Authorities in New Jersey’s Burlington County recently indicted a former child care center director with theft. Indeed, she was responsible for enrollment and billing, according to a government news release. Additionally, she allegedly told several parents to submit tuition payments to her in cash. Furthermore, she discouraged the use of the school’s online billing system. Moreover, she allegedly stole $65,000 from the school. She took the cash over a period of about 15 months from several families, per the news release. Consequently, the authorities filed an indictment against her for Theft By Failure To Make Required Disposition of Property Received.

Theft By Failure To Make Required Disposition of Property Received

The State shoulders the burden at trial to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the:

1. Defendant purposely obtained or retained the property;
2. Defendant did so upon agreement, or subject to legal obligation;
3. Agreement or legal obligation required the defendant to make specified payment or other disposition from the property itself or its proceeds, or from his/her own property reserved in equivalent amount;
4. Defendant knew the legal obligation;
5. Defendant purposely dealt with the property as if it were his/her own; and
6. Defendant purposely failed to make the required payment or disposition.

New Jersey law sets forth several factors for grading theft offenses. These factors are not limited to the monetary value of property stolen. For example, any property taken by extortion irrespective of monetary value is graded as a second degree crime. But the news item in this post involves money. Thus, based on this context, Second Degree Theft involves amounts of $75,000.00 or more. Additionally, third Degree Theft involves amounts greater than $500.00 and less than $75,000.00. Furthermore, fourth Degree Theft involves amounts of at least $200.00 and less than $500.00. Moreover, Disorderly Persons Theft invovles amounts of less than $200.00.

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