Previous coverage: In August 2024, the owner of Olympus Pools had his trial set for March 2025, one year after his arrest.
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The man at the center of a Better Call Behnken investigation into hundreds of unfinished pools in multiple Tampa Bay area counties heads to trial Monday on fraud and grand theft charges.
James Staten, owner of Olympus Pools, faces 35 felony charges. The Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution accuses him of abandoning his customers’ pool projects and using $1.3 million of their money for his personal gain…