{"id":806595,"date":"2020-04-20T16:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T22:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381978"},"modified":"2020-04-20T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T22:47:30","slug":"summit-county-plumber-pleads-guilty-to-felony-theft-tax-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-plumber-pleads-guilty-to-felony-theft-tax-evasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County plumber pleads guilty to felony theft, tax evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tracey Craig Tucker<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Tracey Tucker, a local plumber who stole thousands in deposits for unfinished jobs<\/a> in the area, pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies during a virtual hearing Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Tucker joined his attorneys, prosecutors and victims in streaming into the courtroom where Judge Edward Casias heard the case in person and tried to work out the kinks of the court\u2019s new virtual hearing system \u2014 which occasionally sent shrieks of audio feedback throughout the room.<\/p>\n

Tucker, who formally ran a contracting business called Mountain Mechanical out of Fairplay, pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies and was sentenced to six months in county jail in addition to restitution payments.<\/p>\n

An investigation into Tucker\u2019s practices began in 2018, when officials discovered a number of incidences wherein he would charge individuals thousands in deposits for plumbing work, which he neither completed nor reimbursed his customers for. He was arrested in September that year on charges of theft, though more question marks were raised before the case could be adjudicated.<\/p>\n

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