[brantley847]

Originally Posted by Renegade

Doesn't mean he'll get it..he only spent a few hours locked up not like a few years.

Cannot put a price on freedom, and this is coming from a police officer.. it is absolutely demoralizing to go through this. Not to mention, even though the charges will (probably already have) been dropped. He will STILL have to go through the process of hiring an attorney to get those charges expunged or sealed from his record. That is a process that can sometimes take YEARS. Even if the victim openly admits, yea, we shouldn't have falsified the claim of theft.

Most people don't realize, every time you are arrested even if your charges are dropped immediately... they show up on background checks by employers and every time police stop you. You have to get those charges sealed and removed every single time... and some charges you cannot remove, some states also restrict how many times you can seal your record. I believe in Florida you are limited to as little as 1-3 times, but I have no experience dealing with that.

If he walks away with anything less than 1 mil from this dealership, I would be shocked. We aren't talking about a person or city who is on a tighter budget.. we are talking about a privately owned business where the owner took responsibility of allowing this to happen.