On Tuesday, the person in charge of overseeing kitchen staff for more than a dozen sports bars raided in January by immigration authorities pleaded guilty in federal court.
Among the charges Diego Gonzalez-Rosales had faced was knowingly, continuously hiring undocumented people to work at Zipps Sports Grills.
Instead he’s now pleaded guilty to unlawfully transferring, possessing or using an identification to help someone make a false statement about their immigration status.
The plea agreement says the sides agree that Gonzalez-Rosales should serve at least five months in prison, after which he could face deportation.
Gonzalez-Rosales began working for Zipps in 2006 and was promoted in the last year.
He’s scheduled to be sentenced June 1.
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