FL criminal code, consequences for shoplifting

Hello, my girlfriend was accused of shoplifting in Macy's yesterday. From what I understand, she had placed some candy in her bag to free up her hands so that she could buy other items. When she got to the register, being the holidays, she completely forgot about the merchandise in her bag and just payed for the items in her hands. She was stopped exiting the store. She was issued a notice to appear by Plantation Police. She explained what happened but still was issued this. My question is how does this get resolved now? She is very worried. She is not the person to ever do something like this but the security did not want to hear her side of the story. The amount of the candy in her bag was only $30 and the amount that she payed at the register was about $50. Any advice and help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.