A Bucks County landscaper has pleaded guilty to four felony counts of theft by deception for entering into contracts with and taking large deposits from four homeowners for major exterior home improvement work and never completing them, and awaits sentencing in January.
Nicholas Lukens, 42, of the 2300 block of East Rock Road, Perkasie Borough, was originally charged in March 2025 with 19 felonies following an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation: Four counts of home improvement fraud, one count of dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, four counts of theft by deception, four counts of deceptive business practices, four counts of criminal mischief, and two counts of theft by failure to make required deposit of funds, according to court records.
He was not prosecuted on the remaining 15 felonies at the Oct. 27 pre-trial conference…