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Former Waste Mgt Employee Sentenced Embezzlement

Posted: Jul. 24, 2017 12:03 AM PDT

A former employee convicted 6 months ago of embezzling the Waste Management recycling center has been sentenced. Prosecutors had sought 3 years in prison for Randal Gassaway. But in March, Nevada County District Attorney Cliff Newell says the judge delayed sentencing, so Gassaway could get what’s called a diagnostic evaluation…

click to listen to Cliff Newell

Newell says Gassaway has been sentenced to 5 years probation plus 1 year in the county jail, of which some of that time has already been served. Newell says he was not disappointed with the outcome of the case…

click to listen to Cliff Newell

Newell says Gassaway has been ordered to pay back $100,000 to Waste Management. Gassaway was convicted of falsifying invoices for redeemed recyclables.

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