I found a mobile phone and police found me. What penalty can I get?

I am underage and I found expensive mobile phone 2 months ago. I used in one month and then police contacted me to go to police station and give them the phone. Now I got court invitation to go there in 2 weeks. What's the worst penalty I can get? They assigned me a lawyer.|||No crime in finding the phone. Once you used the phone, it became a theft. Probably a misdemeanor but you might be fined and spend some time in jail.





If your State has a Teen/Peer Court program, your case may be heard there and penalties will be much less severe and successful completion of the sanctions will usually result in no criminal record.





Next time do the honest thing.|||You will probably receive no punishment since you found the phone.





However, if you stole the phone, or if someone else stole it and you knew about it, you could be charged with theft, and the penalty varies depending on how much the phone is worth. For a first offense, you will probably get probation or community service.





If you are assigned a lawyer, you should get in contact with the lawyer.|||It was a found phone until you used it. Once you used it, it became a stolen phone. You also stole someone's service when you used the phone.





You will likely be fined. Talk to the lawyer.|||if you "found" it you should have contacted the owner or turned it into the police, not used it. It doesn't belong to you and you had no right in keeping it.





stealing is wrong, face the consequences.|||They assigned you a lawyer. It is HIS job to tell you what can happen. There is not enough information here to answer .|||I don't know..but seriously? Maybe you should be more concerned with your complete lack of common sense and decency than the possible and probably inconsequential punishment you might receive.|||None of these other answers really answer your question. They all seek to demonize and criticize you. I'll tell you straight up that I don't know, but you're underage, what's the worst that can happen. For more specific information, you should speak to your lawyer.