UPDATE: Castle Builders owner Malcolm Stewart indicted by Knox County Grand Jury
Sarah Shepherd Sun, 04/11/2021 - 6:30pm
ROCKLAND (April 11) The attorney for Malcolm Stewart, 56, who was indicted by the Knox County grand jury in March for theft by deception from consumers throughout the Midcoast, has filed a motion in Knox County court to arrange a hearing for his client to turn himself in to the court on an arrest warrant.
The court issued a warrant for Stewart’s arrest warrant March 25 and set bail at $50,000 cash. He is now residing in Pelzer, South Carolina.
Stewart, the owner of Castle Builders in Union, closed his business without notice after he allegedly collected deposits of over $400,000 from 57 consumers for home construction projects that he knew he did not have the capacity to complete, Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey said in a news release.
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