BROOKLYN (AP) — The owner of a Brooklyn tortilla factory where a worker died after falling into a dough mixing machine has pleaded guilty to labor violations.
Erasmo Ponce pleaded guilty Tuesday to underpaying staffers, falsifying records and violating worker's compensation laws.
A worker at Ponce's Tortilleria Chinantla died in January 2011 when he was sucked inside the mixer.
The death caught the attention of state regulators, who discovered the labor violations.
Ponce is expected to be sentenced in January to 90 days behind bars to be served on the weekends. He also will be ordered to pay more than $400,000 in restitution.
June 13, 2012 - 12:08pm
