The brother-in-law of embattled Northwest Florida contractor Matthew Banks is also gearing up for his own trial related to allegations of contractor fraud throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
A panel of jurors are scheduled to be picked Oct. 13 to sit before Jesse LaCoste in which he is charged with racketeering, organized fraud and other felonies related to his alleged practice of taking customer money and not returning to work.
When asked about the case and trial, LaCoste’s attorney, Todd Early, told the News Journal, “It’s not as cut and dry as they want you to think it is.”…