March 23rd 2022
False Creation of a Sales Receipt
Very pleasant young man was accused of stealing over $10,000 from large corporate chain. The case began with client, while under particularly massive personal stress, taking advantage of his authority at a large chain store. Client was a young man, hard-working and industrious. He took on a large role for him family in their support, particularly financial. According to the Police, he developed an elaborate scheme to develop false sales receipt and in doing so took over $10,000 in product from the store. He was confronted by the security staff and admitted his role. The evidence was hard, if not impossible to refute. He had a lawyer for the clerk magistrate hearing, and it did not go well. He was given an arraignment date to be formally charged. During that time, he retained Attorney Barabino. Together, they developed a strategy to advocate for judicial diversion—pre-arraignment so that it would not appear on the record. A massive background packet was developed and in negotiation with the DA a deal was struck for DA diversion, which nearly identical to Attorney Barabino requests and provides everything he wanted for his client. After moving though diversion, which included restitution, he now returns to court today to have the matter dismissed, pre-arraignment, so, even the dismissal itself will not appear on his record.
RESULT: Case Disposed of Before it Even Started. No Record. At All