The punishment for a Theft conviction can be enhanced under certain conditions. Among them:
Theft by a public servant or public official who used his or her status as a public servant or official to accomplish the theft
Theft from the government by a government contractor
Theft from an elderly person or a nonprofit organization
Theft from the government by a Medicare provider
A theft committed when a person “1) caused a fire exit alarm to sound or otherwise become activated; (2) deactivated or otherwise prevented a fire exit alarm or retail theft detector from sounding; or (3) used a shielding or deactivation instrument to prevent or attempt to prevent detection of the offense by a retail theft detector”