Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

First of all, if you are approached by any law enforcement officer, say nothing, by that I mean nothing at all, and say you want to talk to a lawyer. Do not go to a police station or consent to a search. Probably nothing will come of it. If someone is spreading falsehoods about you, and you were damaged as a result, consider suing them. Watch out for legal time limits.

Help? Sure.

You potentially face charges that could put in jail/prison, and most police and prosecutors will happily tell you that 95% of people convict themselves by trying to be 'helpful and cooperative'. If it is not already too late, I advise you to exercise 5th Amendment rights to SHUT UP and call a lawyer, as every cop show on TV correctly teaches. The attorney may be able to handle the situation and convince the employer they have no basis to file criminal charges.

When charged with any crime, or threatened with prosecution, the proper questions are, can you be convicted, and what can you do?

If you are charged, then defend the charges. Go to court, enter a not guilty plea, set up and attend the court hearing[s] and trial date[s]. File evidence suppression or other motions as applicable. Raise all the available defenses with whatever admissible and credible witnesses, evidence and facts are available for legal arguments for motions, diversion, plea-bargaining, or at trial. Go to trial if it can't be resolved with motions or a plea bargain. There is no magic wand to wave and make it all disappear. If you don't know how to do these things, then hire an attorney that does, who will try to get a dismissal, diversion, reduction or other decent outcome through plea bargain for you, or take it to trial. If serious about doing so, and if this is in SoCal courts, feel free to contact me. I�ll be happy to help you use whatever defenses you may have.