Ex-Pilgrim’s Pride Employee Charged with Theft
Posted/updated on: December 19, 2012 at 2:29 am
MOUNT PLEASANT — A former employee of Pilgrim’s Pride in Mount Pleasant is being charged with stealing mechanical and electronic equipment valued at $200,000 from the company. Arrested is Rickey Alton Wright.
The Longview News Journal reports over $225,000 worth of stolen property has been linked directly to Wright. Around $40,000 worth of property that may have been sold by the suspect has been recovered.
Wright is charged with theft of property valued between $100,000 and $200,000, a second-degree felony. His bond has been setg at $500.000.
