Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

I was given a car seat to sell for a mutual friend at a pawn shop. I went into the store to sell it they said it would be a wait. When I went back in the police were their and arrested me for petty theft. Apparently the car seat was stolen and he never told me. Once he found out I got arrested the guy moved and I haven't seen/talked to him since. The report said that it was stolen from a car. I have pay stubs to prove that I lacked criminal intent to steal because I had a job as well as a picture of the guy & his daughter together. Also I have texts that show that I wasn't even around the area of the crime because I was living with a friend. I will also present paperwork from a very prestigious job that I am in the process of getting and will explain to the judge that this will hinder me greatly. I was only doing it because he claimed to not had ID. It's a very petty case but what are my chances of winning based upon my evidence? How can I be convicted if they have no proof I went into the car to steal it? Don't they need fingerprints, witnesses, video, etc? From what I know all they know is I was trying to sell it. Also I was on conditional discharge for a resisting arrest charge when this happened, how bad will that affect me?

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