CONTRACTOR STEALS NEARLY A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN SANDY REPAIR MONEY

A contractor from Ocean County will be sentenced in four months for his role in stealing nearly a half million dollars from property owners who counted on him to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy.  50 year old George LaRosa will be ordered to make restitution and likely serve a few years in prison for  the crime.  He took the money from the homeowners, then shut down his business.