Knoxville man gets 10 years in biodiesel scam

August 21, 2015 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated August 21, 2015 at 2:01 a.m.

by Bob Fowler/Knoxville News Sentinel

John Brichetto, center, is taken into custody as his wife, Lisa Horn Brichetto leans to kiss him after he was sentenced to 10 years prison in Morgan County Criminal Court on Wednesday. The Brichettos were principals in Northington Energy LLC, and were indicted by a Morgan County grand jury in May 2011 over allegations they stole $142,250 of a state loan the company received for the construction of a biodiesel fuel facility just outside Wartburg, Tenn.
John Brichetto, center, is taken into custody as his wife, Lisa Horn Brichetto leans to kiss him after he was sentenced to 10 years prison in Morgan County Criminal Court on Wednesday. The Brichettos were principals in Northington Energy LLC, and were indicted by a Morgan County grand jury in May 2011 over allegations they stole $142,250 of a state loan the company received for the construction of a biodiesel fuel facility just outside Wartburg, Tenn.

WARTBURG, Tenn. -- A Knoxville man convicted of stealing $142,214.15 of a state loan was sentenced to 10 years in prison following a lengthy sentencing hearing Wednesday.

John H. Brichetto Jr., 61, had his bond revoked and was immediately handcuffed and taken to the Morgan County jail after kissing his wife, Lisa Horn Brichetto, who is a co-defendant.

Under sentencing guidelines, Brichetto faced between eight and 12 years, either in prison or on probation. Senior Judge Paul Summers imposed what the state requested in a 27-page sentencing memorandum.

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