Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law 9th Edition by Arnold Goldman ,William Sigismond

Exercise 9

For each situation described below, identify the crime or crimes committed by the person underlined.
a. A fuel truck driver was charged with skimming more than 100,000 gallons from gasoline deliveries to government agencies and then selling the fuel at cut rate prices.
b. A rock band member tired of having obscenities yelled at him by another band member, struck the other band member over the head with the base of his microphone stand, causing permanent brain damage.
c. Higgins was charged with entering the Larder residence and taking a handgun, jewelry, coins, and bonds valued at over $5,000.
d. An escaped prisoner entered a Conway Ice Cream store, pointed a gun at the salesperson, and demanded all the money in the cash register.
e. Driscoll, a store manager, filled out and signed time cards for nonexistent employees and then cashed the paychecks himself.