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    Default If You're Fired for Stealing Will You Be Arrested if You Pick Up Your Paycheck

    An employee at a service station in Indiana was caught stealing from his employer, and was fired. He has a final paycheck that is due, but is afraid to pick it up because he's afraid he might be arrested if he shows up at work to get it. What should he do?

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    Default Re: If You're Fired for Stealing Will You Be Arrested if You Pick Up Your Paycheck

    He's entitled to his paycheck, even though he stole, so he can go and get it. (I'm assuming he wasn't banned from the service station, and would be picking up the check there -- if he has been banned from the location he would normally collect his check, his employer should find another way to get it to him.) The police have better things to do than to sit at the service station and wait to see if and when he shows up for his check.

    If the store is prosecuting, the charge will catch up with him eventually.

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