Chipotle Executive Charged With Drug Possession
July 05 2016 - 2:20PM
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.'s top marketing executive on Tuesday
was charged with drug possession and released after posting $4,500
in cash bail.
Mark Crumpacker, the restaurant chain's chief creative and
development officer, was one of 18 alleged buyers indicted as part
of a $75,000 drug ring last week. He was led into the Manhattan
Supreme Court courtroom with his hands cuffed behind his back by
two New York City police officers.
Prosecutors said authorities caught Mr. Crumpacker on a wiretap
13 times having drugs delivered to his Union Square apartment, most
recently on June 18. He bought roughly $3,000 in cocaine during
those transactions, prosecutors said.
He was arraigned on seven counts of criminal possession of a
controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor. He
didn't enter a plea and wasn't required to do so at Tuesday's
appearance.
"We don't have any statement to make," his attorney Gerald
Lefcourt said after the brief hearing. "We're going to deal with
the case in the courtroom." He left the courthouse without
comment.
Mr. Crumpacker, who is due back in court in early September,
left the courthouse without commenting.
The indictment, made public on Thursday, has nothing to do with
Chipotle itself.
Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold said last week that the company
had placed Mr. Crumpacker on administrative leave. "We made this
decision in order to remain focused on the operation of our
business, and to allow Mark to focus on these personal matters.
Mark's responsibilities have been assigned to other senior managers
in his absence," he said.
Write to Pervaiz Shallwani at pervaiz.shallwani@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 05, 2016 14:05 ET (18:05 GMT)
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