arrested! please help! scared!

someone please help me with some information......today i got arrested and i'm so scared.....i work at some department store and i rang up clothes and shoes for a friend at discount prices....instead of original prices.....so i took off like $262....and we got caught by the store security..we were both detained and i told them the truth and i payed for the missing amount of money.....my friend got released but i got arrested......i'm wondering what i've done is it a felony? and whats going to happen to me? i know it was a dumb thing to do and i'm freshly 18**************...please help with any comments! thank u

[racer72]

You won't be working in retail for a while. Plus you will probably be looking for a new job. This should only stay on your record till your 21. Hopefully you will not have forgotten about it and do the same thing again.

[JETX]

I take it from your 'handle' on this forum, that you have hopefully learned from this experience.

Regretfully, since you are 18 or older, you will be treated as an adult and not a juvenile. This means that you could be charged with theft. If so, this would mean that you could be subject to a fine or time in the county jail.

Since you didn't provide your state, we are not able to check for the punishment that could be imposed in this matter.

Regretfully, this will not go away at the age of 21 and this will very probably go on your permanent adult record.

However, I don't mean to weigh too heavily on you with this. In reality, it is a misdemeanor and will very probably not affect you in the future.

Best of luck..

[wtd]

Just out of curiosity -

They caught you shorting the register, you made restitution and then they arrested you?

This seems a little harsh on the store's part -

What was the charge?

wtd