Catching the Bad Guy

Yesterday at work was so horrible. I went in and hour and 10 minutes late because I was not feeling right. Thank god I am the boss of my department. So my whole entire day went wrong from one thing to the next. I made a $330 mistake on my drawer and did not realize it until the gentleman left. Took me a half hour to figure out how to fix it. SO LUCKY IT WAS FIXABLE WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER. I forgot to put in a code two times. Only did it once. Needless to say all my mistakes were on my cash drawer but by the end of the day I came out only one cent over on my drawer. WOW pure luck. Anyway about 15 minutes before my shift is to end this real tall white male comes up to my counter and asks me if he can cash his money orders by me. Sure why not do them all the time. Only when he handed them to me there were five of them and all of them were for $880.45 cents. That was his first mistake. Money gram money orders can only go up to $500.00 each. They even looked fake in every way to me so before I examined them any further I told him they were fake and I would have to keep them. He gives me this story about receiving them in the mail from fed ex and that the person he got them said if he bought and paid for them he would get all that money plus 10 percent more. He must have thought a chicken shit me out. I called my manger and he told him the same thing I did. So I called security and they called the police. Mind you the guy left by then but I had all 5 money orders. Not thinking what if I would have pissed him off and he pulled a weapon on me. You always think these things afterwards. The police came and I had to fill out a report and go over everything. They ran the name and address on the money orders and they were both fake. Everyone was asking how I could tell they were fake so I had to go over everything on them and then went and got them a real one to see. I go into work today and find out that the guy only changed the first letter in his last name. So they caught him at his house and all the information he used to forge them was still on his computer and he had warrants out for his arrest too. He is in jail now. Out of all the Albertson's around no one has ever kept the money orders and no arrests were ever made. I MADE HISTORY!! HAHAHA!!The store director gave me a card with a $5 gift certificate here is what it said. Great job "Super Faith"! I truly appreciate your attention and commitment to doing the best job you can! You saved our company and our store from a tremendous loss- and to you I am very thankful! You are a terrific role model for your girls! Thank You! Zednka The gift card said WOW thank you for your terrific detective work. Everyone is pissed, especially my husband, because she only gave me a $5 gift card. Do I think it was worth more than that yes I do but I take great pride in knowing I did not let him get away with what could have been a $4402.25 rip off and I stopped it, plus knowing he was caught and was also wanted for other things. Getting people like that off the street makes our life safer. So tell me do you think I should have gotten more and do you think I am nuts because even thou I think may be I should have too I am content?