11/29/16
by News Department on 11/29/16Picone receives jail sentence...
A Tamaqua businessman was sentenced to state prison Monday morning, by Schuylkill County President Judge William E. Baldwin, after having been convicted of stealing more than $300,000 from an elderly Rush Township couple.
The Republican Herald reports that Alfonso Picone will serve 18 to 60 months in prison on a charge of receiving stolen property and also to serve a concurrent sentence of 18 to 60 months on a charge of theft.
Beyond sentencing Picone to state prison, he was ordered to pay full restitution to his victims.
Baldwin denied a request by Martin for his client to remain free on his $100,000 bail while he appeals the verdict and sentence and ordered Picone taken to prison by Schuylkill County Sheriff’s deputies.
