Troopers: Rotterdam Junction restaurant manager stole $20K from business

ROTTERDAM JUNCTION – A Princetown woman stole a total of $20,000 from the Rotterdam Junction restaurant where she served as manager, state police said.

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Shannon Magnano, 31, was arrested Monday and charged with four counts of third-degree grand larceny, felonies.

Magnano is accused of multiple unauthorized money transfers from the restaurant business account to a personal credit card account owned by Magnano. Those transfers totaled more than $14,000, state police said,

Magnano is also accused of taking more than $6,000 from a cash lock box in the restaurant, state police said.

The investigation began in January when state police received a complaint from the restaurant owner regarding thefts by the restaurant manager using business money for personal use, state police said. A release did not name the restaurant.

Magnano was arraigned and released to return to court later.