Paranoia Runs Deep

[kandrathe]

By local supermarkets you mean the actual supermarkets in your area, right?  Then yes, I would say you should be arrested.  Surely it would at least justify searching your property and bringing you in for questioning.  You probably wouldn't be charged with anything, unless you happen to also be a gun collector or have a few bags of fertilizer laying around or something...
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I found an excerpt from a legal office in NJ describing what "Conspiracy to Commit a Crime" covers;

A person is guilty of conspiracy with another person or persons to commit a crime if with the purpose of promoting or facilitating its commission he/she:

                                  (SELECT APPROPRIATE SECTION)

(1) Agrees with such other person or persons that they or one or more of them will engage in conduct which constitutes such crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime; or

(2) Agrees to aid such other person or persons in the planning or commission of such crime or of an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime.

A conspiracy to commit the crime of _____ is a crime in itself separate and distinct from the crime of _____. In other words, a defendant may be found guilty of the crime of conspiracy regardless of whether that defendant is guilty or not guilty of the crime of _____.

In order for you to find a defendant guilty of the crime of conspiracy, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the following elements:

  (1) That the defendant agreed with another person or persons that they or one or more of them would engage in conduct which constitutes a crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime;

                                                  OR

That the defendant agreed to aid another person or persons in the planning or commission of a crime or of an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime.

  (2) That the defendant's purpose was to promote or facilitate the commission of the crime of _____.

A person acts purposely with respect to the nature of (his/her) conduct or a result thereof, if it is (his/her) conscious object to engage in conduct of that nature or cause such a result. A person acts purposely with respect to attendant circumstances if (he/she) is aware of the existence of such circumstances or (he/she) believes or hopes that they exist.

There is a difference between writing a story about a crime, and planning or recruiting others to aid you in the crime. The law is pretty clear about the differences. I'm sure many conspirators have attempted in the past to claim that the conspiracy was just a fantasy or a musing, but once you expand your fantasy to the recruitment of others, or material preparations you are "Conspiring to Commit _____".