Q: First offense theft under 1000 feom employer
A: Employee theft is not looked upon the same as theft by a customer or other non-employee. The reason is that, as an employee, you are in a unique position to know how to steal or embezzle from your employer and what to steal, and in many cases, hide the theft from detection (or delay the discovery of it). You also have access that others do not--access that was entrusted to you. Therefore, you have breached a trust. Judges, and prosecutors, typically take these thefts much more seriously, and prosecute and punish them more harshly, than other types of theft. You may not get jail for a first offense, but you are at risk for a conviction, because there are some judges who will not grant probation before judgment (which sets aside the conviction) for these types of offenses. However, many times your lawyer can still secure a result that does not end up in a conviction or permanent record. You absolutely need a lawyer for this.
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