David Wayne Jenkins did not pay workers in December 2020 and January 2021.
HALF MOON BAY – The owner of a Half Moon Bay hemp farm has been sentenced to nearly a year in custody for failing to pay his workers, prosecutors said.with 33 felony counts of grand theft of labor, as well as misdemeanor petty theft of labor and numerous employment and labor code violations.
A judge on Monday sentenced Jenkins to 364 days in custody concurrent with a two-year prison term he will be serving in an unrelated case, prosecutors said. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $55,761 to Care West Insurance for unpaid workers’ compensation premiums, $500 for unpaid wages, $332 to three former workers for out-of-pocket costs due to injuries on the job and $7,576 for unpaid tax withholdings.
Jenkins started the farm in December 2019 and employed 30-40 people throughout 2020 under the business name Castle Management. Between April and November 2020, He paid his workers every two weeks and withheld taxes from their paychecks.
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