An update to she was arrested with everyone looking
By kbourgerie
@kbourgerie (8780)
United States
April 21, 2008 10:08am CST
I recently posted a discussion about a co-worker being arrested on the job. Because I received so many responses, I thought I would update everyone as to what really happened. Turns out she was writing bad checks off the job, but when they arrested her at work they apparently felt they had reason to search her purse and her locker and found drugs in each. She is in jail without bail and is looking at 3-5 years. Not very smart to have brought those drugs to work, knowing full well you were already doing something wrong, let alone having the drugs in the first place. Talk about dumb criminals. So I'm not sure whether arresting her in plain view of everyone was right or not, but I do know that she was wrong from the very onset.
9 people like this
14 responses
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I don't see anything wrong with arresting her in public. WHy should she have been "pampered". She was breaking law after law - was she concerned about "embarresing" someone she commited the crime to? The law is to lenient on criminals these days cause there are to many loop holes and to many new "medical" reasons for people to cling on to to get away with their crimes and not have to be responsible for them. JMO.
2 people like this
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I don't think she should be pampered either. My only problem with the whole scenario is that if you were shopping in the store what impression would you have been given of the store and its employees?
2 people like this
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
28 Apr 08
This is how I feel too. The store did the right thing by being open and I applaud that move. Sure, they made a mistake in hiring that person but a public arrest compensates for that. There's no point hiding these things...this would just be like brushing things under the carpet and then the gosssip would have been rife. It's best to have these things out in the open I believe.
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
22 Apr 08
If the police find/track a criminal within a store I am shopping, I'd say "thank you Police for working hard to make this a safer town". I (or anyone else in that store) could have been that criminals next victim. IF the store calls the police about a shop lifter, I'd say "thank you store/police for grabbing the shop lifters that are part of the cause of higher prices"
To me, the more I personally/visually SEE Police doing their jobs, the safer I feel. I know they are out there trying to stop crime and keep this town safe.
1 person likes this
@recycledgoth (9894)
•
21 Apr 08
Thanks for keeping us posted. I still think it would have been better to take her into a more private area but boy how dumb can you get.
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
21 Apr 08
Yes, I still don't think it should have been done publicly, not so much for her sake, but for the sake of the general public. She pretty much deserved what she got.
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
22 Apr 08
Yes, she may have gotten what she deserved, but what about the reputation it gives the store and its employees?
1 person likes this
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
22 Apr 08
Your co-worker was not very smart! In fact criminals are never very intelligent. The most intelligent choice is to always do the right thing. She's inside looking out, and this will be a learning experience for her! Lets hope she can profit by her experience and use this in her future life!
1 person likes this
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I hope she learns a valuable lesson also, but chances are years in prison aren't going to make her a better person.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Apr 08
Dumb yeah, but some people really don't believe that they are going to get caught. I don't like the public humiliation aspect of things but on the other hand I guess the police don't want to take a chance with the person taking off or getting violent or whatever.
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
22 Apr 08
My concern with the whole thing is how it made all the honest employees look as a whole.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
22 Apr 08
See I told you not to assume it was the job that had arrested her in public view like that. It is bad for business, bad for employee morale. This is exactly the type of thing the police do. They come in and arrest no matter where you are or what you are doing.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
30 Apr 08
Well she was an idiot wasn't she - no sympathy for her!
@shynie (556)
• Philippines
22 Apr 08
Well, I guess she wasn't looking forward to get arrested that day. but anyhow I can see that she never used her head. I agree with your term "dumb criminal".
@tjades (3591)
• Jamaica
24 Apr 08
Now that just evaporates every ounch of sympathy I had for her. Dumb criminals is a good temr to describe this particular case.
You know sometims people get abit too comfortable and start taking advantage of those who are there to help make their life better. I really hope she had no kids at home who were relying on her. I really hate it when children have to learn of these things of their parents. 
@TrvlArrngr (4045)
• United States
4 Jan 10
wow. hopefully she did not leave kids behind. sad story.
