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Hi my name is Jamie I have a baby , I’m kind of nervous and scared. I work for Walmart in 2014 in Vancouver Washington and I took $900 from the register , but I got called in and went through the process with managers and the police officer . So I went in for my hearing at the court in March 4,2015 and it’s my first time in court and I was given the diversion program and needed to pay off my fees and pay back Walmart for $900 but I have a misdemeanor theft 3 and my class that I needed to take. So during that time I had my job and I payed of my class and my monthly fee but my job had let go of me because my background kicked in and I was upset about it. But I attend and finish my class but my fee with diversion was $645 but I payed half off and so it brought it down to $400 . And so after that I couldn’t pay any of my fees and Walmart because when I apply for a job my background always kicks in and they won’t accept me. But I try my best and my heart so hard to find a job but my background was the problem. I don’t get in contact with my families for help but I stay with one of my cousin but she’s 24 but I ask her for help but she couldn’t helped me because she has her own families and kids she had to try to work with daily. So I have this program that helps me with jobs and so I got a part time job through them, but I received a letter in 2015 of December that I got revoke from diversion about not paying my fee and Walmart back. And so I have a court on February 9,2016 and I’m nervous I’m not sure what will happen that day. I try getting in contact with my lawyer and his always out and I received his message like months later . But when I called back to talk to the diversion coordinator she couldn’t help me anymore and my lawyer because I got a revoke and I have a hearing to attend. Do you have any advise for me on that day or what it’s most likely would be for me? Is there a chance I can do community work ?

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