I ate at Square 1 a couple of times when they first opened, back when they a line at the door. The burger was $11 and I thought no better than the $7.99 Old Timer at Chilis I've been eating for years, or you find at Outback, Ruby Tuesday and any type restaurant. I tried them again about a year later and they had it so cold, there was frost on the windows and I couldn't wait to leave. Then I read in the paper that a waitress had been caught stealing $4,000 by manipulating sales. I figured if a place doesn't have better controls than that on personnel, then what can the food be like. Sending out a wrong e-mail is another example.
Villages News
Sept 30, 2015
A 25-year-old server at Square 1 Burgers & Bar is accused of stealing more than $4,000 from the popular burger restaurant.
Michelle Ann Powell of 10165 SE 150th Lane in Summerfield is facing a felony charge of fraud following her arrest Tuesday by Wildwood police at the restaurant located in the Pinellas Plaza shopping center in The Villages.
She is accused of taking the money between June 1 and Sept. 29, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department.
Powell would void all tickets in which customers had paid in cash and she would keep the cash for herself, the arrest report indicated.
The large number of voided sales made management suspicious. Upon further investigation, the voided transactions were traced back to Powell.
She was met by a Wildwood police detective when she arrived at work at noon Tuesday.
She is accused of taking $4,281 over a four-month period.
She was booked on $5,000 bond at the Sumter County Detention Center.
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