All things considered, Patricia Rosario Casas made a good call pleading guilty to stealing money from DMV customers at her counter in Westminster. Looking at 11 years in state prison with a conviction without a guilty plea, the Anaheim 44-year-old copped to four
felony counts of computer access and fraud and four misdemeanor counts
of petty theft. Her sentence: 90 days in jail that she can possibly serve as community service as directed by the county probation department.
Serving the community somewhere other than a DMV counter, presumably.
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Casas on four occasions between July 28, 2010, and Feb. 15, 2011,
accepted cash payments from customers for services but entered “no fee
transaction” in the Westminster DMV
computer system. Her total take: $106.
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On that final date, a customer who became upset over not receiving
change contacted Casas' supervisor. The case was reported to the
California DMV Investigations
Division, which arrested Casas after an investigation.
Patricia Rosario Casas Faces 11 Years in Prison for $106 in DMV Thefts
Besides the jail (or community service) time, she received three years of
formal probation and an order to pay restitution.
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