Bob Sambol of Bob’s Steak & Chop House Pleads Guilty to Felony Theft

Posted on April 18th, 2011 3:59pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Food Crime, Steakhouses

DMN’s Jennifer Emily reports Bob Sambol, founder of Bob’s Steak & Chop House, pleaded guilty this afternoon to felony theft. Sambol was accused of taking $300,000 from an investor to make improvements on the restaurant. The improvements were never made.  Sambol will repay the debt. He received 10 years of deferred adjudication. I reached Bob on his cell. “It’s settled. It’s over,” Sambol said. “Business is great at Bob’s and there is a bright future to look forward to.”

12 comments

  1. Not over for Bob for some time though!

    @ 4:23 pm on April 18, 2011

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    @ 4:46 pm on April 18, 2011

  3. I had to parse that three times before I saw it was “on his cell,” and not “in his cell.”

    @ 5:34 pm on April 18, 2011

  4. Bob’s been hanging around with too many lawyers and politicians who think there’s nothing wrong with what he did.

    @ 7:33 pm on April 18, 2011

  5. Once a liar and thief always a liar and thief

    @ 8:41 pm on April 18, 2011

  6. Bob has always been kind to me and my husband. We love his restaurant but are disappointed to read this. I hope he mends his ways.

    @ 9:36 pm on April 18, 2011

  7. @Jeannie: If you really want to help Bob, give him the trifecta in the 5th at Aqueduct this Saturday.

    @ 9:13 am on April 19, 2011

  8. Bob is so dillusional!!! Doesn’t appear from this story that anything is over or settled. He hasn’t even received his sentencing yet.

    @ 9:33 am on April 19, 2011

  9. Do any of you know the meaning of the phrase “deferred adjudication”?

    @ 9:40 am on April 19, 2011

  10. If he adheres to all of the paraments set forth in the probabtion sentence, after 10 years the first degree felony will no longer be on his record.

    @ 11:25 am on April 19, 2011

  11. [...] if you’ve been playing along at home, you are right now recalling that [Sambol is a thief who recently copped to stealing $300,000 from an investor. I asked MCrowd co-owner Ray Washburne [...]

    @ 2:34 pm on April 29, 2011

  12. [...] if you’ve been playing along at home, you are right now recalling that Sambol is a thief who recently copped to stealing $ 300,000 from an investor. I asked MCrowd co-owner Ray Washburne [...]

    @ 6:10 pm on April 29, 2011