Manager Charged With Embezzling Restaurant Funds
Police arrested a Corona restaurant manager Friday, charging him with embezzling about $9,000 from the Owen’s Pantry restaurant he managed on Pomona Road.
Howard Lee Wright, 44, of Riverside was booked into the Corona City Jail for allegedly embezzling the money over the past year, said Lt. Sam Spiegel, commander of detectives for the Corona Police Department.
The money was discovered missing during an audit of the restaurant’s books, Spiegel said. Owen’s Pantry is owned by Tiny Naylor’s Inc., which is based in Santa Fe Springs.
Valerie Montgomery, assistant to the president of Tiny Naylor’s, refused to say whether the company had brought Corona police into the case or had cooperated with their investigation.
Wright was held on $2,500 bail, Spiegel said, and was to be transferred to the Riverside County Jail.
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