So I was recently arrested at my job for return policy abuse.
I returned merchandise that I owned previously for full value, for store credit, only to turn around and buy more merchandise with the store credit.
I did it here and there for a total of 2 years, and they finally sat me down and fired and arrested me for it. I also returned (Not as much as merch I owned myself) merchandise that I found in the store, that wasn't in the store's inventory, therefore couldn't be sold by the store because it didn't belong to them, for store credit. I never returned any of the items in question for cash value or anything profitable except to purchase more of the items in the store. Over the 2 years, it built up a total of over 1 grand, maybe a little bit more, maybe a little bit less. I'm not sure yet, because I have no idea what my full charges are yet. The court date is September 27th. They took a statement down when I got called to the back to talk to LP about it. But there was no lawyer present or law enforcement. Is that statement viable in court?
My question is. Is that considered theft? Is that considered a felony? Will I get charged a felony for what I did? I need all the advice I can get.
Basically, what should I do? I know I need a lawyer for this. But that's all I know. How should I approach this situation?
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.
EDIT: Forgot to mention.
When I was arrested, it was only a misdemeanor charge at the time, because at the time they only had 4 months of backlog of returns I did printed up that I confessed to doing. And I was arrested for a 109 dollar misdemeanor. Will they be able to go the whole 9 yards and look up my past 2 years of returns, and get me on that?

