section 155.42. This is a charge that results if you steal anything worth more than $1,000,000.  You face up to 25 years in a New York state prison [...]

Usually, theft requires the intent to permanently deprive someone of property, even if they actually get the property back. The crime may still be charged even if they do. There are several other ways to be charged with larceny beyond taking items out of [...]

This is perhaps the most confusing part of larceny.  To be guilty of any of the larceny crimes, you must have intended to permanently deprive the other person of the property.  If your intent was to keep the property or money long enough that a [...]