FORMER RESTAURANT MANAGER SENTENCED FOR THEFTS

 

July 13, 2010

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

This morning, Randy Scott Barr was sentenced to four months in jail and 30 days of Community Service work following his conviction by a jury for Embezzlement and Grand Theft. Judge Stephen Baker sentenced Barr, 47, after denying his request for a reduction of the charges to misdemeanors. Barr was convicted in May of two felonies related to his thefts from Cheesecakes Unlimited, a Redding restaurant.

Barr worked for the business for many years as a server, and was promoted to manager in 2004, when the owners began the process of opening a second restaurant. Barr was left in charge of the Downtown Redding Cheesecakes Unlimited.  Over a period of twenty-two months, Barr took cash from the daily receipts and diverted it for his own uses. The thefts were discovered when Barr abruptly quit his job. The owners retook daily control of the restaurant and immediately noticed a sharp increase in their earnings.  A review of the records revealed that Barr was underreporting the cash intake for the business on almost a daily basis by changing the records.

Barr was ordered to pay restitution to the owners of the business in the amount of $40,000.00.  

The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Erin M. Dervin, and investigated by the Redding Police Department Investigator Rob Wilson.