My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
A friend of mine was caught shoplifting at his job. When they confronted him about it they asked him to return the items he had stolen and that, that would be it. Over the corse of I believe 3 months he had stolen $800 dollars worth of items. He returned $300 dollars and they told him that they owe them $500. He was not arrested by the cops but rather a citizen's arrest. He has a court date set in february. He knows what he did was wrong and very stupid but my question is, what can he do now? Is he still going to be able to find another job? Will this end up on his record? What can he do about the court hearing? Is there anything he can do? Thank you.

