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Eric Shortt collected $78K for odd jobs never completed
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Credit union stops additional $102K withdrawal from victim’s state retirement account
DELMAR – An elderly Delmar woman paid a Cambridge man over $78,000 for work that he either did not do or did not complete over three months in 2023. Eric Shortt, 57, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 29 after a year-long investigation and charged with grand larceny- third degree – over $3,000 and grand larceny- second degree – over $50,000, both felonies.
According to reports, the victim lives alone in center Delmar with her cat and has no local family members. She was allegedly contacted by Shortt in August to see if there were jobs that needed to be done at her house. She does not drive and walks to the Four Corners to get her groceries.
The victim said she did hire Shortt and another person with him to remove a tree and do work in her basement due to flooding. She wrote Shortt checks for $6,000, $8,500 and $5,000 on August 9, 2023, a check for $8,500 on August 11, 2023 and checks for $7,500, $6,500 and 4,800 on October 20, 2023. When Bethlehem detectives visited her house, there was no evidence that any tree was removed from the property and did see a new water heater and some grooves cut in her basement floor…