Bruce Whitten Sr.Want a new pool? Or a pool liner? Or a fountain? Be careful where you go to get it.
A Bradley County, Tenn., grand jury on Friday indicted Bruce Whitten Sr. on five counts of misapplication of payment, two counts of offense by a home improvement service, two counts of theft over $10,000, three counts of theft over $1,000 and one count of theft over $500.
Whitten, 59, of Davis Drive in Cleveland, Tenn., remained at the Bradley County Jail this week in lieu of a $100,000 bond.
The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office began receiving complaints about Whitten in 2009, and through April of this year six more people filed complaints. They all said that they gave Whitten money to work on their pools, and that at some point he stopped showing up.
“Basically, he would not do the work,” said Bob Gault, spokesman for the sheriff’s office.