Waitress faces prison time after accused of altering tips from customers

[Sherman A1]

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WCTI/WKRC) - A waitress accused of altering tips at Snapperz Bar and Grill in Morehead City, N.C. stood before a Carteret County judge Tuesday morning.

Kelly White faces four felony charges, including one count of larceny by an employee and three counts of obtaining property by false pretense.

Snapperz is not just a family business for Marvin Hanford, it’s his family’s legacy.

“Twelve years ago, dad started Snapperz, it started as a dream between dad and mom,” said Hanford.

https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/waitress-faces-time-in-prison-after-being-accused-of-altering-tips-from-customers-kelly-white-marvin-hanford-snapperz-bar-and-grill

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Felonies? Really?

Oh, that's right, she's ripping people off when she herself is probably pretty poor.

Can't have that.

Rich people ripping off the poor and everyone else (other than people richer than they are), OTOH?

The American Way!

Just ask Steve Bannon about how the 'Build the Wall Ourselves' scam worked out for him (and his non-rich co-conspirators).

[jimfields33]

3. Oh please. She was stealing and needs to be punished.

We have no idea if she’s poor or the people she stole from could be working class. No sympathy for her brazen thievery.

[TheRealNorth]

5. I agree

But I think the reason there is a lot of anger is that employers that steal wages from employees often get away with just a fine, and that there are a lot of serious crimes that are committed by white Republicans where they get off with little or no penalty.

You can't have a just justice system where only certain types of people get the book thrown at them while others walk away with small penalties.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Fine, penalties ... but ... felonies, though?

I dunno about that.

[canuckledragger]

6. There are ways staff can steal from the customers without them knowing.

I knew a crooked bartender in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, where she would add her 'tip' to the price of a pitcher of beer...unless you knew what the actual price was and call her out on it.

My friends and I would walk right out of there if she was working.

[Hestia]

8. Eww - let me save everyone some trouble - this is a sinclair media link [shudders]

What she was doing was changing the tip amount on debit or credit card receipts, so yeah, it's a felony. So easy to do if you do it right.

Absolutely nothing to do with the business, this is an exchange between card holder and waitress (of course, if the business properly pays their staff the tip amount, some companies keep their wait staff's tips).

So, it is like you are saying the waitress is rich ripping off poor card holders.

Pay for goods with card, tip in cash. There's no gray area when it's done that way.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Silly girl, next time try to overthrow the government, it's only a misdemeaner.

[TheRealNorth]

4. If only employers that steal from employees were treated the same way...