TAMPA, Fla. — An unlicensed Pasco County contractor will spend the next month in jail after a Hillsborough County judge on Tuesday revoked bond ahead of a sentencing hearing in a felony theft case.
Jason Wallace pleaded guilty in January to felony charges of stealing from the elderly and failing to get workers’ compensation. A judge was set to sentence him on Tuesday, but a last-minute defense attorney switch caused a delay.
Deloris Hilliard, who said she used an inheritance to pay Wallace more than $70,000 for work he never completed at her Hillsborough County home, said she’s frustrated the sentencing was postponed. Yet, she said seeing deputies take him away in handcuffs brought relief…