Chapter 14 Blog

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/080408/met_313182028.shtml

Summary: The article that I am writing about a burglary that took place in a Jacksonville Restaurant at night time and stole from the Petty Cash deposit. The Robber was 19 year old Corea B. Johnson Junior. Apparently the thief had recently been fired by the restaurant that he was targeting. At 10 pm Corea came into the restaurant armed with a gun and demanded the safe be open. When the safe wouldn't open Corea made his way to the Petty Cash Funds and stole all of the cash as he fired a bullet that missed the Manager on duty. When Corea ran out police were set up for an ambush and two shots went through Corea, while the thief got off one shot that went through a police car. Corea is in critical condition but is charged with armed robbery and attempted murder of a police officer.

Connections: This article is connected to Chapter 14 Section 3 because of Petty Cash funds. Petty Cash Funds are usually a couple hundred dollars ready to pay for small charges like delivery charges or a custodian needing extra money for buying light bulbs on their lunch break out of their own pocket. In the article a robber stole from one of these Petty Cash Funds because he could not open or get anyone to open the main safe. Because The Petty Cash Fund was not well protected the robber easily got his hands on it and robbed the Restaurant.

Reflection: My opinion on Petty Cash Funds is that they are a good idea, but may need to be put into a more secure location with a lock or security device. There are lots of situations beside this one where thieves steal money from the Petty Cash Fund because they have easy access to it. If managers and storekeepers were more careful and aware that there are bad people that want to steal any money they can get their hands on, there will be less robberies, especially dangerous ones like this one was, which will lead to less shooting done by both police and the burglars.