Man gets 5 years in prison for elder abuse
By Layla Bohm
News-Sentinel Staff Writer
January 28, 2009
A man who targeted older Lodi residents in a driveway resurfacing scam was sentenced Tuesday to five years in state prison.
Thomas Stanley, of Indiana, pleaded guilty to two counts of elder abuse in Lodi, though he must pay nearly $15,000 in restitution to four separate victims, San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Sherri Adams said.
The prison sentence, especially for a non-violent crime, satisfied Lodi Police Detective Lee Patterson, who first got the case a year ago and began tracking the suspects, who moved from state to state.
In January 2007, victims began calling police to report that they had agreed to have their driveways or sidewalks resurfaced, but the work was shoddy. The workers used cheap concrete intended for filling in post holes.
For the full story, please see Thursday's News-Sentinel.
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