Oh the corporation tried to press charges. I was even summoned to court, which I didn't go (threw the summon papers in the trash), then got arrested after having my left tail light out.
The residing judge agreed to throw the case right in the trash- my dad got a lawyer who sought out the same judge who had just prosecuted 7 nurses for stealing thousands of dollars of narcotics and my own boss who was caught embezzling thousands of dollars from pay roll and stealing floor wax.
So by the time it got to me the $3.30 cents of stolen needles was a pittance.
And the lawyer cost 10 grand.