Jack L. Harrison, Sr.
EDWARDS CO., Ill.—The man who scammed a Albion resident out of quite a bit of money this past April has been sentenced in Edwards County circuit court after a plea deal.
Court documents show that Jack L. Harrison, Sr., of Arkansas, entered a plea today to overcharging Roy Longbons for a blacktop driveway job Harrison performed for him.
However, court documents further show that Longbons wasn’t the only victim.
MAP Oil Company of Grayville and Van Doty of Albion apparently were also scammed by Harrison…and the restitution Harrison has to pay in all three cases as ordered by the court amounts to $21,400.
Harrison, in exchange for the restitution, has been allowed to enter a plea to misdemeanor Theft (under $500) in Longbons’ case.
The whole thing was negotiated between Edwards County State’s Attorney Mike Valentine and Harrison’s attorney, Harold Pike, and entered officially in court today (September 16, 2014), along with a Miscellaneous Remedy case being filed by Valentine against Harrison that secures the restitution to all, including the two uncharged cases, MAP’s and Doty’s.
The MR case also ensures that Harrison is prohibited from doing business in the state of Illinois.
Court documents show that the restitution has been made.
Judge David Frankland signed off on all of it earlier today, and apparently, Harrison, who’s been held since first being charged in early August, has returned to his home state or is in the process of it.