DELAWARE, Ohio — A pole barn contractor was sentenced to a minimum of 17 years in prison on March 26 after defrauding consumers of more than $400,000.
Marion resident Ryan C. Needels, owner of Clear View Construction, was convicted of 47 felony counts in the Delaware County Common Pleas Court from an indictment originally filed in August 2023. Needels ran a long-term scheme where he accepted large payments for pole barns and other construction projects, but pocketed the money without completing any work.
The case stemmed from an investigation launched in February 2023 by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office and the Economic Crimes Unit in Attorney General Dave Yost’s Consumer Protection Section after multiple consumers filed complaints about Needels and his business…