Well and Truly Fajita’d
Last year, after 800 pounds of fajitas were delivered to a juvenile detention center that does not serve fajitas (This is True #1219, 22 October 2017), Cameron County, Texas, officials arrested one of their own: Gilberto Escamilla. He was accused of misappropriating $1,251,578 worth of fajitas. “He would literally, on the day he ordered them, deliver them to customers he had already lined up,” District Attorney Luis V. Saenz said at the time. And the deliveries had been coming for nine years. “It was selfish. It started small and got bigger,” Escamilla admitted. “It got to the point where I couldn’t control it anymore.” He pleaded guilty to theft by a public servant, and was sentenced to 50 years behind bars. He’s already 53. Prosecutor Peter Gilman requested the long sentence to “send a message” about theft by public employees. (AC/Brownsville Herald) ...Does that message also apply when they’re stealing from individuals on behalf of the government?Original Publication Date: 29 April 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
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