Bolivar, Mo. contractor sentenced to prison in Oklahoma

(KY3) – A Bolivar enterprise proprietor is now behind bars in Oklahoma.

We began telling you about Jerry Shane Fellers with Build Tech Structures greater than a 12 months in the past.

His firm builds pole barns. Dozens of consumers informed us they paid 1000’s. Many waited months and nothing. Others obtained what they name shoddy work.

Following our investigation, the Missouri Attorney filed greater than a dozen felony costs of misleading enterprise practices. At the time, Fellers was on probation for related costs in Oklahoma. District Attorneys there filed a movement to revoke his probation.

Fellers agreed there was sufficient proof towards him. He entered an Alford plea.

Fellers is now an inmate in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. He’s serving time for embezzlement, bogus checks, and uttering solid devices.

In March 2021, Chad Porter gave him greater than 5 thousand {dollars} to construct a pole barn in Rogersville.

“It’s good news because they are starting to move the wheels and make some progress. Even though it’s not in Missouri yet, they are starting to see what’s happening and hold him accountable in Oklahoma,” mentioned Porter.

In Porter’s case, Fellers by no means began the job. The Webster County Prosecutor charged Fellers. This week, Porter obtained his a reimbursement. Porter says he is aware of he’s fortunate. Many may by no means be sq..

Fellers is sentenced to ten years in prison in Oklahoma. The Assistant District Attorney tells On Your Side it’s unlikely he’ll serve the total quantity as a result of these are nonviolent crimes.

Porter says he and different clients need extra than simply their a reimbursement.

“Seeing it to that he can never do business again and that he spends his jail time and is held accountable for what he did,” mentioned Porter.

Fellers is scheduled to be again in court docket subsequent month on these pending Missouri costs. The Missouri Attorney General is asking the choose if he will be introduced in from Oklahoma to seem on the listening to.

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