A manager of a nationwide sporting goods chain was charged with grand theft via embezzlement. The manager retained Fort Pierce Attorney Jeffrey Garland within days of his arrest. Based upon many factors, including a lack of price record and immediate repayment of 100% of the misappropriated funds, the manager was allowed to plead to a lesser misdemeanor charge before Judge William Roby in the Martin County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to a one-year term of probation on 9/9/13.