- Robert Patrick Riley, of Morgan, was sentenced to up to 60 years imprisonment in four cases for not finishing swimming pool projects, as promised.
- He was sentenced in connection with convictions on four felony theft counts and one count of felony communications.
- Riley must also pay $294,674 in restitution in all in the four cases.
OGDEN — A Morgan man has been sentenced to up to 60 years in prison on several felony charges for entering into separate agreements to build four swimming pools but failing to follow through on the work.
Judge Craig Hall on Monday sentenced Robert Patrick Riley, 51, on the various charges he faced in four separate cases in Weber County — four counts of theft and one count of communications fraud, second-degree felonies. Taken together, Riley faces four to 60 years' imprisonment and must pay $294,674 in restitution, plus interest, to the four people who paid him for work he didn't complete.
"Rob never completed the project and provided excuses and promises that he would complete the work," reads the plea agreement he reached in one of the cases, echoing what happened in the other cases. "To date, there is much work that still remains to be done."
A jury on Jan. 26 found Riley guilty of theft of more than $5,000 and communications fraud, second-degree felonies, in one of the cases, which dates to April 2022. Hall sentenced him on Monday to one to 15 years imprisonment on each charge, to be served concurrently, and ordered him to pay $50,000 in restitution.
Following the jury verdict, Riley pleaded guilty on March 17 as part of plea deals in the three other cases.
In a case dating to May 2023, he pleaded guilty to theft of more than $5,000, and a second charge of communications fraud was dismissed. Both charges are second-degree felonies.
Likewise, in cases dating to June 2022 and November 2023, Riley pleaded guilty to individual counts of theft exceeding $5,000 in each incident. Communications fraud charges in each case were dismissed, as well as a count of contracting without a license, a class A misdemeanor, in the November 2023 case.
Hall sentenced Riley to one to 15 years imprisonment on each of the three theft counts from the June 2022, May 2023 and November 2023 cases, to be served consecutively to each other and to the term in the April 2022 case. He also ordered him to pay restitution — $45,000 in the May 2023 case, $113,174 in the June 2022 case and $86,500 in the November 2023 matter.
Two felony cases against Riley are still winding their way through 2nd District Court in Farmington, each alleging theft for not completing work he promised to do and/or fraud. In the two cases, he variously said he would handle a range of construction projects and/or build a pool, but allegedly didn't follow through, according to charging papers.
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