A $500,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a construction company owner who has been charged with embezzlement.
Two counts of embezzlement were filed in Lincoln County District Court March 26 against Mathew Lloyd McRae, 48, of Meeker, doing business as 309 Builders, LLC, 309 Companies, LLC and Crown Construction, LLC.
Special Judge J. David Cawthon authorized the $500,000 bench warrant. In Count 1, the information states between Aug. 19, 2021 and March 28, 2022 the crime of embezzlement was committed in Lincoln County by McRae doing business as 309 Builders, LLC, 309 Companies, LLC and Crown Construction, LLC.
It alleges the defendant fraudulently appropriated an amount in excess of $15,000 belonging to William Mitchell and which had been entrusted to the defendant as a payment for services and materials to construct a cabin, to the defendant’s own use and benefit, a purpose not intended or authorized by Mitchell.
In Count 2, it states the defendant fraudulently appropriated an amount in excess of $15,000, belonging to Joy Thompson which had been entrusted to McRae as payment for services and materials to construct two cabins, to the defendant’s own use and benefit, a purpose not intended or authorized by Ms. Thompson.