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Related: About this forumFollow-up story: A tale of trust betrayed at landmark Corsicana Bakery ($17M Embezzlement Case)
CORSICANA Everybody in town seems to know about the $16.6 million embezzlement uncovered last June at Corsicanas landmark fruitcake producer, Collin Street Bakery.
But many residents remain befuddled by the case of Sandy Jenkins, the bakerys $50,000-a-year corporate controller, who sits in a Dallas detention center charged with 10 counts of mail fraud, which he has denied. He faces a maximum sentence of 200 years in prison and a $2.5 million fine. His trial is scheduled to begin April 7.
Corsicanans are stumped over how the alleged siphoning went undetected for eight years while the accused led a glaringly opulent lifestyle luxury cars, vacation homes, even a lavish wine collection in this churchy, plain-cotton community 55 miles southeast of Fort Worth.
Although the headlines have faded, people still seethe over the targeting of the 117-year-old bakery, a mainstay of local civic generosity, not to mention a major source of hometown pride. When residents travel and mention that they hail from Corsicana, theres instant recognition as the place where a million DeLuxe-brand fruitcakes are produced for Christmas.
More at http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/03/11/5640532/feds-iconic-east-texas-bakery.html?rh=1 .
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/107812011
tanyev
(42,564 posts)The new second location on the interstate is always crazy busy whenever we take a road trip that way.
Gothmog
(145,303 posts)It was sad. The store had really declined
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)www.eilenbergerbakery.com
They also have nut cakes for those not wild about candied fruit.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)As my wife used to say whenever she went back to see her family, "Making our annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land"
3 days there was about the max she could stand.