By PAUL PEIRCE
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that his office’s Bureau of Consumer Protection has filed 35 legal actions statewide involving home improvement contractors, including one in Allegheny County and another in Westmoreland County.
Shapiro filed a complaint in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against Barone Masonry of Glassport; Barone Construction; C & G Masonry-Concrete; Barone Concrete; C&G Waterproofing; and Barone Masonry/Concrete.
In 2018, its owner, Richard Barone, 38, was sentenced in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to seven years’ probation in a plea agreement on complaints filed regarding shoddy workmanship and bilking clients. As part of Mr. Barone’s plea deal, he provided $10,050 to the court to satisfy restitution for the cases.
Between April 2016 and September 2017, Barone is accused of taking advance money from nine people in several communities for work that he never completed, according to court documents. Eight of the nine he scammed were over 60 years old.
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