Additional charges were filed on Sept. 7 against a man who authorities nicknamed the Dine and Dash Dater, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Paul Guadalupe Gonzales, 45, was charged with four new felony counts of extortion. One previously filed felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of petty theft were dismissed. Gonzalez pleaded not guilty to the new charges.
The defendant faces 11 felony counts of extortion, two felony counts of attempted extortion, two misdemeanor counts of defrauding an innkeeper by non-payment and one misdemeanor count of petty theft, according to an amended criminal complaint.
From May 2016 through April 2018, Gonzales is accused of dining with women he met through dating apps and leaving without paying any of the bill, according to Deputy District Attorney Michael Fern, of the Cyber Crime Division. The crimes occurred in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach and Burbank.








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