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A supermarket clerk on an early shift had been stealing about $ 350 worth of groceries each week for two years. (File photo)
A supermarket worker who stole groceries every shift for two years wants to pay his employer back.
The man, whose name cannot be identified, had been working in a Blenheim supermarket for about two years when he began to take advantage of his first shifts.
Before the store opened, she would grab a large garbage bag and walk around the store filling the bag with items from the shelves, according to a police summary of the events.
He would leave the bag in a back exit until he could transfer it to his car.
He took about a dozen items every day he was at work, with a weekly total value of $ 350 on average, between 2018 and 2020, according to the summary.
The store’s security received an alert when it deactivated the alarms earlier than expected on September 12.
The security officer checked the security cameras from his home and saw the man loading items into his car.
When questioned by police, the man admitted to stealing items and said he had been doing so for about two years. The total estimated loss was approximately $ 36,000.
The man told police that his family had had financial problems, but he knew it was not the right thing to do.
He admitted six counts of theft by a person in a special relationship in Blenheim District Court on Monday.
His attorney, Philip Watson, requested that no convictions be entered as he intended to seek exoneration without conviction. The man had no prior convictions.
He also sought the provisional deletion of the name, to which the police did not object.
Watson said the man was working to raise the money and offer it as a repair.
“It’s a lot of money and it was a trustworthy position.”
Judge Jo Rielly referred the case to restorative justice and ordered a pre-sentencing report in the event the man was denied release without conviction.
He also granted the provisional removal of the name and sent him out on bail until December 14 for sentencing.
