Slate Belt contractor accused of taking deposit then vanishing (UPDATE)

Phillipsburg police are searching for a 60-year-old contractor they say took payment to start a home improvement job and never returned to do the work.

James A. Patrick, of the first block of Bray Street in Bangor, is charged with third-degree theft. Police said he may be now in the Nazareth or Bath areas. A warrant for his arrest is filed in Phillipsburg municipal court.

Police on Wednesday posted on the department’s Facebook page that Patrick remains at large…

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