i got arrested for a 1 count felony embezzlement for 2300 dollars, its my first offense, do i do jail time?

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i dont want to do jail time coz i have to support a newborn son and my wife and ive never done anything like this before. im trying to hire an attorney so he can settle my case before i go to court or possible get the charges dropped eventhough i was booked. is this possible. need help, thanks.

Answer 1

Anything is possible, I suppose. The question is, is it likely?

You are going to have a hard time arguing supporting a baby as an excuse, $2300 is a bit excessive, and takes away the argument of necessity.

Stealing diapers and formula is necessity. Stealing $2300 is a crime.

I agree with you, you need to hire an attorney.

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i got arrested for a 1 count felony embezzlement for 2300 dollars, its my first offense, do i do jail time?
i dont want to do jail time coz i have to support a newborn son and my wife and ive never done anything like this before. im trying to hire an attorney so he can settle my case before i go to court or possible get the charges dropped eventhough i was booked. is this possible. need help, thanks.

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Answer 5

$2,300 isn't chump change, that's a lot of money to most people, but not spoiled jerks like that WWE Chariman Vince McMahon.

But anyway, $2,300 is still serious and I know that that attourney will probably charge you over $1,000 easy for his services. I don't know exactly what kind of crime this is or how you did it and if you did it intentionally, but if it's serious and it was intentional, I wouldn't be surprised if you received SOME jailtime.

Anyway, good luck. I hope everything goes ok and you stay a good father and don't serve jailtime. Good luck with everything.

Answer 6

Sounds like selective prosecution. What I mean is that the laws don't apply to everyone. My fire captain was working for the post office so while he was delivering mail he carried along his fire scanner to listen in for fire calls. He would abandone his mail job to log onto fire calls which were mostly false alarms for $6.oo a call and jump right back to his postal duties. That's felony embezzlement and someone reported it and no charges filed. Only you, me or black people would be charged if we did that and were reported to the police.

Answer 7

Depending on what state you are in and if you get a good lawyer, he can probably work with the DA to get you to plead guilty to a lesser amount (like in MI they would get you to plead guilty to Embezzlement under $1000 which makes it a misde.) and put you on probation. And once probation is over, then it will be off of your record since this is your first offense.

Answer 8

ya i think u will do some jail time out of it. u will have to pay that back to. Either with money or community service. Its a felony over 400.00 i belive. Your laywer might help u out some but u will get a few months in jail. I am sure u will get a few years on probation to.

Answer 9

I don't know where you are at - but more than likely - you will end up on probation. You will have to make restitution, and also pay your fine, ct costs and supervision fees. You'll end up with a monthly payment.

In the end, with all the monies you will have to pay, this will be very expensive. Over the course of years (that you will be on probation - if they grant it to you), this will probably cost around 3x what you stole.

If you can borrow the money (relative?) and pay restitution BEFORE you go to court, that will make the likelihood that you get probation more likely. Of course, this also depends on what is already on your criminal history.

However, the priority here is to get the victim their money back - so, there is a good chance you get probation.

EDIT - I love how myself and the police officer who answered above me both got a "thumbs down" - Geeze...

Answer 10

maybe you should have thought about your family before commiting a felony.