Shia LaBeouf Steals Stuff - Not Arrested

I can think of no reason why Shia LaBeouf was not arrested and taken to jail other than the fact the police officer taking the report might have thought Shia could hook him up with Megan Fox or something. If the situation was reversed the other person would have been in jail in a flash.

Here is what happened. An X17 video photographer was outside Shia's house. Shia then walked down to the photographer's car and took out a $3000 camera lens and some other equipment and went back inside his house. He then called the police to complain about the photographer. The police arrived and went inside Shia's house. They made him give back the camera equipment but nothing else happened to him.

The reason the police did not arrest Shia? The LAPD says, "We handle each incident on a case by case basis." Umm, so if we walk up to Shia's house and start taking stuff out then it is fine or does this only apply to taking stuff out of his car? If any of us pulled the same stunt we would have been arrested. The charges might have been dropped later, but we would go to jail. Apparently Shia has a get out of jail free card.