Jury Convicts Two in $3.5 Million Pasadena Embezzlement Plot

A former employee of the city of Pasadena, Calif., and an electrical contractor were convicted for their roles in a scheme to steal about $3.5 million from the city, government officials announced late Nov. 6.

A jury found Danny R. Wooten, a 12-year Pasadena employee who served as a management analyst in the city’s Public Works Department, guilty of 53 counts, including embezzlement. Tyrone Collins, co-defendant and owner of Collins Electric, was convicted on 20 counts, according to the prosecution.

Wooten, who was in charge of relocating Pasadena’s utility lines underground, was accused of creating false involves and stealing approximately ...