Gage sent a message to Marvin R. Ellison President of J. C. Penney Company Inc.- email address that said:
Hello my name is Gage Rees and I was recently caught shoplifting at your store in the Roseville galleria it's the biggest mistake I have ever made. I just wanted to say sorry I don't know if you read these but I feel like you (the company) deserved a sorry!