WOODBURY HEIGHTS — John Basantis, 41, of Marlton, has been charged with the theft of money from the Hollywood Café and Sports Bar while he was employed as the restaurant’s floor manager.
A complaint was signed charging that Basantis took between $500 and $75,000 — no specific amount was cited.
He allegedly change cash-paying customers’ receipts into complimentary employee meals and removed cash from the register at the end of his shift, authorities said.
Basantis turned himself in at the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office in Woodbury on May 15 and was released pending an appearance in court. No bail was mentioned.
The GCPO’s Major Crimes Unit conducted the investigation which resulted in the arrest.