Can I Be Charged for Underpricing Merchandise

[MsPerkins]

My question involves criminal law for the state of Iowa.

I work in retail & just recently was fired for changing the price tag on a piece of merhchandise & buying it. For one, company policy sates that I am not allowed to sell anything to myself & the original price of the merchandise was about $120, I sold it to myself for about $100 less. My place of employment then called the cops & the officer stated I would be charged once the investigation was over but he never said what exactly I would be charged with. I'm assuming left but I paid for the merchandise, just $100 less then what it was. So my question is what can I be charged with and will it appear on my record. By the way, the reason why I was caught was because the system showed a price change but also showed price changes on numerous of items because no one in the store had did a price change check in months, so almost everything in the store was priced wrong.

[PTPD22]

Yes, you can be charged with theft. Yes, if so, it will appear on your record.

[jk]

It looks like 5th degree theft is possible- a simple misdemeanor

I didn;t dig too deeply but it appears the penalty could be up to a fine of $650 and/or no more than 30 days in jail


Yes, it will be on your record unless you are offered a deferred adjudication of some sort or you can and do have it expunged in the future.