Two brothers caught in a sting operation orchestrated by North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance and state regulators have been sentenced to restitution and community service after pleading guilty to deliberately damaging roofs in North Carolina.
Brett William Bentley, 28, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and was ordered to pay some $27,678 in restitution to Farm Bureau, the NC Department of Insurance said in a bulletin. His brother, Robert Allen Bentley, 36, pleaded guilty to a felony charge. A judge in Wake County sentenced him to 24 months’ probation, 50 hours of community service, and a $50 fine. He could have faced as much as 63 months in prison, court records in Wake County show.
Robert Bentley also is barred from working in the roofing business during his two-year probation…