If the normal custom at my job was taking cash against your paycheck to be repaid can you still be charged with theft?
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If the normal custom at my job was taking cash against your paycheck to be repaid can you still be charged with theft?
Several employees at my current job has taking money out of the till to replace it later with their paycheck I did the same thing and was in trouble for stealing now since this date the owner has replaced the money from my paycheck but still now wants to press charges can I still be charged with larceny or any type of theft. I have done it in the past and so has everyone else but this time he is holding a grudge it seems.
Asked on September 28, 2017 under Criminal Law, Michigan
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You can be charged with larceny because larceny is the felonious taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to convert it to the taker's use.
Taking the money from the till which belonged to the owner with the intent to convert it to your use constitutes larceny. The act has occurred and it is irrelevant that the owner replaced the money.
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