Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

i was fired from lets say company x for stealing $1073 the lp investigator had me sign a paper saying i stole the money and they called a police officer i did not get arrested because the officer said since the lp investigator ask me if i would be willing too pay them back that is a civil Agreement in florida and said if the company wants to prosecute they would have too handle it in civil court so i signed a promissory note saying i would pay them back and i got a letter from neal c tenen saying i owe them 200 from section 772.11 plus what i owe of 549 cause they keep my last pay check of 600 so my question is what can they do to me can they put me in jail for theft or is it civil now and i just pay them back that i said i would pay them back and i have two different address one on the note and one on the letter from law office of neal c tenen and tells me too make payments too company x so i dont know what address to go by. This happen at the end of dec 2011 i have still not made a payment yet


Asked on 2/16/12, 2:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig Epifanio Craig Epifanio, P.A.

Yes you can still go to jail. Just because you were not arrested, does not mean that the prosecutor can't sometime in the future decide to prosecute you. In fact for a theft charge, the statute of limitations is up to 5 years. In fact, theoretically, you could pay it all off, pay the $200 civil theft amount, and STILL be prosecuted. That said, you need to do what you can so as to avoid the possibility that the company decides to contact the state attorney and make this a criminal case.

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Answered on 2/16/12, 4:30 pm


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