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Escambia Man Sentenced For Defrauding Customers Out Of $80,000
July 26, 2021
An Escambia County man has been sentenced to state prison for stealing from his customers.
Circuit Court Judge Jennie Kinsey sentenced Robert James Stoll, 42, to 10 years in State Prison followed by 20 years probation for organized fraud.
A joint investigation by the Florida Department of Agriculture and the Office of the State Attorney determined that over the course of a year and a half, Stoll used two businesses — Flawless Flooring & Cabinets and Pensacola Discounted Cabinets — to steal over $80,000 from 16 of his customers.
Stoll took thousands of dollars from each victim while failing to perform the work for which he was paid. Among the 16 victims were nine elderly persons and three disabled persons, including a disabled veteran. Several of the
victims testified at the sentencing hearing and requested Stoll be sentenced to state prison in order to prevent from victimizing other members of the public.
“The defendant’s criminal conduct negatively impacted several members of our community and the Office of the State Attorney believes incarceration and supervision are warranted to protect the citizens of the First Judicial Circuit of Florida,” Assistant State Attorney Hannah Nowalk argued.
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13 Responses to “Escambia Man Sentenced For Defrauding Customers Out Of $80,000”
Sue B, I was involved in this case. After his time in Prison is served, he does have to pay back each victim a specific amount each month. He scammed more than just 16 people. I know of several more who never came forward. I’m happy with the sentence. He will have plenty of time to sit and think about his life choices.
The time he got for probation, @SueB includes restitution. The fact that his victims were elderly is not only the cruelest but heartless, as well. They might not be among the living to see any of their money again. The good thing is that the inmates don’t like a weakling who preys on elderly, the infirm or children. He’ll be a punk as long as he’s there. Good. What a piece of Elephant dunk this moron is. God bless the victims.
Fla Dept of Correction: For crimes committed on or after October 1, 1995, inmates are required to serve 85% of each sentence imposed. Satisfaction of 85% includes time served in the county jail as credited by the sentencing court.
These inmates are eligible to earn up to 10 days per month incentive gain time.
This gain time is earned until the tentative release date reaches the date equal to 85% of the sentence imposed. At that point, gain time no longer is applied to reduce the sentence.
For example, at a rate of ten days per month you can earn approximately 913 days of gain time while in service of a ten year sentence. However, due to the requirement that at least 85% of the sentence must be served, only 548 days, or 1
and ½ years, could apply to the release date.”
All this for inmates but no money for the victims was imposed by the court!!!!
State prison is much harsher than federal. I am sure he will regret not doing his dirty business only in Florida. Hope he finds Jesus while serving time.
He won’t do just 5 years. The state of Florida requires 85% at minimum be completed. So at least 8.5 years if he behaves.
@Contrary to popular belief You’re wrong. A contractor absolutely can file an action to enforce a lien by having the court order the sale of the property. Many contractors don’t want to bother with filing a lawsuit to collect, so they take the wait and hope approach you describe.
The DBPR website has guidance for homeowners signing construction contracts:
“. . . if a lien is filed against your property, your property could be sold against your will to pay for labor, materials, or other services . . .”
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/pro/cilb/documents/florida_lien_law.pdf
NEVER, I repeat NEVER pay until the work is done. There is a very good chance if you pay up front, they won’t show back up.
He will probably service only 5 years maybe 2.5 years. Where is the restitution for the people?
NEVER pay a contractor up front for work. A legitimate business will wait until the work has been performed to ask for payment. A licensed contractor who does any work on your house has the right to file a lien on your home and foreclose if you don’t pay. They have the same power as a lender holding a mortgage or the county collecting taxes, so they have a way to get their money. That lowers the risk they are taking by doing the work first and getting paid by you afterwards. And you paying afterwards lowers your risk of getting taken.
I’ve learned a very valuable lesson (tree removal is one of the top scams for unfinished work in our area ask me how I know) recently “Don’t pay up front”. Unless it is a
reputable well known business they need to bring you the receipts for any materials, and the materials themselves. A company (again unless it is a reputable well known one) be it an individual or a host of people unwilling to do this is one I would not trust. Also pay for tree removal after the work is done and not a second sooner….that goes for any job that is labor only.
Preying on the elderly and the weak, WHAT A MAN!
nobody wins here your taxes has to provide for him. the down fall is while in prison is for those brothers or uncles or cousins he ripped off ? word gets out fast and In prison there is no return to the outside world for some. he is now at the mercy of the system. don’t think this is gonna end well for him. very sad you don’t know who to trust anymore. he is lucky that is all he got .
This guy got us too unfortunately. I wish I could have testified because I have a lot that I want to say about this guy. I’m so glad justice wasn’t served.