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I was drunk with some friends and we ended up stealing 3 mini fridges from a hotel parking lot at 3 AM.  As we were walking across the road back to our place, we were spotted by some cops and we all received criminal citations for theft under $100.  This morning, we went over to the hotel owners and said we wanted to make it right and buy the mini fridges we stole.  I am now at a library printing up a receipt to prove that we paid for them.

My question is: can we provide proof of purchase and ownership in order to avoid theft charges?

Note that the theft citation was issued before we paid the owners for the mini fridges.
<bot>: Stole some mini fridges, got cited, want to know if we can pay for them to avoid/reduce charges.