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D. Any merchant who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed retail <br /> theft may detain such person, on or off the premises of a retail mercantile establishment, in a <br /> reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time for all or any of the following purposes: <br /> (1) to request identification; <br /> (2) to verify such identification; <br /> (3) to make reasonable inquiry as to whether such person has in his/her <br /> possession unpurchased merchandise and, to make reasonable investigation <br /> of the ownership of such merchandise; <br /> (4) to inform a peace officer of the detention of the person and surrender that <br /> person to the custody of a peace officer; <br /> (5) in the case of a minor,to inform a peace officer,the parents, guardian or <br /> other private person interested in the welfare of that minor of this detention <br /> and to surrender custody of such minor to such person. <br /> E. A detention as permitted in this Section does not constitute an arrest or an unlawful <br /> restraint, as defined in 720 ILCS 5/10-3, nor shall it render the merchant liable to the person so <br /> detained. <br /> 32�. THEFT. <br /> A. It shall be unlawful for a person to obtain control over lost or mislaid property when: <br /> (1) such person knows or learns the identity of the owner or knows, or is <br /> aware of, or learns of a reasonable method of identifying the owner; and, <br /> (2) fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to the owner; <br /> and, <br />