A man suspected of never returning a company credit card and using it to make personal purchases after being fired from a Palm Desert business was charged with embezzlement Friday.
David Grodski, 58, is accused of making purchases with the card after being fired from the business, located in the 7300 block of El Paseo. Grodski allegedly made the purchases between Dec. 22 and Christmas Day, said sheriff’s Sgt. Kirk Steines.
A search warrant was served at Grodski’s residence Wednesday in the 73200 block of Catalina Way in Palm Desert, where deputies recovered more than $2,000 worth of property related to the thefts, Steines said.
Grodski was arrested at the Red Barn, a Palm Desert restaurant, on Wednesday afternoon, according to county jail records. He was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio, where he remains held on $180,000 bail.
He’s slated for an arraignment Friday in Indio.
–City News Service