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545.05 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 114 (e) Any peace officer may arrest without a warrant any person that he has probable cause to believe has committed any act described in subsection (b)(1) or (2) hereof or that he has probable cause to believe has committed an unlawful taking in a mercantile establishment. An arrest under this subsection shall be made within a reasonable time after the commission of the act or unlawful taking. (f) As used in this section: (1) "Archival institution" means any public or private building, structure or shelter in which are stored historical documents, devices, records, manuscripts or items of public interest, which historical materials are stored to preserve the materials or the information in the materials, to disseminate the inforffiation contained in the materials, or to make the materials available for public inspection or for inspection by certain persons who have a particular interest in, use foi or knowledge concerning the materials. (2) "Museum" means any public or private nonprofit institution that is permanently organized for primarily educational or aesthetic purposes, owns or borrows objects or items of public interest, and cares for and exhibits to the public the objects or items. (ORC 2935.041) 545.05 PETTY THEFT. (a) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of property or services, shall knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services in any of the following ways: (1) Without the consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent; (2) Beyond the scope of the express or implied consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent; (3) By deception; (4). By threat; (5) By intimidation. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of petty theft, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Petty theft is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law if: (1) The value of the property or services stolen is five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more; or (2) The victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult, or (3) The property stolen is a firearm or dangerous ordnance, or (4) The property stolen is a motor vehicle. (5) The property stolen is any dangerous drug. (6) The property stolen is a police dog or horse or an assistance dog and the offender knows or should lnow that the property stolen is a police dog or - horse or an assistance dog. (7) The properry stolen is anhydrous ammonia. (c) In addition to the penalties described in subsection (b) of this section, if the offender committed the violation by causing a motor vehicle to leave the premises of an establishment at which gasoline is offered for retail sale without the offender making full payment for gasoline that was dispensed into the fuel tank of the motor vehicle or into another container, the court may do one of the following: (1) Unless subsection (c)(2) of this section applies, suspend for not more than six months the offender's driver's license, probationary driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or nonresident operating privilege; 2006 Replacement