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Chester Construction Worker Surrenders After Collecting $11K For Incomplete Jobs, Police Say

The owner of a Chester County construction company surrendered to police after collecting $11,000 from a resident for work that was never completed, authorities said.

Joseph Ronald Lane IV

Joseph Ronald Lane IV

Photo Credit: Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department/CrimeWatch PA

The 69-year-old victim told police he gave Glenolden-based Lane General Contracting owner Joseph Ronald Lane IV an $11,000 down-payment in October 2020, according to the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department.

No construction work was ever done by Lane, who failed to return the money and stopped communicating with the resident, police said.

An arrest warrant was subsequently issued for Lane, and he turned himself in on Friday, police said.

He was arraigned and charged with home improvement fraud, deceptive business practices, receiving stolen property, and theft by deception, by Magisterial District Judge Martin G. Goch.

He was released on $25,000 unsecure bail pending a preliminary hearing.

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