Which offense applies to obtaining services only for compensation by avoiding payment, with value between $1500-$2500?

• A. Theft of Services (1st Degree), felony class B
• B. Theft of Property (2nd Degree), felony class C
• C. Theft of Lost Property (2nd Degree), felony class C
• D. Theft of Services (2nd Degree), felony class C

Answer: (D)

Taking services without paying fits theft of services, not theft of property, because the offense targets not taking tangible property but obtaining a service by avoiding payment. The value involved determines the degree: for services valued between $1,500 and $2,499.99, the charge is theft of services in the second degree, which is a Class C felony. If the value were higher (over $2,500), it would rise to first-degree theft of services (Class B). The other options don’t fit because they either charge the wrong type of theft (property or lost property rather than services) or place the offense in the higher or lower degree than the value dictates.