jbcampor
Feb 2, 2009, 01:00 PM
My sister and I were shopping together and I picked up a wallet and she picked up two. The wallet that I picked up was the last one like it. My sister and I continued to shop around. I really had to use the restroom but I didn't want to risk someone else buying the wallet so I took it with me down the hallway to the restroom and asked my sister to hold it while I went to the restroom. She also went down the hallway but waited outside the bathroom. I came out and we proceeded to walk upstairs to the clothing department. On the escalator I asked her for the wallet and she said it was in my shopping bag so I took it out and held it in my hand until we were ready to check out. An officer stopped us and asked where the walets were and I said "this one?" and showed him the wallet in my hand. He asked where the other ones were and my sister denied having any wallets but then the officer searched her purse and discovered them in there. He brought both of us to a back room. He wrote me a summons for theft of goods and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. I told him that this was a mistake and I was not at fault but he just kept saying "bull" The officer searched both of our purses and found some marijuana in my sisters purse. They arrested my sister who is a minor and sent me on my way. My court date is coming up and I don't know what to do. I think its pretty obvious what happened here but I guess the officer didn't think so. Help! Do I need a lawyer? How do I prove that it was a false accusation? And now I am being terminated from my job because the charge showed up on my background check? What do I do?