I was manager at a Quiktrip for 3 years and was let go for flipping off a customer. I went to work at a Shell gas station for seven months. While manager there I knew some were stealing but the cameras didnt work. I asked and asked for them to get fixed, while all of this was going on I adjusted some numbers to not show a loss so I could keep my job. I also put some of my own money in the safe to cover some of the losses. Once the cameras were fixed I found one employee stealing gas and cashing it out on the registers, I terminated her. Another employee was scratching off lotto tickets and I didnt fire her. After I quit for a better job I was told by the owner that he was charging me with stealing over $9,000.00 in lotto tickets and cash from the time between August and October when I quit. I didnt steal it and he has all of the paperwork How can i possibly prove my innocence. I have two young children and have never been in trouble before , Help what should I do?
2006-09-24 04:04:28 · 4 answers · asked by barkbat4 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You should have reported the thefts to the police as soon as you noticed them. Now you're screwed. Get a lawyer...By the way..I'm a cop.
2006-09-24 04:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by John C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should have fired the employee that was scratching off the tickets...normally its the prosecution that has to prove your guilty...they might charge you to being an accomplice to the theft of the lottery tickets in which you are guilty...Not reporting such thing makes you an accomplice. Also cover up the loss might constitute as fraud... because the numbers were wrong...i don't think an owner would fire for the loss as long as he knew that the cameras weren't working and he probably would have help in getting them up faster...
Im not really a lawyer but i suggest you talk to one... they are so good at bending the truth
2006-09-24 04:23:57 · answer #2 · answered by Carlos P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not being in trouble before doesn't count any more. You ARE in trouble now. This is when reporting the thefts up front would have been the correct thing to do.
Are the people you covered for going to pay for your lawyer or go to jail for you.??
Step up, be a man, face the mistakes of your life and work on correcting it.
2006-09-24 04:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think that there is no evidence against you and your not afraid to step up for your rights and defend yourself as necessary then you have nothing to worry about. Don't sweat it--unless you've been contacted by law enforcement about the matter. If you have, then volunteer to come down there asap and tell the detective your side of the story, plus the story about the employers past lapses in security. Don't volunteer your good samaritan manager acts or knowledge of outright theft taking place. Agree to do the lie detector test--tell him to roll it in room right now--let's go! Good luck chief!
2006-09-24 04:19:09 · answer #4 · answered by scottyurb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋