My question involves criminal law for the state of: OHIO
I am the mother of three kids, I have custody of my youngest child 11yrs old. I recently work two part time jobs and go to college full time for radiology. I am going through servere fininacial problems so I started taking cash advances out through the internet that now have wiped out my long term bank account with PNC...resulting in me having no money to live on because direct deposit and fees resulted in overdrafts and a frozen account. My next huge mistake was resulting in criminal charges... I had been ringing in refunds at my job in small increments of $20 - $40- $60 to buy gas or even small amounts of food.... Desperation of my situation growing. I have never done anything like this before... Loss prevention at my job where I was doing this confronted me and I took full responsibilty for the situation and the total of money was $239.00. I don't know what to expect to happen. I asked the loss prevention specialist. She responded in some cases u may get to pay restitution in full back to the company. I am more than willing to pay the money back. I was sent home. I was terminated. The police came in and told me never to set foot on the premices again. I am sure I will be charged with theft. To make matters worse I live in a small town. I am still employed at my other job which I am a shift-leader and am responsible for money there. But I stress a very small town...so I am now concerned I will loose my second job based on the knowlegde that I committed theft. Can they fire me based on that? Can I loose custody of my minor son? I am broke so I feel utterly helpless. Based on what I have told you. I have a charge of passing bad checks...misdemeanor dating back in 2003. I had probation of 5 years. Making that 11yrs ago. I haven't been charged with anything but I am fully expecting it to come. What can I do to help my situation? Please ...any advise is greatly appreciated.

