A young boy got off his old bicycle that was worth about $50, leaned it against a store front, and while he was in the store a stranger grabbed the bicycle, tossed it in his pickup truck, and drove away with the young boy yelling "stop thief!" The wrongdoer is guilty of robbery.

Question

A young boy got off his old bicycle that was worth about $50, leaned it against a store front, and while he was in the store a stranger grabbed the bicycle, tossed it in his pickup truck, and drove away with the young boy yelling "stop thief!" The wrongdoer is guilty of robbery.

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The act described is theft, not robbery, because it does not involve force or threat of force against the victim.

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