At least Darrell Pendergrass knows he’s done wrong. The former president of Local 699 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees pleaded guilty in federal court in Abingdon, Va. on April 4 to embezzling union funds and attempting to evade payroll taxes. During his tenure as president and secretary of the photographers’ union during 2003-06, prosecutors charged, Pendergrass, a resident of Bristol, Va., diverted more than $70,000 from the union toward personal use and payroll tax evasion. Yet hopefully the court will show leniency come sentencing on July 29. He’s already given the court around $50,000 toward potential restitution. IATSE Local 699 is based in the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol area in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. (Bristol, Virginia Herald Courier, 4/10/08).
Former General Services Manager Charged with Embezzlement
