That sucks man! I used to manage the music/dvd department at a Barnes and Noble and we had a regular shoplifter that stole $5000+ worth over about a year. Every time I took a vacation he'd see it was a noob working the department and he'd rob us blind. I had to file several police reports, but after a year of working my employees to watch for the guy, the idiot made an order with us and gave us his name, then an employee followed him out and got a license plate number. After that the cops hauled him in and he was toast. He ended plea bargaining so I'm not sure if he did much time, but at least there was some vindication there. So anyway, I know how infuriating it is when people steal from your shop. It really makes you want to kick some ass. If you have the video, a police report and you can remember a name of the friend at least you might be able to catch the scumbag. Unfortunately, with only $300 in petty cash stolen, you'd be lucky to stick him with a misdemeanor, so better to just watch out for that ex-employee and his scumbag friends in the future! If they're pulling sh!t like this now, you know they were stealing sticks while they were working.
