Judge finds contractor guilty

Please send all press inquiries to Al Della Fave (OFFICE) (CELL) and [email protected].

On Friday, June 8, 2018, Che W. Smith, 47, of Berne, NY, was convicted of third degree Theft in a bench trial before Judge James M. Blaney J.S.C. Smith was contracted to remediate a Tuckerton home after it was damaged from Super Storm Sandy. The investigation by Det. James Conroy of OCPO Economic Crimes Unit found Smith was given in excess of $76,000, however, he performed minimal work and misappropriated approximately $70,000. Smith is tentatively scheduled to be sentenced next month.