useless, SEARS Co have its policy,

If they have own their proof (VCR record) and the security man catched on it (the two condition for sue anybody), they will call police .
but some time they also have wrong time to see some thing by monitor .
In common, they dont talk with those people anyway if police come or the case went to court because just these reasons to lost goods can do less taxes in every year.
Every markets be same way .

If you were not designedly in that time , you need a lawyer
金無赤足，人無完人,pay some money to lawyer, use a good way to finish it that is a only way.