A second man accused of swindling customers at a funeral home in San Francisco's Bayview District pleaded not guilty today to charges in the case.Donald Rollins, 56, was arraigned this afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court on charges that he allegedly accepted advance payments for funeral services at the company he worked for, Funerals by Washington, which then used the money inappropriately.
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A second man accused of bilking Bayview families out of pre-paid funeral expenses turned himself in to authorities Wednesday, according to prosecutors.Donald Rollins, 56, of Fairfield, was arrested a day after prosecutors announced charges against him and his former boss, 38-year-old Derek Washington, of Oakland, who ran the now-defunct Funerals by Washington.
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Seven Bayview District families are out $30,000 after a funeral home took their prepayments for funeral expenses and then closed up shop without paying them back, prosecutors alleged Tuesday.San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon said the owner of Funerals by Washington at 1641 La Salle Ave. has been arrested, and another former employee is still being sought. The business closed in January 2009.
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