People v. Dacumos CA6

I. BACKGROUND

Dacumos embezzled more than $96,000 from the Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center while working as a cashier at the center’s cafeteria. The Santa Clara County District Attorney filed a felony complaint on June 13, 2013, charging Dacumos with one count of grand theft by an employee (§§ 484, 487, subd. (b)(3)). Dacumos pleaded no contest to that charge on January 24, 2014. The plea agreement called for Dacumos to serve six months in county jail, with eligibility for the electronic monitoring program. On March 12, 2014, the trial court suspended imposition of sentence, placed Dacumos on three years of probation with the condition that she serve six months in jail, which could be served via the electronic monitoring program, and ordered that Dacumos pay restitution to the Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center. The court imposed various probation conditions, including the condition that she refrain “from engaging in any employment or volunteer work that includes the handling of money in its various forms, whether it be cash or checks” and “from engaging in any employment or any activity that requires you to provide receipts for money received, make deposits,…