The sentencing of Point Loma resident Tara Moore, convicted Aug. 4 of embezzling millions from her former employers, was delayed on Sept. 2 to Tuesday, Oct. 7, because a sentencing report was recently delivered to her attorney, whom it was ruled had not had sufficient time to review it.
Moore, 42, worked for the former Jack’s La Jolla Restaurant and acted as the firm’s bookkeeper before it went out of business in 2009. She also was convicted of embezzling from Richard Anderson, who owned businesses in San Mateo.
The probation department delivered its report Tuesday to attorney Paul Pfingst, but court rules say it must be delivered at least five court days before sentencing. Pfingst asked for the delay so he could study it.
A jury deliberated 3½ days before it convicted Moore of six felony counts, including three counts of grand theft, forgery and fraudulent appropriation by a bookkeeper. Moore did not testify in the seven-week trial in San Diego Superior Court.
She had been free on $400,000 bond, but a judge remanded her to jail immediately after the verdicts. She remains in custody in Santee.