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MISDEMEANOR 1-CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGERY DEVICE.
Amended Charge Type
MISDEMEANOR
Amended Charge Disposition
Pled guilty
Broker Comment
WHEN I WAS A STUDENT COMPLETING MY FINANCE DEGREE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, I PERFORMED LANDSCAPE DUTIES AS A MEANS TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. I WAS UNKNOWINGLY PRESENTED AN ALTERED CHECK. THE CHECK WAS ALTERED AN ADDITIONAL $100.00. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE THE CHECK THE CASHIER CONTACTED THE CHECK WRITER WHICH DENIED ALTERING THE CHECK EVEN THOUGH ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING DUTIES WERE PERFORMED. THE STATE CHARGED ME WITH POSSESSION OF A FORGERY DEVICE. MY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDED I ACCEPT THE CHARGE DUE TO A LENGTHY COURT TRIAL AND POTENTIAL HIGH ATTORNEY FEES. THE JUDGE COMMENTED THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ME AND THE FOREIGN CHECK WRITER. THE JUDGE DENIED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE AND RULED THE LOWEST POSSIBLE MISDEMEANOR AVAILABLE.
12/31/2004
Criminal
Final Disposition
Charges
THEFT-UNAUTHORIZED USE OF SERVICE/PROPERTY
Disposition
Dismissed
Broker Comment
IN AUGUST 2004, SHORTLY AFTER MY 18TH BIRTHDAY, I WAS HIRED BY WAL-MART AS A PART TIME CASHIER. MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WOULD COME TO MY CHECKOUT LINE WHEN THEY SHOPPED AT WAL-MART. I HAD ONE FRIEND IN PARTICULAR WHO WAS FROM OUT OF TOWN AND LIVED IN A SMALL APARTMENT. HE WAS EMPLOYED PART TIME AND WAS 18 YEARS OLD. HE CAME INTO MY CHECKOUT LINE WITH A SHOPPING CART CONSISTING OF BASIC NECESSITIES, TWO FOLD UP CHAIRS, POTS AND PANS, VARIOUS FOOD TIMES AND CANDY. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY, CASHIERS ACCUMULATE MANY UNUSED COUPONS AND LEFTOVER GIFT CARDS. WHEN MY FRIEND THAT WAS REALLY STRUGGLING CAME IN MY CHECKOUT LINE, I LOWERED HIS COST BY USING SOME OF THE COUPONS AND GIFT CARDS THAT I ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WHICH WAS A VIOLATION OF THE RULES. WAL-MART CONSIDERS THIS UNAUTHORIZED USE OF SERVICE PROPERTY. I WAS CHARGED AT THE TIME, INTERVIEWED, AND LATER ALL CHARGES WERE DISMISSED.
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