SALEM — While his brother was being sentenced to up to five years in prison for a paving scam, a local man found himself in a little trouble of his own.
George Stanley, 44, of Salem was arrested by police Monday after he allegedly stole a five-gallon bucket of emulsion used by the town for a paving project on Pleasant Street, according to Deputy Chief Shawn Patten of the Salem Police Department. Emulsion is a mixture of chemicals spread along the road's surface to improve adhesion of materials.
A police officer assigned to a traffic detail for the project saw a Pro Paving truck driving down the road shortly after 4:30 p.m. He then noticed the bucket, which had been in the middle of the road, was missing, Patten said.
The officer saw the bucket in the back of the Pro Paving truck and stopped the vehicle. Stanley was arrested without incident and taken to the Salem police station. He faces a charge of receiving stolen property. He was later released on a summons to appear in Salem District Court, Patten said. The truck was towed.
That same day, Joseph Stanley, 20, was sentenced in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua to five to 10 years in prison for defrauding senior citizens as part of a paving scam. Patten confirmed the two men are brothers and part of a longtime family paving business.
Joseph Stanley pleaded guilty in June to 11 felony counts of theft by deception and a charge of violating the state consumer protection law, a misdemeanor. Joseph Stanley was ordered Monday to repay 12 victims of the scam a total of $30,441 in restitution.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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