Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming,
Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike,
Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union,
Wayne and Wyoming Counties.
(iii) District 3 shall include Adams, Bedford,
Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon,
Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry and York
Counties.
(iv) District 4 shall include Armstrong, Butler,
Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford,
Elk, Erie, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean,
Mercer, Potter, Venango and Warren Counties.
(v) District 5 shall include Allegheny, Beaver,
Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Somerset, Washington and
Westmoreland Counties.
(2) Each prosecuting attorney may have no more than two
special agents employed to assist with the duties under this
subsection.
(c) Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used
in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Merchandise." Any goods, chattels, foodstuffs or wares of
any type and description, regardless of the value thereof.
"Merchant." An owner or operator of a retail mercantile
establishment or an agent, employee, lessee, consignee, officer,
director, franchise or independent contractor of such owner or
operator.
"Organized retail theft enterprise." A corporation,
partnership or any other type of association, whether or not
legally formed, operated for the purpose of engaging in
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