Nazareth Contractor Pleads Guilty

A Nazareth contractor, "accused of bilking Lehigh Valley homeowners and subcontractors out of tens of thousands of dollars pleaded guilty Tuesday in Northampton County Court" according to an article in the Express-Times (read it here).

The article explained the charges:

Michael V. Caprista, 45, pleaded guilty before Judge Paula A. Roscioli to four felony counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, three misdemeanor counts of writing bad checks and one misdemeanor count of theft.

It also noted that some individuals, who lost money to Caprista and were in attendance, preferred he get jail time over getting their money back because they already accepted it as lost.

The Judge also reprimanded Caprista for smirking while the charges were read to the court.

Neither Caprista, nor his attorney explained what happened to the money or why the jobs were not completed, according to the article.