Commonwealth v. K.O.

LARCENY CHARGE AGAINST COLLEGE STUDENT FOR STEALING MONEY, ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, FROM HIS EMPLOYER’S CASH REGISTER IS DISMISSED AT CLERK MAGISTRATE HEARING.

Client is an 18 year-old college student from Raynham with no criminal record. He worked at a department store as a casher while he attended college. On seven (7) occasions, the client took money from the cash register for a grand total of $411.29. The employer discovered the thefts and reported it to the police. When the client arrived for work, a police officer brought him into the store manager’s office. The client admitted to stealing the money and apologized. Client was charged with Larceny under $1,200 (G.L. c. 266, §30).

Result: At the Clerk-Magistrate Hearing, Attorney Gerald J. Noonan presented evidence showing that his client was a good kid who made a stupid mistake. Client graduated from Boston College High School where he was on the varsity football team and was a standout athlete on the track team. He was a good student. He got accepted to a prestigious college but dropped out after the first semester because of depression, which had gone untreated. He moved back home and enrolled at Massasoit Community College. At the time of the offenses, the client was still experiencing depression and was not thinking clearly. After he was charged, client sought mental health treatment for the first time and he experienced significant improvement and was a much different person. The client paid restitution to the department store for the money he had stolen. The case was dismissed at the Clerk’s Hearing.