A former manager of a Flanigan’s in Hallandale Beach is behind bars, accused of stealing more than $33,000 from the restaurant, records showed.
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Orlando Villasmil Noriega, 38, was arrested Tuesday on a grand theft charge, Broward jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, Villasmil Noriega had been a manager at the Flanigan’s at 4 N. Federal Highway, where he was responsible for depositing the previous day’s cash revenue at the bank every morning.
On April 18, 2025, he left with nearly $9,000 in cash that was never deposited into the Flanigan’s bank account, and the next day, he left with over $5,000 that was never deposited, the report said.
The deposits from April 23, 24, 25, and 26 of 2025 also went missing, a total of over $19,000, the report said.
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In all, the total taken was over $33,000.
Villasmil Noriega was questioned and said the deposits were made at night, but the bank had no surveillance footage or record of receiving them, the report said.
On April 27, 2025, Villasmil Noriega was supposed to work but called in sick and said he was quitting his job, and his family said he moved to North Carolina in the beginning of May 2025, the report said.
Villasmil Noriega was booked into Broward’s Main Jail. Attorney information wasn’t available.
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